Category: Books

  • Fascinating Photos Compare Public Spaces in North and South Korea

    Fascinating Photos Compare Public Spaces in North and South Korea

    Fascinating Photos Compare Public Spaces in North and South Korea – Feature Shoot Until recently, photographic views of North Korea were as controlled as the region itself. With Korea—Korea (Gestalten), the German photographer Dieter Leistner, who obtained special permission to photograph in Pyongyang outside of the normal, highly supe via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2014/04/dieter-leistner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dieter-leistner#!GmJci With Korea—Korea…

  • William Mebane and Martin Hyers: Empire

    William Mebane and Martin Hyers: Empire

    Book Week: William Mebane and Martin Hyers: Empire I have been a long time fan of the work by  photographers Martin Hyers and William Mebane and had the great pleasure of attending a photo festival in China with William, so got to see first hand where his smart approach to photography springs from.  This via…

  • Catherine Leutenegger: Kodak City

    Catherine Leutenegger: Kodak City

    Book Week: Catherine Leutenegger: Kodak City Publisher Kehrer Verlag has just released Kodak City by Swiss photographer Catherine Leutenegger with texts by A. D. Coleman, Catherine Leutenegger, Joerg Bader, and Urs Stahel. The project not only examines “a city once central to photography but now mar via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2014/04/catherine-leutenegger-kodak-city/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 Publisher Kehrer Verlag has just released…

  • Chris Hondros: Testament is a book that covers the photojournalist’s career

    Chris Hondros: Testament is a book that covers the photojournalist’s career

    A Stunning Testament to the Life and Work of Chris Hondros A collection of photographs and writing by the late photojournalist Chris Hondros titled Testament, published by PowerHouse Books, has been released… via Slate Magazine: http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2014/04/18/chris_hondros_testament_is_a_book_that_covers_the_photojournalist_s_career.html A collection of photographs and writing by the late photojournalist Chris Hondros titled Testament, published by PowerHouse Books, has…

  • Weird Sports 2: The Photo Book by Sol Neelman — Kickstarter

    Weird Sports 2: The Photo Book This is a fundraiser to produce “Weird Sports 2,” a photo book by German fine art publisher Kehrer Verlag. via Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/308589421/weird-sports-2-the-photo-book This book isn’t about creating a definition of what sports is or is not. It’s about starting a discussion about what role sports play in people’s lives. …

  • A Guide to the Best Spring/Summer Photo Books

    A Guide to the Best Spring/Summer Photo Books

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    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/04/01/time-special-preview-a-guide-to-the-best-springsummer-photo-books/#1 LightBox presents a special preview of the season’s best photography books, featuring releases as varied as a monograph on Danny Lyon; inspired contemporary work by Richard Renaldi; a poignant reflection on the lingering anxieties of war by Peter van Agtmael; and a re-envisioned…

  • Interview: Stephen Shore on A New York Minute and From Galilee to the Negev

    Interview: Stephen Shore on A New York Minute and From Galilee to the Negev

    Interview: Stephen Shore on A New York Minute and From Galilee to the Negev Interview Stephen Shore on New York Minute and From Galilee to the Negev Stephen Shore speaks to photo-eye’s Melanie McWhorter … Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2014/03/interview-stephen-shore-on-new-york.html New from Phaidon are two publications by Stephen Shore. Available now, A New York Minute is the first…

  • This Week In Photography Books: Trent Parke

    This Week In Photography Books: Trent Parke – A Photo Editor by Jonathan Blaustein I used to have an Aussie friend named Pappy. We met when I was still impressionable, and were the best of mates for nearly 15 years. He looked like a pirate and drank like a Marine, so I did too. Having…

  • The photographer who gave his life to tell the truth about Gaddafi’s Libya

    The photographer who gave his life to tell the truth about Gaddafi’s Libya Award-winning photojournalist Chris Hondros was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while covering the Libyan conflict in 2011. As a book of his images and writing is published, Jonathan Klein, CEO of Getty Images, shares his memories via the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/media/photography-blog/2014/mar/19/chris-hondros-photographer-gave-his-life-to-tell-truth-gaddafis-libya Award-winning photojournalist…

