Category: Books
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Conscientious Extended | Conversations about Photobooks: Alice Rose George
Sometimes a photographer will come to me with a box of prints, and I just keep looking at the pictures until I start understanding what the core is. It’s like the pictures ask me to pull them together in a certain way. A form begins. I love working with the photographer, I certainly think the…
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photo-eye Book Reviews: From Here to There
photo-eye Book Reviews: From Here to There From Here to There , Photographs by Alec Soth. Published by Walker Art Center, 2010. From Here to There Reviewed by Antone Dolezal _… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2011/01/photo-eye-book-reviews-from-here-to.html Few photographers can say the first retrospective monograph of their work was published at the ripe old age of 41. And even…
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The Best Photo Books of 2010 – Photo-Eye
SELECTED BY Morten Andersen Timothy Prus & Ed Jones Alan Rapp Elizabeth Avedon Rinko Kawauchi Ramón Reverté Alexa Becker Hester Keijser Michael Schmelling Bruno Ceschel Anne Kelly George Slade Jörg M. Colberg Loring Knoblauch Alec Soth Marco Delogu Larissa Leclair Peter Sutherland Antone Dolezal Melanie McWhorter Willem van Zoetendaal John Gossage Colin Pantall Laurence Vecten…
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Limited Edition Exhibition Catalog Pre-Sale Through Jan. 6th | Luceo Images
Altered States: The Way We Live Today is LUCEO’s second group exhibition of recent and best works, images that reflect LUCEO’s commitment to collaboration, artistic support, and exchange. In his forward to this limited edition exhibition catalog, show curator Brian Clamp distinguishes LUCEO from the traditional artistic model, noting that the “classic vision of the artist…
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photo-eye Book Reviews: Slow Burn
photo-eye Book Reviews: Slow Burn Slow Burn , Photographs by Renee Jacobs. Published by Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010. Slow Burn Reviewed by Tom Leininger… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2010/12/photo-eye-book-reviews-slow-burn.html A coal fire started underneath Centralia, Pennsylvania in 1962. It was still burning when Renée Jacobs arrived to document life in the town in 1983. A handful of…
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photo-eye | BLOG: Interviews: Laura Moya of PhotoLucida
Interviews: Laura Moya of PhotoLucida Photolucida ‘s Critical Mass has established itself as one of the foremost photo competitions, drawing applicants world wide for … Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2010/12/interviews-laura-moya-of-photolucida.html photo-eye was fortunate enough to catch Photolucida’s executive director Laura Moya at a lull between Critical Mass jurying cycles and ask a few questions about the competition, jurying…
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Top 10+ Photobooks of 2010 by Alec Soth « LITTLE BROWN MUSHROOM BLOG
Top 10+ Photobooks of 2010 by Alec Soth The Mushroom Collector by Jason Fulford When this book arrived, I saw the cover and was afraid to look inside. I flipped through the first few pages and then put it down. I didn’t look at it again … via LITTLE BROWN MUSHROOM BLOG: http://littlebrownmushroom.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/top-10-photobooks-of-2010-by-alec-soth/ “Crosses —…
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Photography books of the year | The Observer
Photography books of the year – reviews From 50 years of rock photography to the war images of Don McCullin and Albert Watson’s fashion photographs, Sean O’Hagan picks the year’s best photography books via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/dec/12/photography-books-of-the-year-sean-ohagan Sean O’Hagan picks the year’s best, including 50 years of rock photography, the war images of Don McCullin…
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2010's best photography books: my personal pick | guardian.co.uk
2010’s best photography books: my personal pick Sean O’Hagan: For this Sunday’s Observer, I’ve gathered some of 2010’s top popular releases. But here’s an extra selection from my own personal cellar, featuring those that are slightly more difficult find via the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2010/dec/10/sean-o-hagan-photography-books-christmas I’ve gathered some of 2010’s top popular releases. But here’s an extra…
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photo-eye | BLOG: PPP Editions: Killed, Roy Stryker's Rejects
PPP Editions: Killed, Roy Stryker’s Rejects Killed is a book of photographs that were never meant to be published, photographs that Roy E. Stryker of the Farm Security Administratio… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2010/12/ppp-editions-killed-roy-strykers.html Killed is a book of photographs that were never meant to be published, photographs that Roy E. Stryker of the Farm Security Administration disapproved…
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Conscientious Extended | Conversations about Photobooks: Charles Lane Press
I like photobooks because they solve the problem of sadness and loss that I feel when I see a beautiful show in a museum or gallery that I can’t see again. They satisfy my curiosity about whether or not the work stands the test of time and merits repeated viewing. Link: Conscientious Extended | Conversations…
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photo-eye Book Reviews: Oculi
photo-eye Book Reviews: Oculi Oculi , Photographs by the Oculi Photography Group. Published by Hardie Grant Books, 2010. Oculi Reviewed by Tom Leininger _________… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2010/12/photo-eye-book-reviews-oculi.html In 2000 a group of Australian photographers formed a collective and created a website showcasing their work. It was an outlet for newspaper photographers to get their personal work…
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5B4: A New American Picture by Doug Rickard
A New American Picture by Doug Rickard The older notions of photographers physically exploring their world may have in some ways come to pass. The Egglestons, Shores, Levitts, Wi… Link: http://5b4.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-american-picture-by-doug-rickard.html Doug Rickard’s work in his book A New American Picture has me excited, perhaps a bit disturbed, and completely captivated. Rickard’s work on this…
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Rob Hornstra’s New Book: “Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land” | dvafoto
Institute for Artist Management’s blog just published a full view of Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen’s new book “Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land” Link: Rob Hornstra’s New Book: “Empty Land, Promised Land, Forbidden Land” | dvafoto
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photo-eye | Antone's Picks: Infidel
Antone’s Picks: Infidel from the book Infidel Infidel is one of the best photography books to come out that documents the United States involvement in Afghanis… Link: http://blog.photoeye.com/2010/11/antones-picks-infidel.html Infidel is one of the best photography books to come out that documents the United States involvement in Afghanistan. I would go so far to say that…
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Boom Book Market: Expanding a Photo Book's Audience
Photographer Lyle Owerko’s new book The Boombox Project, published this fall by Abrams Image, began as a series of still-life photographs of old portable music players he shot on white seamless. The images of the visibly used boomboxes, which allow close examination of their design—knobs, dials, equalizers, speakers and other components—are compelling, nostalgia-inducing cultural documents.…
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Conscientious Extended | The Photobook – An Appreciation
In a book, my favourite images are usually hidden. The books are all on their shelves. I don’t have books lying around, their images exposed (ever since one of the cats once threw up on an Alfred Steichen book [a possible sign that her taste is strictly contemporary, but I don’t want to overinterpret things]…
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10: 10 Years of In-Public
Nick Turpin started the In-Public website in 2000 to foster a community of practicing street photographers. The recently published 10: 10 Years of In-Public features the work of the 20 photographers who now make up In-Public. In-Public is very much a 21st century endeavour, a virtual convergence of street photographers on four continents with a…
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10 Years of In-Public
10 was published to commemorate 10 years of In-Public, the international street photographers’ collective, featuring 10 images from each of the 20 photographers. Link: 10 Years of In-Public
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The Online Photographer: Recent Books of Interest: 1
Recent Books of Interest: 1 Introduction: In the next few days I’m going to be covering a motley of recently encountered or recently released books, some of which I’ve seen, some of which I haven’t. This post began as a simple listing of a few… via The Online Photographer: http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/10/recent-books-of-interest-1.html William Albert Allard: Five Decades…