Category: Books

  • Blind – New Bern: The Portrait of a Small American Town

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    New Bern: The Portrait of a Small American Town Over a period of fifteen years, Michael von Graffenried documented the daily life of New Bern, North Carolina. This long-term project, published this spring with Steidl, is on view May 19–20 at the newly opened Espace MVG in Paris. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/1330/New-Bern-The-Portrait-Of-A-Small-American-Town Over a period of fifteen…

  • In Pictures: The Pastel Dreamscapes of North Korea | AnOther

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    In Pictures: The Pastel Dreamscapes of North Korea via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/13300/in-pictures-the-pastel-dreamscapes-of-north-korea In his upcoming book, Between Doors, photographer Ted Lau immaculately captures the hermit kingdom

  • Rahim Fortune’s Highly Personal Portrait of the American South | AnOther

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    Rahim Fortune’s Highly Personal Portrait of the American South via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/13299/rahim-fortune-photographer-i-cant-stand-to-see-you-cry-book-interview The Austin-born, New York-based photographer’s second book is a culmination of the last five years of “Black love, photography and history”, that he and his community have experienced

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – A Visual Record of Daily Life in San Quentin Prison

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – A Visual Record of Daily Life in San Quentin Prison The San Quentin Project collects a largely unseen visual record of daily life inside one of America’s oldest and largest prisons, demonstrating how th… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/a-visual-record-of-daily-life-in-san-quentin-prison/ The San Quentin Project collects a largely unseen visual record of daily life inside one of…

  • Primal Sight – Photographs by various artists | Book review by Magali Duzant | LensCulture

    Primal Sight – Photographs by various artists | Book review by Magali Duzant | LensCulture

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    Primal Sight – Photographs by various artists | Book review by Magali Duzant | LensCulture Curated by Efrem Zelony-Mindell, this book surveys the rich and elastic world of black-and-white photography via the works of over 140 artists and essays from Zelony-Mindell, David Campany, and Gregory Eddi-Jones via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/efrem-zelony-mindell-primal-sight Weaving its way from landscape to…

  • A Photographer’s View from Inside a Brooklyn Junior High | The New Yorker

    A Photographer’s View from Inside a Brooklyn Junior High | The New Yorker

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    A Photographer’s View from Inside a Brooklyn Junior High Puppy love, cafeteria jousting, and other scenes from a public school in Bushwick in the eighties and early nineties. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-photographers-view-from-inside-a-brooklyn-junior-high Between 1981 and 1994, the photographer Meryl Meisler worked as an art teacher in Bushwick, Brooklyn, at Roland Hayes Intermediate School 291.…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Thana Faroq: I don’t Recognize Me in the Shadows

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Thana Faroq: I don’t Recognize Me in the Shadows Thana Faroq’s I Don’t Recognize Me in the Shadows explores her journey leaving war-torn Yemen and experiencing asylum in the Netherlands. Th… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/thana-faroq-i-don-t-recognize-me-in-the-shadows/ Thana Faroq’s I Don’t Recognize Me in the Shadows explores her journey leaving war-torn Yemen and experiencing asylum in the Netherlands. Thana decided…

  • End of the Caliphate – Photographs by Ivor Prickett | Interview by Eefje Ludwig | LensCulture

    End of the Caliphate – Photographs by Ivor Prickett | Interview by Eefje Ludwig | LensCulture

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    End of the Caliphate – Photographs by Ivor Prickett | Interview by Eefje Ludwig | LensCulture What is left in the wake of conflict? Drawing on his time on the ground in Iraq and Syria, Ivor Prickett’s book is an enduring record of the people and places caught up in the battle to defeat ISIS…

  • The hard won secrets of street photography

    The hard won secrets of street photography

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    The hard won secrets of street photography Photographer Matt Stuart discusses his purist and uniquely playful approach to image-making as a guide for anyone interested in documenting their world. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/the-hard-won-secrets-of-street-photography/ Photographer Matt Stuart discusses his purist and uniquely playful approach to image-making as a guide for anyone interested in documenting their world.

  • The harder the composition, the better the image: Katie Burnett on her experimental new book Cabin Fever

    The harder the composition, the better the image: Katie Burnett on her experimental new book Cabin Fever

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    The harder the composition, the better the image: Katie Burnett on her experimental new book Cabin Fever The London-based photographer is always up for a challenge, and her new book – made in lockdown and published by Art Paper Editions – proves just that. Link: https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/katie-burnett-cabin-fever-photography-010421?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29 Katie Burnett never thought she’d become a photographer. Instead,…

  • Do Blue-Chip Photographers Prop up Global Capitalism?

    Do Blue-Chip Photographers Prop up Global Capitalism?

