Category: Books

  • Looking at White Privilege Under Apartheid – The New York Times

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    Looking at White Privilege Under Apartheid The South African photographer David Goldblatt revisits white, middle-class life under apartheid in a new edition of his 1982 book, “In Boksburg.” via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/looking-at-white-privilege-under-apartheid/ for the country’s white middle class — the group that thrived under apartheid — that existence was captured in David Goldblatt’s seminal 1982…

  • Kevin Amato photographs residents of the Bronx in his book, The Importants.

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    Photographing the Bold and the Beautiful in the Bronx Kevin Amato makes photos for fashion campaigns, album covers, documentary series, editorial clients, and himself. But as they’re presented in his new… via Slate Magazine: https://slate.com/culture/2016/09/kevin-amato-photographs-residents-of-the-bronx-in-his-book-the-importants.html Kevin Amato makes photos for fashion campaigns, album covers, documentary series, editorial clients, and himself. But as they’re presented in…

  • Our Favorite Titles from the 2016 NY Art Book Fair | American Photo

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    Link: Last Sunday marked the final day of the 11th annual NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, The annual event put on by the famous Chelsea book store Printed Matter is a magnet for connoisseurs and enthusiasts of art books and print work published independently by vendors from far…

  • Bob Lynn’s Visual Journalism Leadership Book Is Now Available For Free | NPPA

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    Link: First published in 2013, the book draws from Lynn’s experiences at the Virginia-Pilot and from his earlier post at the Charleston Gazette in West Virginia. His photo staffs regularly won in NPPA contests and the International Pictures of the Year competitions. The Virginia-Pilot was also awarded Best Use of Pictures three times under Lynn’s…

  • Inge Morath’s photographs featured in the book, Inge Morath: On Style.

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    The Unmistakable Style of Inge Morath, One of Magnum’s First Female Photographers Inge Morath may have frequently photographed well-dressed people and many figures of the fashion world, but to call her a fashion photographer would be… via Slate Magazine: https://slate.com/culture/2016/09/inge-moraths-photographs-featured-in-the-book-inge-morath-on-style.html Rather than “the seasonal changes of attire,” the motif running through Morath’s best work was,…

  • The Best Photography Books of the Year: 2016 | American Photo

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    Link: 2016 was an undeniably tumultuous year for the world, which has translated into a strong year for photo books. In time for the holidays we present the best new offerings, as well as highlights from our 2016 roundups in spring, summer, and fall.

  • James Baldwin & Steve Schapiro, The Fire Next Time – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: First published in 1963, James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America’s so-called “Negro problem.” As remarkable for its masterful prose as it is for its frank and personal account of the black experience in the United States, it is considered one of the most passionate and influential explorations of 1960s race relations, weaving…

  • Marvin E. Newman’s Spellbinding “City of Lights” – Feature Shoot

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    Marvin E. Newman’s Spellbinding “City of Lights” Broadway, 1954. Feast Of San Gennaro, Little Italy, New York, 1952. Coney Island, 1953 Now in his 89th year, American photographer Marvin E. Newman is receiving his due as one… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2017/09/marvin-e-newmans-spellbinding-city-of-lights/ Now in his 89th year, American photographer Marvin E. Newman is receiving his due…

  • From pictorialism to Provoke: the most extensive history of Japanese photobooks – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: The Japanese Photobook, 1912 – 1990, published by Steidl and edited by Manfred Heiting, illustrates the development of photography as seen in photo publications in Japan—from the time of influence of European and American pictorialism, the German Bauhaus and Imperial military propaganda, to the complete collapse and destruction of the country in 1945. Then followed a new…

  • Pictures — How to Make Them – Vantage – Medium

    Pictures — How to Make Them – Vantage – Medium

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    Pictures — How to Make Them Chapter One (excerpt) via Medium: https://kennethjarecke.medium.com/pictures-how-to-make-them-f9bb5a9e87b2 Kenneth Jarecke’s new book, Pictures — How to Make Them will be available on a chapter-by-chapter basis on iTunes. Below is an excerpt from the first chapter.

