Category: Books

  • Brassai: The ‘Eye of Paris’ – The New York Times

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    Brassai: The ‘Eye of Paris’ While in Paris, photography became Brassai’s main language as he wandered through bars, ballrooms and occasionally brothels, sometimes giving direction to his subjects. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/lens/brassai-the-eye-of-paris.html That sentiment and others cited in “Brassai,” a book recently released by Spain’s Fundación Mapfre, were most likely colored by Brassaï’s retrospective regret for not…

  • Interview with Joel Meyerowitz: Where I Find Myself | LENSCRATCH

    Interview with Joel Meyerowitz: Where I Find Myself | LENSCRATCH

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    Interview with Joel Meyerowitz: Where I Find Myself “Joel Meyerowitz: Where I Find Myself, published by Laurence King in March 2018 is the first major single book retrospective of one of the world’s most influential photographers, Joel Meyerowitz. This timely new book, published to coincide with the photog via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2018/04/joel-meyerowitz/ “Joel Meyerowitz: Where I…

  • Documenting the Dynamic Black Community of 1940s Seattle – The New York Times

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    Documenting the Dynamic Black Community of 1940s Seattle In the 1940s, Al Smith documented a heroic period for Seattle jazz in the integrated establishments of Jackson Street, where African-American performers and customers were embraced. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/lens/documenting-the-dynamic-black-community-of-1940s-seattle.html The image appears in “Seattle on the Spot: The Photographs of Al Smith,” an exhibition at the Museum of…

  • Sketching Cruelty and Finding Humanity Beside Syria’s ‘Waterfall of Blood’ – The New York Times

    Sketching Cruelty and Finding Humanity Beside Syria’s ‘Waterfall of Blood’ – The New York Times

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    Sketching Cruelty and Finding Humanity Beside Syria’s ‘Waterfall of Blood’ Rania Abouzeid’s new book, “No Turning Back,” traces the escalation of the Syrian war by following a diverse set of characters within it. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/magazine/rania-abouzeid-syrian-war.html A conversation with Rania Abouzeid, author of “No Turning Back: Life, Loss, and Hope in Wartime Syria” (W.W. Norton &…

  • ‘Undocumented’: On the Front Lines of the Immigration War | Getty Images FOTO

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    [contentcards url=”https://foto.gettyimages.com/news/politics/john-moore-undocumented-immigration-book-photos/”] ‘Undocumented’: On the Front Lines of the Immigration War | Getty Images FOTO Photographer John Moore discusses his new book chronicling the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border.

  • Fashion Climbing, photographer Bill Cunningham’s secret memoir

    Fashion Climbing, photographer Bill Cunningham’s secret memoir

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    Fashion Climbing, photographer Bill Cunningham’s secret memoir This is kind of amazing. Legendary street fashion photographer Bill Cunningham died two years ago, leaving behind a massive body via kottke.org: https://kottke.org/18/03/fashion-climbing-photographer-bill-cunninghams-secret-memoir This is kind of amazing. Legendary street fashion photographer Bill Cunningham died two years ago, leaving behind a massive body of work documenting the last…

  • Matt Eich: I Love You, I’m Leaving | LENSCRATCH

    Matt Eich: I Love You, I’m Leaving | LENSCRATCH

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    Matt Eich: I Love You, I’m Leaving At this particular time I have no one Particular person to grieve for, though there must Be many, many unknown ones going to dust I often recall this verse by Elizabeth Jennings from her poem In Memory of Anyone Unknown to Me when I view images that cause via…

  • Joel Meyerowitz’s Magnum Opus “Where I Find Myself” is a Six-Decade Tour de Force – Feature Shoot

    Joel Meyerowitz’s Magnum Opus “Where I Find Myself” is a Six-Decade Tour de Force – Feature Shoot

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    Joel Meyerowitz’s Magnum Opus “Where I Find Myself” is a Six-Decade Tour de Force – Feature Shoot Bay/Sky, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1987. New York City, 1975. Joel Meyerowitz: Where I Find Myself (Laurence King) is a pièce de résistance, a masterful feat of publishing that sets the bar… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2018/03/joel-meyerowitzs-magnum-opus-where-i-find-myself-is-six-decade-tour-de-force/ Joel Meyerowitz: Where I…

  • B: Q & A with Josef Chladek

    B: Q & A with Josef Chladek

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    Q & A with Josef Chladek Photo by Martina Draper Josef Chladek is the founding editor of the virtual bookshelf , an online archive of photo books. • BA… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2018/03/q-with-josef-chladek.html Shelf after shelf, but there’s no more room to put up more shelves in the flat. So my slow down may be just a…

