Category: Books
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David Butow Chronicles the Trump Presidency in “Brink” – PhotoShelter Blog
David Butow Chronicles the Trump Presidency in “Brink” – PhotoShelter Blog Freelance photojournalist David Butow crossed my radar in 2018 when his photo of then-Senator Jeff Flake went viral. The intensity of emotion combined with the near perfect placement of people in the frame made it an instant classic – so much so that Time…
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Favorite Photobooks of 2021 – Compiled by LensCulture Editors | LensCulture
Favorite Photobooks of 2021 – Compiled by LensCulture Editors | LensCulture 39 curators, artists, editors and other photography experts reveal their personal favorite photobooks from 2021 — a delightfully diverse list of great recommendations via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/lensculture-editors-favorite-photobooks-of-2021 This list is testimony to the unwavering creativity of artists, designers and publishers across the world who made…
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2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Photo Books – PhotoShelter Blog
2021 Holiday Gift Guide: Photo Books – PhotoShelter Blog When people think about gifts for photographers, gear is king. But the gear a photographer chooses to use or not use is about as personal as the work they make. And let’s face it, even when you find out the photographer in your life is a…
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Robert Nickelsberg’s Unpublished Images of the Civil War in El Salvador | Blind
Robert Nickelsberg’s Unpublished Images of the Civil War in El Salvador In a forthcoming book, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg revisits his archive of El Salvador’s civil war to shed new light on the conflict and its consequences. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/3932-robert-nickelsbergs-unpublished-images-of-the-civil-war-in-el-salvador-en In a forthcoming book, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg revisits his archive of El Salvador’s civil war to shed…
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A Conversation With 10×10 Photobooks | Conscientious Photography Magazine
A Conversation With 10×10 Photobooks via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/conv-10×10/ Lederman and Yatskevich are two of the driving forces behind 10×10 Photobooks, a non-profit with a focus on the photobook. I spoke with Lederman and Yatskevich after the release of What They Saw (before the announcement of the PhotoBook Awards). The following conversation has been…
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Chizu history | Blind
Chizu history If you ask photobook aficionados what the ‘greatest’ photobook of all time is, there will be a whole bunch of answers. In this poll, The Americans by Robert Frank got the most votes, Ravens by Masahisa Fukase and New York by William Klein were up there, a Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/3907-chizu-history-en If you ask photobook…
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My Father Was a Black Photojournalist When There Were So Few – The New York Times
My Father Was a Black Photojournalist When There Were So Few The writer Aisha Sabatini Sloan and her father, a photojournalist, wrote a book together, “Captioning the Archives.” Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/20/us/aisha-sabatini-sloan-captioning-the-archives.html The writer Aisha Sabatini Sloan and her father, a photojournalist, wrote a book together, “Captioning the Archives.”
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An Architectural Survey in Search of America | The New Yorker
An Architectural Survey in Search of America A new book compiled by Jeffrey Ladd uses material from the Historic American Buildings Survey to capture something of the national character. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/an-architectural-survey-in-search-of-america A new book compiled by Jeffrey Ladd uses material from the Historic American Buildings Survey to capture something of the national…
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A Gut-Wrenching but Graceful Photo Project on Trump’s America
A Gut-Wrenching but Graceful Photo Project on Trump’s America Over four tumultuous years, Epstein’s book moves across the country to capture pivotal points of conflict between the American government, the people, and the land. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/681422/a-gut-wrenching-but-graceful-photo-project-on-trumps-america/ Mitch Epstein’s book Property Rights (Steidl) is a stark but sensitive examination of American life and land under…
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Announcing the Winners of the 2021 PhotoBook Awards
Announcing the Winners of the 2021 PhotoBook Awards Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, Aperture and Paris Photo present this year’s winning titles. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2021-photobook-awards/ Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, Aperture and Paris Photo present this year’s winning titles.