  • A photographer’s five-year odyssey chasing personal demons resulted in this darkly poetic book – The Washington Post

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    Perspective | A photographer’s five-year odyssey chasing personal demons resulted in this darkly poetic book Photographer Sebastian Van Malleghem’s personal journey through Scandinavia via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2017/09/08/a-photographers-five-year-odyssey-chasing-personal-demons-resulted-in-this-darkly-poetic-book/ Sebastien Van Malleghem’s forthcoming book, ‘Nordic Noir’ is the result of a five-year odyssey traveling through Scandinavia. Van Malleghem’s work has always examined the darker edges of life.…

  • Susan Meiselas: On the Frontline – The Eye of Photography

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    Link: In On the Frontline, her new book published by Aperture, influential photographer Susan Meiselas provides an insightful personal commentary on the trajectory of her career—on her ideas and processes, and her decisions as a photographer. Applying a sociological training to the practice of witness journalism, she compares her process to that of an archaeologist,…

  • In Brazil’s Favelas, Caught Between Police and Gangsters – The New York Times

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    Link: There is a cold, grim precision to the title of João Pina’s book “46750.” The figure refers to neither a postal code nor money saved. It represents murders in Rio de Janeiro in the decade from 2007 to 2016.

  • How to Photograph Eternity – The New York Times

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    How to Photograph Eternity (Published 2018) In his photographs of East London, Chris Dorley-Brown achieves the near-impossible: marrying past, present, and future in a single frame. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/magazine/how-to-photograph-eternity.html There’s something not quite right about the photographs in Chris Dorley-Brown’s book “The Corners” (published by Hoxton Mini Press). The scenes are ordinary enough — intersections in…

  • Cover the Book: Edition Three, Opening the Book | LENSCRATCH

    Cover the Book: Edition Three, Opening the Book | LENSCRATCH

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    Cover the Book: Edition Three, Opening the Book – LENSCRATCH The nature of the photobook, any book for that matter, leads one to open it. The book object comes in many varied forms and rarely does one venture into the unimaginable and brand new. There are different takes on designs and designers toy with size,…

  • The Amazing Treasure Trove of Bill Cunningham – The New York Times

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    The Amazing Treasure Trove of Bill Cunningham (Published 2019) Here comes a big new picture book, organized by decade and with more than 700 photographs. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/01/style/bill-cunningham-book.html Here comes a big new picture book, organized by decade and with more than 700 photographs.

  • Omaha Sketchbook: 15 years of midwestern masculinity – British Journal of Photography

    Omaha Sketchbook: 15 years of midwestern masculinity – British Journal of Photography

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    Omaha Sketchbook: 15 years of midwestern masculinity Gregory Halpern’s new photobook centers on Omaha, Nebraska, presenting a timely meditation on America and masculinity via 1854 Photography: https://www.1854.photography/2019/09/omaha-sketchbook-15-years-of-midwestern-masculinity/ Gregory Halpern’s new photobook centers on Omaha, Nebraska, presenting a timely meditation on America and masculinity

  • The 2019 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist

    The 2019 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist

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    The 2019 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist Aperture and Paris Photo announce the shortlist for the 2019 PhotoBook Awards. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/2019-photobook-awards-shortlist/ Aperture and Paris Photo are pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2019 PhotoBook Awards.

  • Walter Keller: Beruf: Verleger. A Tribute – AMERICAN SUBURB X

    Walter Keller: Beruf: Verleger. A Tribute – AMERICAN SUBURB X

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    Walter Keller: Beruf: Verleger. A Tribute “So, when we consider respect in the medium, we can limit our discussion by looking at who is contributing to our world and who is not. Publishers by and large are the unsung heroes of the day”. A friend of mine recently commented on the lack of risk-taking in…

  • Craig McDean, Tim Walker, and More: Nine Stunning Photo Books to Buy Now | AnOther

    Craig McDean, Tim Walker, and More: Nine Stunning Photo Books to Buy Now | AnOther

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    Craig McDean, Tim Walker, and More: Nine Stunning Photo Books to Buy Now via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/11905/craig-mcdean-tim-walker-and-more-photo-books-to-buy-now Nine of the most exciting photography books published this month, covering fashion, art, and documentary and featuring work by some of the medium’s most renowned names