Category: Books

  • S.B. Walker’s photographic survey of Walden Pond – The Eye of Photography

    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/10/25/article/159970424/s-b-walkers-photographic-survey-of-walden-pond/”] S.B. Walker’s photographic survey of Walden Pond – The Eye of Photography What has become of the fabled Walden Pond? In his debut monograph Walden, published by Kehrer Verlag, S.B. Walker an artist from New England (USA) who grew up a few miles from Walden Pond surveys the symbolically charged landscape of literary…

  • Malick Sidibé: The seed of joy – The Eye of Photography

    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/10/24/article/159970197/malick-sidibe-le-grain-de-la-joie/”] Malick Sidibé: The seed of joy – The Eye of Photography Throughout his life, the Mali photographer Malick Sidibé (1935–2016) immortalized the smiles of his country. The Fondation Cartier in Paris pays homage to the master with a vast retrospective that features over 250 photographs.

  • A city seen: Todd Webb’s postwar New York – The Eye of Photography

    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/10/24/article/159969699/a-city-seen-todd-webbs-postwar-new-york/”] A city seen: Todd Webb’s postwar New York – The Eye of Photography Published by Thames & Hudson, the book entitled I See a City: Todd Webb’s New York focuses on the work of American photographer Todd Webb produced in the megapol in the 1940S and 1950s. It is a rich portrait of…

  • Viewing Jonas Bendiksen’s Photobook ‘The Last Testament’ as a Person of Faith

    Viewing Jonas Bendiksen’s Photobook ‘The Last Testament’ as a Person of Faith

    Viewing Jonas Bendiksen’s Photobook ‘The Last Testament’ as a Person of Faith From cynicism to a surprising sadness via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/viewing-the-last-testament-as-a-person-of-faith-5b3d3ab65e84 Photographer Jonas Bendiksen describes himself as “a man of little faith.” His latest project The Last Testament, a years-long exploration of the lives of seven self-proclaimed Messiahs around the world who claim to be…

  • fovi8 volume #1 issue #2 – Jonesblog

    [contentcards url=”http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/2017/10/fovi8-volume-1-issue-2/”] fovi8 volume #1 issue #2 – Jonesblog fovi8 volume 1, issue 2 is now released and is physical with cover art by Jeff Carlson @jeffcarlson.  This is something that you can hold in your hand, and it is gorgeous.  There will be only 100 issues printed, ever and is the product of 25 extraordinary…

  • Álvaro Laiz, The Hunt – The Eye of Photography

    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/10/12/article/159968478/alvaro-laiz-the-hunt/”] Álvaro Laiz, The Hunt – The Eye of Photography In The Hunt, a new book released by English publisher Dewi Lewis, Spanish photographer Álvaro Laiz tells us the story of Udege people, in eastern Siberia, who have lived in the boreal forest for hundreds of years. Due to their close contact with nature,…

  • American wars in the photobook – Witness

    American wars in the photobook – Witness

    American wars in the photobook A proof-of-concept study of what they tell us about our understanding of war via Medium: https://witness.worldpressphoto.org/american-wars-in-the-photobook-75b576dc328f I want to attempt to come to conclusions about both the way photographers described war and how underlying larger professional and societal trends influenced the description. Needless to say, these two aspects are not…

  • Jenny Sampson: Skaters | LENSCRATCH

    Jenny Sampson: Skaters | LENSCRATCH

    Jenny Sampson: Skaters I had the pleasure of meeting Jenny Sampson at Photolucida last April. She brought a stellar portfolio of wet plate collodion tintype portraits of skateboarders–the process a perfect reflection of the gritty street activity that draws an interesting comm via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/10/jenny-sampson/ I had the pleasure of meeting Jenny Sampson at Photolucida…

  • Harry Gruyaert: East / West – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/10/09/article/159967949/harry-gruyaert-east-west/”] Harry Gruyaert: East / West – The Eye of Photography At a time when the world was politically divided into East and West, Magnum photographer Harry Gruyaert’s quest for light and sensuality led him to capture the colours of two very different worlds: the vibrant glitziness of Las Vegas and Los Angeles in…

  • Carrie Boretz: Street | LENSCRATCH

    Carrie Boretz: Street | LENSCRATCH

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    Carrie Boretz: Street: New York City – 70s, 80s, 90s  I have always been more interested in the subtle and familiar moments of everyday life, not the big news stories. They are telling in different ways and just as powerful. Nothing was scripted but played out right before me. As Patti Smith once said,” You…

