Category: Books
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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…
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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
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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…
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#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.
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Why Photo Zines Are More Important Than Ever | VICE | United States
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…
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Powerful Photos of Five Years of Upheaval in the Middle East | VICE | United States
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…
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Ken Light: What’s Going On? | LENSCRATCH
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…
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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 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…
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B: Leap Day Rant
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,…
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Juxtapoz Magazine – HAMBURGER EYES issue No. 20
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…
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Chris Killip’s Celebrated Photobook In Flagrante Makes Its Return | TIME
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
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The work of Walker Evans is collected in the book, Walker Evans: Depth of Field.
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…
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B: 2015 Photobook Recap
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…