Category: Books

Gilles Mora: Antebellum | LENSCRATCH

Gilles Mora: Antebellum

Photographer, editor, artistic director and museum director Gilles Mora has just released a new monograph, Antebellum, published by Texas University Press that consists of impressionistic, rarely seen images of a disappearing Deep South. His grainy images

via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2016/10/gilles-mora-antebellum/

Photographer, editor, artistic director and museum director Gilles Mora has just released a new monograph, Antebellum, published by Texas University Press that consists of impressionistic, rarely seen images of a disappearing Deep South

October 17, 2016
Anatomy of a Photobook: 10(X) by Sara Terry | TIME

The Virtue of Publishing Small Photo Poems

Sara Terry is the publisher of 10(X), a limited-edition series of photobooks

via Time: http://time.com/4520075/anatomy-of-a-photobook-10x-by-sara-terry/

When Sara Terry started printing handmade limited-edition photobooks of her work – each edition displaying only 10 images of her choice – she never expected it to attract an audience beyond her close friends. Yet, the editions, called 10(X), have caught the eyes of award-winning photographers and photo editors who are now collaborating with her

October 7, 2016
The fifty years of Gamma – The Eye of Photography

The fifty years of Gamma

In December 1966, four photographers, Hubert Henrotte, Raymond Depardon, Hugues Vassal, Léonard de Raemyand an agent, Jean Monteux, ready for a new adventure decided to launch a photographers’ agency where everyone worked on a 50-50 basis . The photographers, shareholders or colleagues shared half of the income from the sales of their reporting and half of the costs of production. Five months later, Gilles Caron joined the young staff.

October 6, 2016
Best Photography Books of Fall 2016 | American Photo

Best Photography Books of Fall 2016

September 14, 2016
Paula Bronstein’s Afghanistan Between Hope and Fear is a photojournalist’s 15-year study of Afghanistan.

15 Years of Hope and Fear in Afghanistan

Paula Bronstein has seen a lot of Afghanistan since she first visited the country nearly 15 years ago during the first few months of the American…

via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2016/08/03/paula_bronstein_s_afghanistan_between_hope_and_fear_is_a_photojournalist.html

Bronstein returned many times after that initial assignment, often working on stories of her own volition that covered politics, health care, education, and women’s rights. One-hundred and fourteen of her images that speak to Afghanistan’s complex history and culture have now been published as a new book by University of Texas Press titled Afghanistan: Between Hope and Fear.

August 3, 2016
The strange beauty of vintage Mexican crime photos – The Washington Post

The strange beauty of vintage Mexican crime photos

A new book collects old Mexican crime photos.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/07/27/the-strange-beauty-of-vintage-mexican-crime-photos/

On a trip to Mexico in 2010, photographer Stefan Ruiz stumbled on a sizable amount of vintage Mexican crime photos. He was perusing Mexico City’s sprawling La Lagunilla thrift market when he came across them. Something grabbed his interest and hooked him. Over the next six months he met the seller of the images and made repeated trips to the market to buy more and more, eventually amassing a large collection, which he published as a book titled, “Mexican Crime Photographs From the Archive of Stefan Ruiz” (Gost, 2015)

July 27, 2016
Through Her Lens Darkly: Diane Arbus’s Life Was as Raw as Her Work – The New York Times

Through Her Lens Darkly: Diane Arbus’s Life Was as Raw as Her Work

A biography of Diane Arbus links her charged imagery to an often fraught personal life.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/books/review/diane-arbus-biography-by-arthur-lubow.html?contentCollection=weekendreads&_r=0

Arbus is possibly the closest thing America has to Kafka, a profound ironist who simply did not see the world in conventional terms and was — when you strip away the nice-making, the wheedling for money or support and the expressions of garden- variety depression — incapable of saying anything uncompelling

July 6, 2016
Best Photography Books of Summer 2016 | American Photo

Best Photography Books of Summer 2016

Here are the best photo books we’re thumbing through this season

June 17, 2016
Worth a look: Raw View magazine | dvafoto

Worth a look: Raw View magazine

If you haven’t seen a copy of Raw View yet, you need to. It’s a beautifully printed magazine dedicated to photography. Each issue presents a wide range of work, diverse in both the type and subject matter of the photography and in terms of who is producing the work

June 10, 2016
Review: Arthur Lubow’s Diane Arbus Biography Recalls an Underworld Voyager – The New York Times

Review: Arthur Lubow’s Diane Arbus Biography Recalls an Underworld Voyager

This account of Arbus’s life, while not skimping on sordid details, demonstrates the defects and virtues of consummate professionalism.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/books/review-arthur-lubows-diane-arbus-biography-recalls-an-underworld-voyager.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Arthur Lubow’s new “Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer” is the second major biography of this complicated and controversial artist, after Patricia Bosworth’s “Diane Arbus: A Biography,” published in 1984. Both books pull you into a scenic and moral underworld. The details of Arbus’s troubled life cast a spell.

