Category: Books

  • photo-eye Favorite Books 2020

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    https://www.photoeye.com/best-books-2020/index.cfm We hope you enjoy this year’s selection of over 70 favorites by photobook notables from all over the world! The diversity of these choices can be seen below.

  • Mihai Barabancea: Falling On Blades RomanianAF – AMERICAN SUBURB X

    Mihai Barabancea: Falling On Blades RomanianAF – AMERICAN SUBURB X

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    Mihai Barabancea: Falling On Blades RomanianAF “I actually have no idea what street photography is, but I can oddly sense its look-off-tilted cameras, bit of asphalt, coupla ppl, maybe a mean looking dog, some bit of crazy occurring in the corners, some action as it were” It is becoming via AMERICAN SUBURB X: https://americansuburbx.com/2020/12/mihai-barabancea-falling-on-blades-romaniaaf.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mihai-barabancea-falling-on-blades-romaniaaf I…

  • Midnight La Frontera – Photographs by Ken Light | Book review by Gregory Eddi Jones | LensCulture

    Midnight La Frontera – Photographs by Ken Light | Book review by Gregory Eddi Jones | LensCulture

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    Midnight La Frontera – Photographs by Ken Light | Book review by Gregory Eddi Jones | LensCulture Photographed over thirty years ago, Ken Light’s nighttime pictures of migrants captured along the US-Mexico border pose some uneasy questions via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/ken-light-midnight-la-frontera Photographed over thirty years ago, Ken Light’s nighttime pictures of migrants captured along the US-Mexico…

  • The Psychic Shock of Animal Photojournalism in the 21st Century (WARNING: Graphic Images) – Luminous Landscape

    The Psychic Shock of Animal Photojournalism in the 21st Century (WARNING: Graphic Images) – Luminous Landscape

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    The Psychic Shock of Animal Photojournalism in the 21st Century (WARNING: Graphic Images) – Luminous Landscape A new collection of photographs by 40 leading animal photojournalists demonstrates the power of images to change how we see the world. via Luminous Landscape: https://luminous-landscape.com/a-new-collection-of-photographs-by-40-leading-animal-photojournalists-shows-us-the-hidden-abuses-of-animal-agriculture-and-the-power-of-images-to-change-how-we-see-the-world/ A new book of photographs titled HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene takes us…

  • photo-eye | BLOG: Quest: Reviewed by George Slade

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    Quest: Reviewed by George Slade Book Review Quest Photographs by Alexandre de Mortemart Reviewed by George Slade The black-and-white photographs in Alexandre de Mor… Link: https://blog.photoeye.com/2020/11/quest-reviewed-by-george-slade.html Don’t get too comfortable, Alexandre de Mortemart’s photographs suggest. The worlds you see herein have an elusive relationship with the truth. Don’t trust your eyes.

  • David Billet & Ian Kline’s Rabbit/Hare Texas Reason – AMERICAN SUBURB X

    David Billet & Ian Kline’s Rabbit/Hare Texas Reason – AMERICAN SUBURB X

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    David Billet & Ian Kline’s Rabbit/Hare Texas Reason “The picture stays in the kid. Tell heaven don’t wait for me” What is an image produced if not the perversion of self either in or out of frame? Authorship is dictatorship, no? What to do with a pare? Game Over, and if this isn’t an obvi…

  • Mimi Plumb: Sheltering Under The White Sky – AMERICAN SUBURB X

    Mimi Plumb: Sheltering Under The White Sky – AMERICAN SUBURB X

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    Mimi Plumb: Sheltering Under The White Sky “I hear the sound of victory. I hear the sound of victory. I hear the sound of victory”. 1976, the centenary-a procrastinator’s wet dream” The kids are smiling, their bodies are interlaced within the disused tire mound and the coyote snarls staring via AMERICAN SUBURB X: https://americansuburbx.com/2020/11/mimi-plumb-sheltering-under-the-white-sky.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mimi-plumb-sheltering-under-the-white-sky Mimi…

  • photo-eye | BLOG: East of Nowhere: Reviewed by Brian Arnold

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    East of Nowhere: Reviewed by Brian Arnold Book Review East of Nowhere Photographs by Fabio Ponzio Reviewed by Brian Arnold A poetic and empathetic vision of human perseverance… Link: https://blog.photoeye.com/2020/10/east-of-nowhere-reviewed-by-brian-arnold.html East of Nowhere, the new book by Italian documentary photographer Fabio Ponzio, chronicles 20 years of his wandering and photographing throughout Eastern and Central Europe…

  • Capturing 1980s Belfast at the height of the Troubles

    Capturing 1980s Belfast at the height of the Troubles

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    Capturing 1980s Belfast at the height of the Troubles In 1982, photographer Judah Passow spent two weeks in Belfast photographing Divis Flats, at the time deemed the worst public housing in Europe. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/capturing-1980s-belfast-at-the-height-of-the-troubles/ In 1982, photographer Judah Passow spent two weeks in Belfast documenting Divis Flats, which at the time, was deemed…

  • Richard Avedon, a Photographer Who Wanted to Outrun the Glitz Factor – The New York Times

    Richard Avedon, a Photographer Who Wanted to Outrun the Glitz Factor – The New York Times

