Category: Books
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I AM OGDEN
A former railroad town, Ogden is redefining itself and becoming one of the outdoor capitals of North America while still maintaining it’s “rough around the edges” western flair. The portraits (by Brian Nicholson) in this 12×12 inch, 360-page book showcase the lives of those who make this city great. By indiscriminately blending all walks of…
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Best PhotoBooks of 2008
Welcome to the Best Photobooks of 2008 interactive feature — a new and expanded version of what has become a cherished photo-eye tradition. In the window above you’ll see a list of prominent photographers, publishers, editors, writers, critics and publications who have been kind enough to share their picks for the top 10 (or so)…
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5B4: Manhattan Out by Raymond Depardon
Using his Leica like a shotgun fired from chest level, the wide angle of his lens gathered information wholesale as he navigated the crowds attempting to work without notice. Usually zeroing in on one or two subjects within his direct path, the photos also collected information on the periphery that often prove more interesting and…
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The Top 10 Everything of 2008 – TIME
Top 10 Election Photos Top 10 Editorial Cartoons Top 10 Oddball News Stories Top 10 Photos Top 10 Non-fiction books Top 10 Fiction books Top 10 Gadgets Top 10 iPhone Apps Top 10 Awkward Moments Top 10 Fleeting Celebrities Top 10 Magazine Covers Top 10 T-shirt Worthy Slogans Top 10 Viral Videos Top 10 Open…
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lens culture: Leonard Folgarait book review
Professor Folgarait explores the work of four photographers — and their critical and different roles — as they each helped to define a national identity for Mexico during 25 tumultuous years of revolution and post-revolution, from 1910 to 1935. Check it out here.
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lens culture: Michael Wolf book review
Big cities can sometimes seem like immense visual abstractions.The jam-packed juxtapositions of diverse styles of architecture — all compressed into dense overlapping vertical spaces — can be seen as things of rare man-made beauty. These soaring glass-walled environments also invite a sometimes perverse delight in voyeurism. Michael Wolf’s new photobook, The Transparent City, captures both…
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5B4: The Last Days of W. by Alec Soth
Alec Soth’s latest venture on the printed page is a self-published newspaper with the gothic-script title of The Last Days of W. 36 photographs within which even the inanimate objects look simply worn out and exhausted. With many of us down on our luck, this is supposed to only cost you a fiver. Check it…
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Photography Books of 2008
With the fall publishing season in full swing and 2009 fast approaching, PDN gathered together some of our favorite books for a look at the publishing year that was. Check it out here.
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SKINS & PUNKS – AVAILABLE TO BUY
Three years ago Vice Editor Andy Capper brought Gavin Watson out of self-imposed exile and uncovered hundreds of unpublished photos. The pair collaborated to produce a new book called Skins & Punks – Lost Archives 1978–1985, which we’re proud to say has now been released.
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(BBtv) John Hodgman: More Information Than You Require. This is not a book trailer. – Boing Boing
John Hodgman’s new book MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE hits the streets on October 21, but by no means is today’s episode of Boing Boing tv any sort of, oh, how do the marketing people say it — it’s not a book trailer, and it is by no means a promotional vehicle for said book.…
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5B4: Ward 81 by Mary Ellen Mark
Recently the publisher Damiani released a new edition of Mary Ellen Mark’s 1979 book Ward 81 Check it out here.
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5B4: Naini and the Sea of Wolves by Trinidad Carrillo
I am a little late to this party but Farewell Books has a new release called Naini and the Sea of Wolves by Trinidad Carrillo that is well worth some additional attention as it has now won the Swedish Photobook Award for 2008. Check it out here.
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Mostly True: Alexandra Avakian's New Book is Now Available
WINDOWS OF THE SOUL : My Journeys in the Muslim World by Alexandra Avakian is now available. The book is a memoir of the two decades (or so) Alexandra spent documenting the world of Islam from Central Asia, throughout the Middle East, Persia, Africa and the United States. Check it out here.
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Advance Review: "Deformer" by Ed Templeton- Juxtapoz
Eleven years in the making and spanning 30 years of material, Deformer chronicles Templeton’s err… unique life and upbringing through photographs, journal excerpts, letters from his strict grandfather, religious notes from his mother, personal sketches, and artwork. Check it out here.
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Radio Silence
Radio Silence is a selected visual history of American Hardcore Music. Compiled by authors Nathan Nedorostek and Anthony Pappalardo. The book is published by MTV Press and distributed by PowerHouse Books. Check it out here.
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5B4: Errata Editions On-Press: Day One
I just landed after a 15.5 hour flight into Hong Kong so I thought my first post report from China should be the background as to how this project came into being. Since many of you desire to publish your own books, you might find some useful info in the posts over the next few…
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Book Review – 'The Angel of Grozny – Orphans of a Forgotten War,' by Asne Seierstad
They steal, they hit, they kill dogs. And for New Year, they decorate the holiday tree in the backyard with the skeleton of a Russian soldier. After some 14 years of war, terror and lawlessness, the children of Chechnya have been damaged in ways outsiders can barely fathom. Even now, with the war part of…