  • Weird Sports 2: The Photo Book by Sol Neelman

    Weird Sports 2: The Photo Book This is a fundraiser to produce “Weird Sports 2,” a photo book by German fine art publisher Kehrer Verlag. via Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/308589421/weird-sports-2-the-photo-book For too long, I feel the narrow definition of sports has been limited to professional leagues and Olympic competitions, folks with monster builds and monster salaries. Sports…

  • A Complete Examination of Middlesex

    Book Review: A Complete Examination of Middlesex Book Review A Complete Examination of Middlesex By Bruce Gilden Reviewed by Colin Pantall There are worse things that can happe… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2014/02/book-review-complete-examination-of.html And so you open the pages and the stories start coming. There are worse things that can happen in life than being photographed by Bruce…

  • Book Review: Houston Rap

    Book Review: Houston Rap Book Review Houston Rap By Peter Beste & Lance Scott Walker Reviewed by Tom Leininger Rap is a window into life. Whether it is … Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2014/02/book-review-houston-rap.html Rap is a window into life. Whether it is the life of the East Coast, West Coast, Dirty South or Houston, the music is…

  • Juxtapoz Editions: Photography Zine

    Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Editions: Photography Zine Our newest Juxtapoz Editions release is Photography, a 32-page zine featuring some of the most influential names and talents in contemporary photograp… Link: http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/juxtapoz-editions-photography-zine Our newest Juxtapoz Editions release is Photography, a 32-page zine featuring some of the most influential names and talents in contemporary photographer. Starting with…

  • The Best Books of 2013

    The Best Books of 2013 Best Books 2013 The Best Books of 2013 Announcing the Best Books of 2013 with out list of 30 contributors and the 26 most select… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2013/12/the-best-books-of-2013.html We love photobooks and for us, Best Books is a celebration of the amazingly diverse and expressive nature of the form. We are excited…

  • Dan Winters: Road to Seeing

    Link: Strobist: Dan Winters: Road to Seeing I am at a loss for a quick way to describe Dan Winters’ just-shipped book, Road to Seeing. That’s because it defies nearly any category of photo book I have seen to date.

  • 2013 Photobooks of the Year

    Link: LensCulture Editors – 2013 Photobooks of the Year | LensCulture The selection is quirky, subjective, untraditional, and probably not like many other lists of favorite photobooks out there. They range from super-large-format mainstream books to small hand-assembled artists books, from straightforward to obscure. But all of them are gems, in our opinion.

  • Paul Kwiatkowski: And Every Day Was Overcast

    Paul Kwiatkowski: And Every Day Was Overcast

    Paul Kwiatkowski: And Every Day Was Overcast Memories of childhood humanize us as adults. With age, our version of that time is deformed then reassembled. What fragments bleed through are tailored to a narrative designed to hide vulnerability. – Paul Kwiatkowski Paul Kwiatkowski stitches together an via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2013/12/paul-kwiatkowski-everyday-overcast-illustrated-novel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 Let’s just say you wanted to…

  • Photobook Gift Guide: Part II

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    Photobook Gift Guide: Part II Today we offer recommendations for those with a higher price point — limited edition books with prints. But one doesn’t need to break the… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2013/11/photobook-gift-guide-part-ii.html Today we offer recommendations for those with a higher price point — limited edition books with prints. But one doesn’t need to break the…

  • Carlos Spottorno – The Pigs

    Carlos Spottorno – The Pigs

    The PIGS – Photographs byCarlos Spottorno | LensCulture An award-winning photobook, The Pigs echoes the design and form of “The Economist” to deliver photoessays of real situations in four countries suffering in economic crisis in the EU: Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain — referred to by the financial press with via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/carlos-spottorno-the-pigs-2#slide-1 “The Pigs” echoes…

  • TIME Picks the Photobooks We Loved in 2013

    TIME Picks the Photobooks We Loved in 2013

    LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/11/25/time-picks-the-best-photobooks-of-2013/#1 This year’s offerings range from enormous, luxe tomes like Garry Winogrand to smaller, more intimate works like The Pigs. Overall the selection confirms — in a heartening way, for all of us — that even as unwieldy maelstroms of information emerge from…