Category: Books

  • Mossless Teams Up with International Center of Photography for Issue 4 | American Photo

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    Mossless Teams Up with International Center of Photography for Issue 4 Romke Hoogwaerts, founder of the experimental photography publication Mossless, has returned to Kickstarter to raise funds for Mossless Issue 4: Public/Private/Portrait. A collaboration with the ICP, issue 4 is focused on the way the portraiture and the idea of the private vs. public self…

  • A War Photographer Talks About the Demands of Documenting Conflict | VICE | United States

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    A War Photographer Talks About the Demands of Documenting Conflict In April of 2011, a bombing in Libya killed photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, and injured Brown. This painful experience is an integral part of his new book, ‘Libyan Sugar.’ via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/libyan-sugar-michael-christopher-brown-magnum-photo Michael Christopher Brown’s new book, Libyan Sugar, is about the Libyan…

  • Marjorie Salvaterra: HER: Meditations On Being Female | LENSCRATCH

    Marjorie Salvaterra: HER: Meditations On Being Female | LENSCRATCH

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    Marjorie Salvaterra: HER: Meditations On Being Female Photographic Artist Marjorie Salvaterra has created a unique recipe for the perfect visual cocktail. One part Fellini, one part Mom, one part Actress, a splash of Hollywood, a twist of irony, rimmed with a salty sense of humor, definitely shaken, not stir via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2016/04/marjorie-salvaterra-her/ Photographic Artist Marjorie…

  • Jacques Revon : A history of photography from film to digital, photographers… photographed – The Eye of Photography

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    Jacques Revon : A history of photography from film to digital, photographers… photographed The book is titled: “A history of photography from film to digital, photographers… photographed”. It is published by L’Harmattan. It is signed by Jacques Revon. It is terrific. A work crammed full of nostalgia and passion. The story of a real photographic…

  • Why Photo Zines Are More Important Than Ever | VICE | United States

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    Why Photo Zines Are More Important Than Ever Even though paper and ink may seem unnecessary these days, we’re living in a golden age of the page. via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/why-photo-zines-are-more-important-than-ever At a time when people can get all their news and scroll through a zillion photos before they’re out of bed, what’s the point of…

  • Powerful Photos of Five Years of Upheaval in the Middle East | VICE | United States

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    Powerful Photos of Five Years of Upheaval in the Middle East We spoke to photographer Moises Saman about the work in his new book, ‘Discordia’ via Vice: http://www.vice.com/read/moises-saman-magnum-photography-middle-east Moises Saman: In Discordia, I felt the need to transcend the “news” aspect of the story, and instead work with the slightly more imprecise images that, in…

  • Ken Light: What’s Going On? | LENSCRATCH

    Ken Light: What’s Going On? | LENSCRATCH

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    Ken Light: What’s Going On? These photographs offer a portrait of America the way it really was for me as I lived it and documented it from 1969, when I turned 18 and first began to identify myself as a photographer, through President Nixon s resignation in 1974, which many consider via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2016/03/ken-light-whats-going-on/ These…

  • Jamey Stillings: It’s About the Journey: Printing The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar at Steidl | LENSCRATCH

    Jamey Stillings: It’s About the Journey: Printing The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar at Steidl | LENSCRATCH

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    Jamey Stillings: It’s About the Journey: Printing The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar at Steidl The marriage of a significant photography project (with stellar imagery and prints) and the undeniably finest publishing house in the world results in a creation and collaboration that rises to the level of something quite spectacular. In this case, Jamey via…

  • B: Leap Day Rant

    B: Leap Day Rant

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    Leap Day Rant I’ve spent some evenings the past week with Remi Coignet’s Conversations , a recent book of interviews with contemporary photographers f… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2016/02/leap-day-rant.html At this point “photobook of the year” is a rough equivalent for “photographer of the year”. Then come the lists of the lists. (Photolia, Andthewinnersare, Ohtopbook, HAFNY, Don’t Take Pictures,…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – HAMBURGER EYES issue No. 20