  • Towards a Photobook Taxonomy | Conscientious Photography Magazine

    Towards a Photobook Taxonomy | Conscientious Photography Magazine

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    Towards a Photobook Taxonomy via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/photobook-taxonomy/ There are many studies of photobooks that attempt to describe this particular medium. Many of them concern themselves with producing larger histories, whether general or location specific ones. In the seminal books by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, the study divides into historical parts, geographical ones,…

  • Nina Berman: An Autobiography of Miss Wish | LENSCRATCH

    Nina Berman: An Autobiography of Miss Wish | LENSCRATCH

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    Nina Berman: An Autobiography of Miss Wish Every once in awhile, a book lands on my desk unexpectedly, so I approach it with no preconceived notions. When I opened Nina Berman’s An Autobiography of Miss Wish, published by Kehrer, it was like a burst of energy, a fireball of amazing story telling, via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2018/01/nina-berman/…

  • From photo essay to photo book – Witness

    From photo essay to photo book – Witness

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    From photo essay to photo book The making of The Family Imprint and lessons learned along the way via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/from-photo-essay-to-photo-book-ad813a7c10ee The making of The Family Imprint and lessons learned along the way

  • Tara Wray’s Weirdly Beautiful Photos of Rural Vermont – VICE

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    Tara Wray’s Weirdly Beautiful Photos of Rural Vermont The photographer’s book ‘Too Tired for Sunshine’ explores the bizarre hidden in plain sight. via Vice: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qvz8nd/tara-wrays-weirdly-beautiful-photos-of-rural-vermont The photographer’s book ‘Too Tired for Sunshine’ explores the bizarre hidden in plain sight.

  • Here Are 10 of the Most Captivating Photo Books of the Year. Just Look. – Mother Jones

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    Here are 10 of the most captivating photo books of the year. Just look. Our photo editor picks his favorite books of 2017. via Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/media/2017/12/here-are-10-of-the-most-captivating-photo-books-of-the-year-just-look/ This past year seems like we were treated to more photo books than ever. That is, at least in part, due to crowdfunding efforts that are helping photographers defray the exorbitant…

  • Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie Tells His True Story of Surviving 81 Days in Captivity in Syria

    Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie Tells His True Story of Surviving 81 Days in Captivity in Syria

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    Photojournalist Jonathan Alpeyrie Tells His True Story of Surviving 81 Days in Captivity in Syria For as long as he can remember, Jonathan Alpeyrie was fascinated by history and had a fierce passion for adventure. He loved the worlds he could escape to when his father read adventure classics to him, like Call of the Wild and…

  • The Best Photo Books of 2017 – The New York Times

    The Best Photo Books of 2017 – The New York Times

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    The Best Photo Books of 2017 Work that felt not only moving but also necessary. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/magazine/the-best-photo-books-of-2017.html?partner=rss&emc=rss There are great photo books every year, and 2017 was no exception. But something about the strained times intensified my feelings about the work I saw this year. The role of art felt more urgent, both as a…

  • fovi8 volume #1 issue #4 – Jonesblog

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    [contentcards url=”http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/2017/12/fovi8-volume-1-issue-4/”] fovi8 volume #1 issue #4 – Jonesblog fovi8 volume 1, issue 4 is now released and is physical.  Like all of our printed editions, this is something that you can hold in your hand, and it is gorgeous.

  • 69 Magnum Photographers Reveal Their Contact Sheets in New Book – Feature Shoot

    69 Magnum Photographers Reveal Their Contact Sheets in New Book – Feature Shoot

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    69 Magnum Photographers Reveal Their Contact Sheets in New Book – Feature Shoot Havana. Ministry of Industry. Ernesto Guevara (Che), Argentinian politician, Minister of industry (1961-1965) during an exclusive interview in his office. © Rene Burri/Magnum Photos. We would like to believe that… via Feature Shoot: https://www.featureshoot.com/2017/12/69-magnum-photographers-reveal-their-contact-sheets-in-new-book/ Magnum Contact Sheets (Thames & Hudson) offers a…

  • Nancy Rexroth: Iowa | LENSCRATCH

    Nancy Rexroth: Iowa | LENSCRATCH

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    Nancy Rexroth: Iowa When I first discovered the Diana camera in the 1990’s there were few places to look for inspiration. That was, until I found the seminal book by Nancy Rexroth titled IOWA. It was difficult to lay hands on a copy as it had been originally published in 197 via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/11/nancy-rexroth-iowa/ When…

  • The why, where, what and how of photobooks and what is ‘The Truth’?

    The why, where, what and how of photobooks and what is ‘The Truth’?

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    The why, where, what and how of photobooks and what is ‘The Truth’? Any photographer today who finds themselves engaged with photography and photographers online, in print or in person, will find it… via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/the-why-where-what-and-how-of-photobooks-and-what-is-the-truth-f93a860044ae To help me explain where we are today with book publishing I often use the metaphor of football — soccer if…