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    Richard Avedon, a Photographer Who Wanted to Outrun the Glitz Factor Philip Gefter’s new biography, “What Becomes a Legend Most,” argues for Avedon’s place as one of the 20th century’s most consequential artists. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/books/review-richard-avedon-biography-what-becomes-legend-most-philip-gefter.html The issue is pressing while reading “What Becomes a Legend Most,” Philip Gefter’s wise and ebullient new biography of Richard…

  • Announcing the 2020 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist – Aperture

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    Announcing the 2020 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, Paris Photo and Aperture, in partnership with DELPIRE & CO, are excited to announce the 35 selected titles for this year’s shortlist. via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/announcing-the-2020-photobook-awards-shortlist/ Celebrating the evolving narrative of the photobook, Paris Photo and Aperture, in partnership with DELPIRE & CO,…

  • Hotels of Pyongyang

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    https://www.hotelsofnorthkorea.com/ A photography project documenting the architecture, interior design and people of North Korea’s capital city by James Scullin and Nicole Reed. Book and merchandise on sale now in Store

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – FloodZone: An Unsettling View of Impending Sea Level Rise in Miami

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – FloodZone: An Unsettling View of Impending Sea Level Rise in Miami “FloodZone” is Miami-based Russian photographer Anastasia Samoylova’s account of life on the knife-edge of the Southern United States: in Florida, whe… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/floodzone-an-unsettling-view-of-impending-sea-level-rise-in-miami/ The color palette is tropical: lush greens, azure blues, pastel pinks. But the mood is pensive and melancholy.…

  • The Photographers Who Captured the Toll of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – The New York Times

    The Photographers Who Captured the Toll of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – The New York Times

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    After Atomic Bombings, These Photographers Worked Under Mushroom Clouds A new book of photos documents the human impact of the bombings that ended World War II — and challenges a common American perception of the destruction in Japan. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/world/asia/hiroshima-nagasaki-japan-photos.html “I beg you to allow me to take pictures of your utmost sufferings,” Mr. Matsumoto,…

  • Things You Know is a zine documenting the NYC neighbourhood of Crown Heights

    Things You Know is a zine documenting the NYC neighbourhood of Crown Heights

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    Things You Know is a zine documenting the NYC neighbourhood of Crown Heights Created by friends Max Friedman and Jamil McGinnis, 100 per cent of the profits from the zine will go back into the constantly evolving community that inspired it. Link: https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/things-you-know-publication-240720?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29 Created by friends Max Friedman and Jamil McGinnis, 100 per cent of…

  • Teju Cole on photographing Switzerland, instead of adding to the “endless books about Mexico”

    Teju Cole on photographing Switzerland, instead of adding to the “endless books about Mexico”

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    Teju Cole on photographing Switzerland, instead of adding to the “endless books about Mexico” The novelist, curator and former photography critic for The New York Times Magazine talks to us about Fernweh, his new photobook documenting his Swiss travels. Link: https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/teju-cole-fernweh-in-conversation-photography-publication-200720?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itsnicethat%2FSlXC+%28It%27s+Nice+That%29 The novelist, curator and former photography critic for The New York Times Magazine talks…

  • Juxtapoz Magazine – Jeff Mermelstein Photographs Anonymous New Yorkers’ Text Messages

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    Juxtapoz Magazine – Jeff Mermelstein Photographs Anonymous New Yorkers’ Text Messages If you’ve been following Jeff Mermelstein on Instagram the last couple of years you’re aware he’s been secretly snapping pictures of New Yorker’s text… Link: https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/photography/jeff-mermelstein-photographs-anonymous-new-yorkers-text-messages/ If you’ve been following Jeff Mermelstein on Instagram the last couple of years you’re aware he’s been secretly…

  • A Photobook Traces Thirty Years of a Family’s Life – Aperture Foundation NY

    A Photobook Traces Thirty Years of a Family’s Life – Aperture Foundation NY

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    A Photobook Traces Thirty Years of a Family’s Life In “Pleasant Street,” Judith Black photographs her home life in New England from 1968 to 2000—and builds upon an American documentary tradition. via Aperture Foundation NY: https://aperture.org/blog/judith-black-thirty-years-of-a-familys-life/ Judith Black’s new photobook traces her home life in New England from 1968 to 2000—and builds upon an American…

  • Amoral Pictures | Conscientious Photography Magazine

    Amoral Pictures | Conscientious Photography Magazine

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    Amoral Pictures via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/amoral-pictures/ Occam’s Razor tells me that for any given problem the simplest explanation is the one to pick. So I would have to assume that what my grandfather took part in and witnessed is very much along the lines of what has just been published as Das Auge des…

  • Oliver Chanarin’s Male Gaze | Conscientious Photography Magazine

    Oliver Chanarin’s Male Gaze | Conscientious Photography Magazine

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    Oliver Chanarin’s Male Gaze via Conscientious Photography Magazine: https://cphmag.com/chanarins-male-gaze/ It’s always a sorry sight when a well known artist jumps the shark (to borrow that expression from popular culture). It’s particularly disheartening to see someone do it who based on her or his earlier work you would have thought should know a lot better. Yet…