  • The remains of the Maginot Line, by Alexandre Guirkinger and Tristan Garcia – The Eye of Photography

    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/09/22/article/159966263/the-remains-of-the-maginot-line-by-alexandre-guirkinger-and-tristan-garcia/”] The remains of the Maginot Line, by Alexandre Guirkinger and Tristan Garcia – The Eye of Photography Bunkers blackened with time, overgrown hedges, drab vegetation spewing out of crevasses: there is no color other than dark in Alexandre Guirkinger’s photographs. The remains of the Maginot Line, which failed to protect the French against…

  • Alec Soth’s reedition of Sleeping by the Mississippi – The Eye of Photography

    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/09/22/article/159966265/reedition-de-sleeping-by-the-mississipi-dalec-soth/”] Alec Soth’s reedition of Sleeping by the Mississippi – The Eye of Photography Sleeping by The Mississippi by Alec Soth is one of the defining publications in the photobook era. First published by Steidl in 2004, it was American photographer Alec Soth’s first book, sold through three editions, and established him as one…

  • Jean-Pierre Laffont, New York Up and Down – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/09/08/article/159963560/jean-pierre-laffont-new-york-up-and-down/”] Jean-Pierre Laffont, New York Up and Down – The Eye of Photography After a remarked book on his work in the United States spanning 50 years of history, documentary photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont publishes his photos of New York, where he has been a transplanted resident since 1965.

  • Sory Sanlé: Volta Photo 1965-85 – The Eye of Photography

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    [contentcards url=”http://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/09/08/article/159964370/sory-sanle-volta-photo-1965-85/”] Sory Sanlé: Volta Photo 1965-85 – The Eye of Photography Sory Sanlé: Volta Photo 1965-85, a book published by Reel Art Press, is a collection of photographic work by Sory Sanlé, an eminent portrait photographer from Burkina Faso, the landlocked country in West Africa formerly colonized by the French, then known as République…

  • Priscilla Briggs: Impossible is Nothing: China’s Theater of Consumerism | LENSCRATCH

    Priscilla Briggs: Impossible is Nothing: China’s Theater of Consumerism | LENSCRATCH

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    Priscilla Briggs: Impossible is Nothing: China’s Theater of Consumerism China’s rapid economic growth has resulted in a complex transformation both constructive and destructive of that country’s cultural and physical landscape. My interest in the impact of economic systems and advertising on identity fueled my work in China … via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2017/07/priscilla-briggs-impossible-is-nothing-chinas-theater-of-consumerism/ Impossible is Nothing focuses…

  • The Lumen Seed: Records of a search in the Australian desert by Judith Crispin – The Eye of Photography

    [contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/06/23/article/159957206/the-lumen-seed-records-of-a-search-in-the-australian-desert-by-judith-crispin/”] The Lumen Seed: Records of a search in the Australian desert by Judith Crispin – The Eye of Photography Judith Crispin is many things; a poet, photographer and scholar, as well as a mother, friend and daughter. She is also a cancer survivor. Just as these labels don’t define her, neither do the…

  • Larry Fink, The Polarities – The Eye of Photography

    [contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/06/19/article/159956507/larry-fink-the-polarities/”] Larry Fink, The Polarities – The Eye of Photography The portrait of American society that Fink sketches out starting in the 1950s continues. The Polarities narrates modern America, the radical changes between the Obama years and the arrival of Trump, the society of the spectacle – in which “the show must go on”…

  • Color Me Gone – The First Double-Binded Photobook on Vietnam by Kevin German — Kickstarter

    Color Me Gone – The First Double-Binded Photobook on Vietnam Color Me Gone is a photobook with a circular narrative about a developing Vietnam featuring a unique dual binding system. via Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2146246750/color-me-gone-the-first-double-binded-photobook-on Color Me Gone is a photobook with a circular narrative about a developing Vietnam featuring a unique dual binding system.

  • Covering Conflict in the Central African Republic: Photos | Time.com

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    Covering Conflict in the Central African Republic Photographer William Daniels published a book of his work in the African country via Time: http://time.com/4799804/central-african-republic/ Over the course of the last three years, French photographer William Daniels made 10 trips to the Central African Republic to report on the country’s rapid descent into civil war and its…

  • Look up! – The Eye of Photography

    [contentcards url=”http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/05/25/article/159952988/look-up/”] Look up! – The Eye of Photography In the introduction to the new book Dronescapes: The New Aerial Photography from Dronestagram, excerpted below, editor Ayperi Karabuda Ecer discusses the wide-ranging impact of the technological advances that have made drone photography possible.