Category: Books

  • Announcing photo-eye's Publisher Direct

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    Announcing photo-eye’s Publisher Direct With the exciting explosion in the number of independently published and small press photography books, Publisher Direct enables photo-ey… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/08/announcing-photo-eyes-publisher-direct.html Publisher Direct is a curated, invitation only service that provides photographers and independent book publishers with an avenue for promoting their titles on photo-eye’s popular website, allowing their publications to…

  • Free ebook about street photography

    Free ebook about street photography

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    Free ebook about street photography – Leica Rumors Thomas Leuthard (85mm.ch) published a free ebook about street photography called Going Candid… An unorthodox approach to Street Photography. The direct download link is here. Related posts: 2017 Miami Street Photography Festival schedule of events Secon via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2011/08/02/free-ebook-about-street-photography.aspx/ Shortly after eleven o’clock on the night of May 1st,…

  • The 6th Floor: A Sneak Preview of the Times Magazine Photo Book

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    NYT: Five years in the making, it spans more than 1,700 issues of the magazine, including photographs by 140 key image makers of our time across all genres of the medium: documentary, portraiture, fine art, photo illustration, style and conceptual photography.

  • Martin Parr's Best Books of the Decade Announced at PhotoIreland Festival

    Martin Parr's Best Books of the Decade Announced at PhotoIreland Festival

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    Martin Parr’s Best Books of the Decade Announced at PhotoIreland Festival We all know Martin Parr as the acclaimed photographer and well-seen photobook bibliophile. Mr. Parr recently released the list of his newest… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/07/martin-parrs-best-books-of-decade.html The list by Martin Parr … replete with links to all books that are (or were) available from photo-eye.

  • Empathetic Portraits of a Segregated Nation

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    Lens Blog: And now we get to sample the result in a gem of a book, “Fields of Vision: The Photographs of Gordon Parks,” just published by the Library of Congress and the Giles publishing house. It presents 50 of Mr. Parks’s F.S.A. photos from the library’s holdings. The editor, Amy Pastan, has found many…

  • photo-eye Book Reviews: Rape of a Nation

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    The Rape of a Nation, Photographs by Marcus Bleasdale. Published by Schilt Publishing, 2010.The Rape

  • Behind the Scenes: Donald Weber’s new book Interrogations

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    Donald Weber has a new book of his work in Ukraine and Russia, to be released in Fall 2011 by Schilt

  • photo-eye Book Reviews: State of the Union

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    photo-eye Book Reviews: State of the Union State of the Union , Photographs by Faye Robson . Published by Hatje Cantz , 2011. State of the Union Reviewed by Faye Robson ____… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/07/photo-eye-book-reviews-state-of-union.html State of the Union has the scope and character of a photographic ‘Great American Novel’ (even if it does not trumpet…

  • 2×2: Coming Soon

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    in May I began designing a piece to hand out at Review Santa Fe. Since Matt Slaby was also joining me there we decided to combine our work into one piwxw, so that we could push one another’s work while sharing our own new projects. Midway through the design, I realized that this could also…

  • Andy Adams and The Future of Photo Books

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    Andy Adams is passionate about is the ever changing world of photobooks…in Andy’s words and a video of his recent lecture are below:

  • photo-eye | A Closer Look — Lonely Boy Mag (No. A-2 Boys and their Cars)

    photo-eye | A Closer Look — Lonely Boy Mag (No. A-2 Boys and their Cars)

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    A Closer Look — Lonely Boy Mag (No. A-2 Boys and their Cars) from Lonely Boy Mag (No. A-2 Boys and their Cars) Issue two of Alec Soth’s Lonely Boy Mag (No. A-2 Boys and their Cars) was a challenge… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/06/closer-look-lonely-boy-mag-no-2-boys.html Issue two of Alec Soth’s Lonely Boy Mag (No. A-2 Boys and their…

  • A Closer Look — Behind the Zines: Self-Publishing Culture

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    A Closer Look — Behind the Zines: Self-Publishing Culture Behind the Zines Behind the Zines: Self-Publishing Culture , edited by Robert Klanten, Adeline Mollard and Matthias Hübner and publi… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/06/closer-look-behind-zines-self.html Behind the Zines: Self-Publishing Culture, edited by Robert Klanten, Adeline Mollard and Matthias Hübner and published by Gestalten, is a canny look at the…

  • photo-eye Book Reviews: Skate Park

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    Skate Park, Photographs by Arthur Tress. Published by Birch Books, 2010.Skate ParkReviewed by Daniel

  • anton kusters – odo yakuza tokyo

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    anton kusters – odo yakuza tokyo LIMITED EDITION (SOLD OUT) Anton Kusters Odo Yakuza Tokyo   Below is an excerpt of my conversation with Anton Kusters, talking about the birth of his first book. We are sitting on my front porch during a beautiful sunri… via burn magazine: http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/06/anton-kusters-odo-yakuza-tokyo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+burnmag an excerpt of my conversation with…

  • Success Stories: Jennifer Shaw

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    I’m excited to share the publication of Jennifer Shaw’s first monograph, Hurricane Story, published by Chin Music Press. I’ve been a fan of Jennifer’s work for some time and in particular, this series that takes us through an experience that was life changing in so many ways. Her unique photographic approach to simultaneously experiencing Hurricane…

  • Part 2: Thoughts on Photobooks 2011

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    In my previous post, I outlined some specific thoughts related to the Photography Book Now competition as it enters it’s 4th year. There’s $25k up for grabs for the best in self-published photography books. Beyond that, I hinted at the “extremely rich moment” we are witnessing in the history of photography and books. Unparalleled resources…

  • photo-eye | Interviews: Michael Schmelling

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    Interviews: Michael Schmelling Atlanta by Michael Schmelling. Chronicle Books, 2010. There has been a lot of buzz around New York based photographer Michael Schmelling… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/05/interviews-michael-schmelling.html its easy to see why Atlanta has garnered so much attention; not only is it a detailed view into the Georgia city’s hip hop scene, the work transcends audiences,…

  • Erwitt and De Keyzer release iPad books

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    I love the emergence of photo books on the iPad. Perhaps what these apps do best is make difficult

  • photo-eye Book Reviews: Publish Your Photography Book

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    photo-eye Book Reviews: Publish Your Photography Book Publish Your Photography Book , By Himes & Swanson . Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2011. Publish Your Photography Boo… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/05/photo-eye-book-reviews-publish-your.html Two of the most well-known names in photography book publishing and promotion have joined their considerable forces in a new book about publishing photography, called simply…

  • This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

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    By today’s standards David Carol is an “Old School” photographer. He shoots only Tri-X film using Leicas and Hasselblad rangefinders. His film is hand developed in Rodinal and printed on fiber based paper using a point source enlarger. David will show examples of his work and discuss his career and how he approaches taking pictures.…