Category: Books
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Leon Borensztein’s ‘American Portraits’
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/01/13/leon-borenszteins-american-portraits/#1 More often than not, some of the best observers of places are those not originally from there. Leon Borensztein was born in Poland, settled in Israel and emigrated only later in life to the U.S. in 1977. But unlike de Tocqueville…
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Das Book: The Making Of Weird Sports
I’ve got a copy of Weird Sports sitting in the front room of my house and EVERYONE who picks it up, whether they are a photographer or not, loves it. They slowly flip through the pages, laughing hysterically. Definitely recommended. Here’s Sol’s story of putting it together… THE WILD WEIRD WORLD OF SPORTS This past…
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Review: Redheaded Peckerwood by Christian Patterson
Conscientious By now, you have probably seen Redheaded Peckerwood being picked the most by the various people (me included) who compiled a “best of 2011” list. As subjective as such lists are, I’d like to point at one very simple fact: In Marc Feustel’s tallying of these lists, the book was picked by 19 out…
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Moving forward, looking back
Moving forward, looking back A recent post by Blake Andrews on dead photoblogs has me thinking a lot about life online and off. From 2006 to 2007, I poured a lot of energy into my blog. On my first post, I wrote that I was ‘hu… via LITTLE BROWN MUSHROOM BLOG: http://littlebrownmushroom.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/moving-forward-looking-back/ And one commenter,…
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A Package of Protest
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/12/29/a-pacakge-of-protest/#1 The recent Protest Box, compiled by the British photographer Martin Parr, just published by Steidl, contains five facsimile reprints of some of the most important books of protest produced within the history of the photobook
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TIME’s Best of 2011: The Photobooks We Loved
LightBox | Time Read the latest stories about LightBox on Time via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2011/12/29/the-photo-books-we-loved-in-2011-2/#1 Here LightBox spotlights some of the best photobooks of the year as chosen by a group of photographers and photography experts from around around the world…. and of course a few from the photo editors of TIME. From the selection one…
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THE BEST PHOTO BOOKS OF 2011
photo-eye When considering whom to invite for our annual Best Books list, we try to look at all of the diverse corners of the photography world. Of course, we have our regular favorites who are not only staples in the photography community, but offer an incredibly informed and diverse perspective for what makes a stand-out…
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Our Top Ten Photo Books of 2011
Our Top Ten Photo Books of 2011 It was not unlike a political caucus. The candidates — in this case, nearly 100 photography books published this year — took over every inch of available counter space in the photo department, where they were carefully scrutinized by a group of opinionate via The 6th Floor Blog:…
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The Boombox Project, A Photobook of Vintage Boomboxes
The Boombox Project, A Photobook of Vintage Boomboxes http://vimeo.com/20664159 The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground is a photo book by photographer Lyle Owerko featuring via Laughing Squid: http://laughingsquid.com/the-boombox-project-a-photobook-of-vintage-boomboxes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+laughingsquid+%28Laughing+Squid%29 The Boombox Project: The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground is a photo book by photographer Lyle Owerko featuring fine art…
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Is This Place Great or What?
Foto8 Brian Ulrich began his Copia project in response to George W. Bush’s appeal to Americans in the weeks after 9/11 to shop and spend as a patriotic activity, but it developed into something much more far-reaching. The result of a decade’s work, Copia is a project that has grown organically out of its earliest…
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Top 20 Photobooks of 2011 by Alec Soth
Top 20 Photobooks of 2011 by Alec Soth While reviewing my favorite photobooks of the year, I noticed that numerous selections could be classified as crime stories. So in creating this year’s list, I thought it would be an entertaining e… via LITTLE BROWN MUSHROOM BLOG: http://littlebrownmushroom.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/top-20/ While reviewing my favorite photobooks of the year,…
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PDN surveys 2011 photo books
Rob Galbraith DPI: PDN Online has published three articles surveying the photo book landscape for 2011
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100 Notable Books of 2011
100 Notable Books of 2011 The Book Review’s annual list. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2011.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all?src=tp
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Vivian Maier Book Is Published
Vivian Maier Book Is Published I’ll have more to say about it in due course, but I just thought you’d want to know that I received Vivian Maier: Street Photographer yesterday. (It’s available for pre-order in the U.K. and it’s not in stock at The… via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2011/11/vivien-maier-book-is-published.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2FZSjz+%28The+Online+Photographer%29 I’ll have more to say…
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Q & A with Gordon Stettinius
Q & A with Gordon Stettinius Gordon Stettinius is the founder of Candela Books in Richmond, Virginia. I caught up with him recently to chat about Candela’s latest relea… Link: http://blakeandrews.blogspot.com/2011/11/q-with-gordon-stettinius.html Gordon Stettinius is the founder of Candela Books in Richmond, Virginia. I caught up with him recently to chat about Candela’s latest release, Salt…
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Paolo Pellegrin’s Dies Irae
photo-eye Book Reviews: Dies Irae Dies Irea , Photographs by Paolo Pellegrin . Published by Contrasto, 2011. Dies Irae Reviewed by Joscelyn Jurich ______________… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/11/photo-eye-book-reviews-dies-irae.html “I happen to think of photography as a foreign language,” says Paolo Pellegrin. “The question isn’t how to take good photos, it’s how to take photographs that succeed to…
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This Week In Photography Books
This Week In Photography Books – A Photo Editor by Jonathan Blaustein Just curious, but am I predictable in my unpredictability? If so, some of you must have seen this week’s column coming. Last Friday, we showcased some low-pro, under-the-radar type books you probably haven’t heard of. So of course, t via A Photo Editor:…
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photo-eye Book Reviews: Suburban Dreams
photo-eye Book Reviews: Suburban Dreams Suburban Dreams , Photographs by Beth Yarnelle Edwards . Published by Kehrer Verlag, 2011. Suburban Dreams Reviewed by George Sla… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/11/photo-eye-book-reviews-suburban-dreams.html Indeed, Edwards’ suburban dreamers, named alone or in couples, are largely in a kind of trance
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The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions, A Book of Fraternal Lodge Prank Devices
The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions, A Book of Fraternal Lodge Prank Devices The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions is a book of pranking devices by New Yorker cartoonist and freelance illustrator Julia Suits. Twenty via Laughing Squid: http://laughingsquid.com/the-extraordinary-catalog-of-peculiar-inventions-a-book-of-fraternal-lodge-prank-devices/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+laughingsquid+%28Laughing+Squid%29 The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions is a book of pranking devices by New Yorker cartoonist…
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This Week In Photography Books
This Week In Photography Books – A Photo Editor by Jonathan Blaustein A few weeks ago, I outed myself for having created a male-centric photo-book review column. Rather than embracing the gender bias, I sought to rectify the problem, good feminist that I am. (My wife went to Vassar and Smith, so my cre via…