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Juxtapoz Magazine – Haddon Hall: Naomi Harris’s Photographs of a Miami Hotel
Juxtapoz Magazine – Haddon Hall: Naomi Harris’s Photographs of a Miami Hotel This is a touching story that has a Florida hotel as its center stage. Miami Beach was the winter destination for many seniors throughout the 70s and… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/haddon-hall-naomi-harris-s-photographs-of-a-miami-hotel/ This is a touching story that has a Florida hotel as its center stage.…
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From Anna Atkins to Hiromix: The Photo Books by Women You Need to Know | AnOther
From Anna Atkins to Hiromix: The Photo Books by Women You Need to Know via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/13669/from-anna-atkins-to-hiromix-the-photobooks-by-women-you-need-to-know Alex Merola shares a list of the most influential, boundary-breaking photo books created by women, spanning from 1843 to 1999
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War, Sex, and Violence, Or Life According to Yan Morvan | Blind
War, Sex, and Violence, Or Life According to Yan Morvan With the project Yan Morvan Archives, Battcoop publishing takes a comprehensive look at the photojournalist’s work. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/3815-war-sex-and-violence-or-life-according-to-yan-morvan-en With the project Yan Morvan Archives, Battcoop publishing takes a comprehensive look at the photojournalist’s work.
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Parallel Crisis – Photographs by Yannis Karpouzis | Book review by Alexander Strecker | LensCulture
Parallel Crisis – Photographs by Yannis Karpouzis | Book review by Alexander Strecker | LensCulture Years in the making, Yannis Karpouzis’ new book powerfully captures a sense of time stood still and the overlapping crises that unfolded following the Greek financial disaster of 2009 via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/yannis-karpouzis-parallel-crisis Years in the making, Yannis Karpouzis’ new book…
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photo-eye | BLOG: Book of the Week: Selected by Blake Andrews
Book of the Week: Selected by Blake Andrews Book Review I’m Looking Through You Photographs by Tim Davis Reviewed by Blake Andrews “’I’m pretty good at photography,’ states Tim … Link: https://blog.photoeye.com/2021/08/book-of-week-selected-by-blake-andrews_29.html “I’m pretty good at photography,” states Tim Davis toward the end of his new monograph I’m Looking Through You. “I’m, like, good at…
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Blind – The City in All its Facets
The City in All its Facets The latest book published by Louis Vuitton, Villes du monde [Cities of the World], takes readers on a trip around the world through 225 photographs of 30 different cities. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/1426/The-City-In-All-Its-Facets The latest book published by Louis Vuitton, Villes du monde [Cities on Earth], takes readers on a trip…
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A Sweeping Look at American Landscape Photography
A Sweeping Look at American Landscape Photography In an eloquent new photobook, Sandra S. Phillips considers how photographers envision the intertwined histories of land use, colonialism, and the built environment. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/a-sweeping-look-at-american-landscape-photography/ When Sandra S. Phillips was named curator emerita of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2016, after three…
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2020: A Year Like No Other, Captured in Photos
2020: A Year Like No Other, Captured in Photos A book forms a disturbing, diverse account of a very turbulent year. via Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/663256/2020-year-like-no-other-captured-in-magnum-photos/ Magnum 2020 revisits the uncertainties and upheavals of last year through 60 photographers around the world.
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Thiago Dezan When I Hear That Trumpet Sound – AMERICAN SUBURB X
Thiago Dezan When I Hear That Trumpet Sound I was confronted with three parts of a mental soundtrack while paging through Thiago Dezan’s new book When I Hear The That Trumpet Sound (Selo Turvo, 2021, ed. 200). The first track based on title and the book’s black endpapers and the ominous black cover via AMERICAN…
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Cai Dongdong – History of Life – burn magazine
Cai Dongdong – History of Life Cai Dongdong History of Life Captured through the eyes of ordinary Chinese citizens before, during, and after the cultural revolution and curated by one of China’s most talented visual artist… via burn magazine: https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2021/06/history-of-life-cai-dong-dong/ Captured through the eyes of ordinary Chinese citizens before, during, and after the cultural revolution and curated…