June 2, 2016
Publisher’s Insight – An Interview with Hannah Watson of Trolley Books | Fotografia Magazine

Publisher’s Insight – An Interview with Hannah Watson of Trolley Books

It’s Hannah Watson‘s turn to share her thoughts on photobooks and the photobook market for our Publisher’s Insight series. Hannah is the director of Trolley Books, a London based publisher approaching its 15th birthday

May 31, 2016
Publisher’s Insight – An Interview with Dewi Lewis | Fotografia Magazine

Publisher’s Insight – An Interview with Dewi Lewis

The key thing about the photobook is that it is not simply a collection of images. It is a coherent sequenced set of photos expressing the thoughts and opinions of the photographer. For me if a photographer is simply reliant on the aesthetics of their work – on the strength of the single image – and has nothing to say, then they don’t have a book.

May 12, 2016
#OutNow Vol. 9 – Six Best New Photobooks You Should Know | Fotografia Magazine

#OutNow Vol. 9 – Six Best New Photobooks You Should Know

Every few weeks, we ask Martin Amis of Photobookstore to compile #OutNow, a selection of six recommended, recently published photobooks.

May 11, 2016
L’ouvrage du World Press Photo 2016 – The Eye of Photography

L’ouvrage du World Press Photo 2016

Chaque année, l’un des plus attendus et plus importants Prix de Photographie de Presse publie son livre, le “World Press Photo Yearbook”. Cette année, l’ouvrage fait peau neuve, il est plus petit et comporte plus de pages tout en laissant une place importante à l’image ! Le livre est publié dans 6 langues, ce sont donc 6 éditeurs européens (Schilt Publishing, Thames & Hudson, Till Schaap Edition, 24 ORE Cultura et Blume) qui participent à la création de ce nouvel opus 2016. Les photographies des lauréats du World Press sont actuellement exposées à Amsterdam au De Nieuwe Kerk jusqu’au 10 juillet prochain.

May 9, 2016
Photographers Quarterly | Editors Letter | 1

Photographers Quarterly | Issue 4

May 4, 2016
New! The Photographer’s Guide to Publishing Photo Books | PhotoShelter Blog

New! The Photographer’s Guide to Publishing Photo Books – PhotoShelter Blog

To dig into the world of book publishing, we’ve partnered with the creative book publishing platform Blurb for our latest guide, The Photographer’s Guide to Publishing Photo Books. Inside, check out exclusive interviews with photographers who have compl

via PhotoShelter Blog: http://blog.photoshelter.com/2016/05/new-the-photographers-guide-to-publishing-photo-books/

Inside, check out exclusive interviews with photographers who have completed book projects through self-publishing and traditional publishing, and share lessons learned along the way.

May 4, 2016
Mossless Teams Up with International Center of Photography for Issue 4 | American Photo

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 has changed. It’s shaping up on to be Mossless’ biggest endeavor yet, which is no small feat, considering the quality of Hoogweaerts’ last issue, The United States.

April 28, 2016
A War Photographer Talks About the Demands of Documenting Conflict | VICE | United States

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 revolution. Then again, in many ways, it’s not. It’s about being a photographer and bearing witness to life-changing events. It’s about family and the lengths people go to in order to test themselves.

April 26, 2016
Marjorie Salvaterra: HER: Meditations On Being Female | LENSCRATCH

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 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 stirred and poured into an icy glass of self-awareness. This delicious concoction is being celebrated in a new monograph, HER: Meditations On Being Female

April 6, 2016
Jacques Revon : A history of photography from film to digital, photographers… photographed – The Eye of Photography

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 fanatic from a family that’s also all contaminated by this love of film. The story of a wonder that’s still intact 67 years later.

April 1, 2016