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – HAMBURGER EYES issue No. 20 The always awesome photography publication, Hamburger Eyes, has just made there newest issue available online, which we highly suggest you don’t sleep… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/hamburger-eyes-issue-no-20/ For this installment, they have enlisted the talents of Ryan Florig, Valerie J Bower, Vincent Tullo, John Kilar, Chris Macarthur and Troy Holden…

  • Chris Killip’s Celebrated Photobook In Flagrante Makes Its Return | TIME

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    Chris Killip’s Celebrated ‘In Flagrante’ Makes Its Return Martin Parr asks Chris Killip why he’s republishing his 1988 opus via Time: http://time.com/4185463/chris-killip-martin-parr-in-flagrante/ Martin Parr asks Chris Killip why he’s republishing his 1988 opus

  • The work of Walker Evans is collected in the book, Walker Evans: Depth of Field.

    The work of Walker Evans is collected in the book, Walker Evans: Depth of Field.

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    The Limitless Inventiveness of Walker Evans Walker Evans may be best known for his 1935 and 1936 Farm Security Administration documentary photos, but he had a long career that explored a range of… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/01/12/the_work_of_walker_evans_is_collected_in_the_book_walker_evans_depth_of.html Walker Evans may be best known for his 1935 and 1936 Farm Security Administration documentary photos, but he…

  • B: 2015 Photobook Recap

    B: 2015 Photobook Recap

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    2015 Photobook Recap  Best site to view photobooks  Josef Chladek With so many photobooks circulating now it’s difficult to track everything out there…. Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2015/12/2015-photobook-recap.html I spent a few days last week in Havana, Cuba with MLB and the MLBPA for The Players’ Tribune as they brought professional baseball players back to Cuba for a…

  • Best Photobooks of the Year: 2015 | American Photo

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    Best Photobooks of the Year: 2015 Photography’s rich history and creative doers continually make it clear: The best place to see great images (aside from a museum or gallery wall) is a bound book. In the holiday spirit, we’ve drawn this list from recent releases as well as our roundups in spring, summer and fall.…

  • How Mark Hogancamp Used Photography To Help Cope With PTSD | American Photo

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    How Mark Hogancamp Used Photography To Help Cope With PTSD Mark Hogancamp leads a double life. In Marwencol, Hogancamp is a WWII fighter pilot, an owner of a successful bar and married to a beautiful woman named Anna. He also happens to be only 12 inches high and made of plastic. In Kingston, New York—the…

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    New Book: Jet Lag Jet Lag, deals with the ultimate in disconnection—from spouse, family, nation, time, and earth itself. In these succinct black-and-white images of globalized disconnect, reality is less touchstone than distraction: The important space is “between.” Planes and hotel beds and flickering screens provide the only continuity; jet lag is a way of…

  • Book : The Russian Desert by Ljubiša Danilovic – The Eye of Photography

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    Book : The Russian Desert by Ljubiša Danilovic Editions lamaindonne presents the work of Ljubiša Danilovic in this book entitled Le Desert Russe (The Russian Desert). As the author explains, “By 2050, Russia will have lost a third of its current population. The largest country in the world will then have just a hundred million…

  • The 10 Best New Photobooks: Fall 2015 | American Photo

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    The 10 Best New Photobooks: Fall 2015 From personal monographs to historic surveys, these are the brightest new gems for your collection

  • A Manifesto to Self-Publishing Your Own Photobooks | TIME

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    The How-To Guide to Self-Publish Your Own Photobooks Bruno Ceschel of “Self Publish, Be Happy” shares his best tips via Time: http://time.com/4040880/guide-self-publish-photobook/ Bruno Ceschel of Self Publish, Be Happy shares his best tips

  • Witness the Historical Transformation of Japanese Photography | TIME

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    Witness the Historical Transformation of Japanese Photography A new book and exhibit explore the evolution of Japanese photography via Time: http://time.com/4035308/japanese-photography/ “Many photographers started questioning what was the duty, what was the mission for them to reflect the society which changed radically in the ‘60s,” says Yasufumi Nakamori, associate curator of photography at the Houston…