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    Do Blue-Chip Photographers Prop up Global Capitalism? In his recent manifesto, Jörg Colberg takes aim at three prominent photographers for their “visual propaganda.” via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/do-blue-chip-photographers-prop-up-global-capitalism/ That said, what are the “identical” mechanisms Colberg suggests that link these artists to their socialist-realist predecessors? Leibovitz, Crewdson, and Gursky produce a kind of capitalist propaganda that, like…

  • Blind – Mark Power: “America continues to enthrall and to disappoint in equal measure”

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    Mark Power: “America continues to enthrall and to disappoint in equal measure” In 2012, British photographer Mark Power embarked on an ambition journey: Good Morning America, a visual narrative of the United States, spanning over five books and ten years. One way to undertake such a project would be to follow thematic or geographica Link:…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Romantic Lowlife Fantasies: A Conversation with Laura June Kirsch on Her Upcoming Book

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Romantic Lowlife Fantasies: A Conversation with Laura June Kirsch on Her Upcoming Book This week Hat & Beard Press announced their newest book title, Romantic Lowlife Fantasies, a collection of photos of Juxtapoz contributor and… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/books/romantic-lowlife-fantasies-a-conversation-with-laura-june-kirsch-on-her-upcoming-book/ This week Hat & Beard Press announced their newest book title, Romantic Lowlife Fantasies, a collection of…

  • Blind – A 30-Year Odyssey Documenting Lives of Girlfriends Coming of Age

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    A 30-Year Odyssey Documenting Lives of Girlfriends Coming of Age In the new book Between Girls, Karen Marshall explores gender, identity, self-discovery and friendship between women in photographs, film, and audio recordings. Link: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/1265/A-30-Year-Odyssey-Documenting-Lives-Of-Girlfriends-Coming-Of-Age In the new book Between Girls, Karen Marshall explores gender, identity, self-discovery and friendship between women in photographs, film, and audio…

  • Donna Ferrato: HOLY – LENSCRATCH

    Donna Ferrato: HOLY – LENSCRATCH

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    Donna Ferrato: HOLY – LENSCRATCH Holy is forged from one woman’s outrage against a woman-hating world. Donna Ferrato’s radical photographs showcase the remarkable ways women survive, endure, and change. Holy depicts women who prevail. Holy is an invitation to understand denigration, abus via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/03/donna-ferrato-holy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 Holy is forged from one woman’s outrage against a woman-hating world. Donna Ferrato’s radical photographs showcase…

  • Jason Langer: Twenty Years – LENSCRATCH

    Jason Langer: Twenty Years – LENSCRATCH

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    Jason Langer: Twenty Years – LENSCRATCH “Jason seems to have absorbed the entirety of photo history, particularly the so-called “New York School”, identified by historian Jane Livngstone in her book of that title from the early 1990’s: Arbus; Avedon; Brodovitch; Croner; Davidson; Donaghy; Faure via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/03/jason-langer/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 Six years ago, I wrote a review of…

  • Blind – Harry Gruyaert: “India is a Life Lesson”

    Blind – Harry Gruyaert: “India is a Life Lesson”

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    Harry Gruyaert: “India is a Life Lesson” — Blind Magazine The photographer Harry Gruyaert, a member of Magnum Photos, publishes a beautiful photo book on India with Atelier EXB: it’s an immersive experience with a touch of mystery. via Blind Magazine: https://www.blind-magazine.com/en/news/harry-gruyaert-india-is-a-life-lesson/ The photographer Harry Gruyaert, a member of Magnum Photos, publishes a beautiful photo…

  • The Twenty Years War | Conscientious Photography Magazine

    The Twenty Years War | Conscientious Photography Magazine

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    The Twenty Years War via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/the-twenty-years-war/ Peter van Agtmael has been documenting the Twenty Year War since its very beginning. I first spoke with him in 2007 and then again ten years later. He has published a number of books, all of them essential records of a country too embroiled in its…

  • Nick Meyer: The Local – LENSCRATCH

    Nick Meyer: The Local – LENSCRATCH

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    Nick Meyer: The Local – LENSCRATCH Photographer Nick Meyer has created a remarkable body of work with his powerful project and new book published by MACK, The Local. It’s a collection of unrelenting seeing from a perspective of compassion and familiarity with place, but also a keen sensiti via LENSCRATCH: http://lenscratch.com/2021/03/nick-meyer-the-local/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lenscratch%2FZAbG+%28L++E++N++S++C++R++A++T++C++H%29 Photographer Nick Meyer has…

  • LaToya Ruby Frazier, American Witness – The New York Times

    LaToya Ruby Frazier, American Witness – The New York Times

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    LaToya Ruby Frazier, American Witness A marriage of art and activism, the artist’s searing photographs reveal the human toll of economic injustice. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/01/t-magazine/latoya-ruby-frazier-photography.html This fall, Frazier will publish “Flint Is Family in Three Acts,” a record of her five-year collaboration with people affected by the ongoing contaminated-water crisis in Flint, Mich. “The Last Cruze,”…