Category: Books

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.

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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 putting a printed object out? Finding communities and people who are like-minded make me feel a little less insane about the fight for printed matter so I asked Juan and Carlos a couple of questions about the show and their own thoughts about the final fate of print

March 24, 2016
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 my opinion, offer a more nuanced narrative, one that was more in tune with my personal experience in the region

March 11, 2016
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 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 the true end of the decade.

March 9, 2016
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 LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2016/03/jamey-stillings-its-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 Stillings was the creator of that stellar project and recently joined forces with Steidl books to publish The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar. Jamey kept a diary of his on-press experience at Steidl and today, he shares that journey from photographs to book

March 7, 2016
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, Streetshootr, etc) Then comes the whining about the lists. Then the whining about the whining. Then the whining about the lists of lists of lists. You need a bookie to keep track of it all.

March 1, 2016
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 to grace the sleek black and white pages.

February 23, 2016
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

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Martin Parr asks Chris Killip why he’s republishing his 1988 opus

January 27, 2016
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 had a long career that explored a range of styles and techniques. Walker Evans: Depth of Field, which Prestel published in November, provides the most comprehensive book-length look yet at the work of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.

January 13, 2016
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 historic goodwill trip allowed by both governments

December 22, 2015
Best Photobooks of the Year: 2015 | American Photo

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. —Jack Crager

December 14, 2015
How Mark Hogancamp Used Photography To Help Cope With PTSD | American Photo

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 real world—Hogancamp lives alone in a crowded trailer, devoting much of his time to building, photographing and documenting the lives of those in Marwencol—a fictitious world of Hogancamp’s creation.

October 22, 2015
Magnum Photos Blog

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 life. Since the birth of a daughter and a son, Chang has traveled less frequently, but his phone is still too often on airplane mode.

October 15, 2015
Book : The Russian Desert by Ljubiša Danilovic – The Eye of Photography

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 citizens.

September 25, 2015
The 10 Best New Photobooks: Fall 2015 | American Photo

The 10 Best New Photobooks: Fall 2015

From personal monographs to historic surveys, these are the brightest new gems for your collection

September 21, 2015
A Manifesto to Self-Publishing Your Own Photobooks | TIME

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

September 21, 2015
Witness the Historical Transformation of Japanese Photography | TIME

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 Museum of Fine Arts, who produced the exhibition For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979, the first major show devoted to the radical transition in Japanese visual culture.

September 18, 2015
Publishing Photo Books: Success Tips from Brad Mangin | PhotoShelter Blog

Publishing Photo Books: Success Tips from Brad Mangin – PhotoShelter Blog

As the 2015 baseball season starts winding to a close, we caught up with Brad Mangin, accomplished sports photographer and longtime friend of PhotoShelter. Brad has now published four wonderful photography books — one titled Instant Baseball featuring his

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We asked Brad to share his book publishing experiences with the PhotoShelter community. Having experienced the process of compiling, editing, producing, and marketing photography books (now four times) affords Brad some amazing insights. We asked Brad to dig into everything from choosing a publisher to contract terms and design intentions – his responses are candid and very helpful.

September 17, 2015
Juxtapoz Magazine – New zines from Hamburger Eyes

Juxtapoz Magazine – New zines from Hamburger Eyes

The ever-busy folks over at Hamburger Eyes have just released a series of new zines, six in total, and they are only $5 each! What that means is that…

Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/photography/hamburger-eyes-92323482348234

With titles like Celly Brain, Koinstars, Face Time and California Nights, Hamburger Eyes continues to be one of the most prolific publishers of black and white photography zines out.

September 9, 2015
Harry Gruyaert: A Belgian photographer embraces the color movement of the 1970s (PHOTOS).

The Photographer Who Brought Color to Magnum

It’s hard to read anything about Harry Gruyaert without at least one mention of the word color. The Belgian’s somewhat radical embrace of the medium in…

via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/08/18/harry_gruyaert_a_belgian_photographer_embraces_the_color_movement_of_the.html

It’s hard to read anything about Harry Gruyaert without at least one mention of the word color. The Belgian’s somewhat radical embrace of the medium in the 1970s has certainly helped define his career thus far: Black-and-white photos were the last things on viewers’ minds while walking through Gruyaert’s recently closed show at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris or while turning the pages of a retrospective of his work around the world, Harry Gruyaert.

August 19, 2015
Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin photograph the Republic of the Congo in their book, Congo.

These Untitled Photos of the Republic of Congo Leave Viewers to Find Their Own Interpretations

Compared to its larger Central African neighbor, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo has not been widely documented. Alex Majoli…

via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/08/16/alex_majoli_and_paolo_pellegrin_photograph_the_republic_of_the_congo_in.html

Compared to its larger Central African neighbor, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo has not been widely documented. Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin provide plenty of visual records in their book, Congo, which Aperture published in May, but they don’t seek to illuminate much, at least in terms of names, places, and historical context. Their photographs, a mix of captivating city scenes and tropical landscapes, are uncaptioned and untitled. An interview with Majoli over email yielded little more in the way of concrete information. Their goal, he said, was to leave viewers with only “what is necessary” to draw their own conclusions—namely, images—and nothing more.

August 17, 2015