Category: Books

  • 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…

  • photo-eye | BLOG: Light Break: Reviewed by Blake Andrews

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    Entering a New World: Reviewed by Blake Andrews Book Review Entering a New World Photographs by Massimo Vitali Reviewed by Blake Andrews Whether relaxing beachside, exploring the r… Link: https://blog.photoeye.com/2020/06/light-break-reviewed-by-blake-andrews.html “That book is enormous!” cried my wife upon spotting Entering a New World, the new monograph by Italian photographer Massimo Vitali. Her reaction is a…

  • A Portrait of 1990s England, Captured by an ‘Outsider’ | AnOther

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    A Portrait of 1990s England, Captured by an ‘Outsider’ via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/12548/england-in-the-1990s-peter-bialobrzeski-dewi-lewis-give-my-regards-to-elizabeth Give My Regards to Elizabeth is a new book by German photographer Peter Bialobrzeski, comprising photographs of his year spent in England in the early 90s

  • A Photography of Gestures – Photographs by Shirley Baker | Book review by Mark Durden | LensCulture

    A Photography of Gestures – Photographs by Shirley Baker | Book review by Mark Durden | LensCulture

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    A Photography of Gestures – Photographs by Shirley Baker | Book review by Mark Durden | LensCulture A new book shows Shirley Baker’s documentary work from a different perspective, shedding light on her playful and tender street photography via LensCulture: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/shirley-baker-a-photography-of-gestures A new book shows Shirley Baker’s documentary work from a different perspective, shedding light…

  • Reimagining a continent: The new generation of African photographers

    Reimagining a continent: The new generation of African photographers

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    Reimagining a continent: The new generation of African photographers A new generation of image-makers are presenting a kaleidoscopic portrait of the continent, exploring African myths, memories and taboos. via Huck Magazine: https://www.huckmag.com/art-and-culture/photography-2/meet-the-new-generation-of-african-photographers/ From gender and sexuality, to myths and memories: a new generation of image-makers are presenting a complex, kaleidoscopic portrait of the continent.

  • Dieter Keller: Das Auge Des Krieges – AMERICAN SUBURB X

    Dieter Keller: Das Auge Des Krieges – AMERICAN SUBURB X

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    Dieter Keller: Das Auge Des Krieges “Othering of the loser of a war is important for collective consciousness and acts as a bulwark against the tide of human sympathy in the matters of inhumane consequence” There are a number of different ways to approach writing about photograph via AMERICAN SUBURB X: https://americansuburbx.com/2020/05/dieter-keller-das-auge-des-krieges.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dieter-keller-das-auge-des-krieges Dieter Keller was…

  • photo-eye | BLOG: We Have No Place to Be: Reviewed by John Sypal

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    We Have No Place to Be: Reviewed by John Sypal Book Review We Have No Place to Be Photographs by Joji Hashiguchi Reviewed by John Sypal “In the early 1980s, Joji Hashiguchi photog… Link: https://blog.photoeye.com/2020/04/we-have-no-place-to-be-reviewed-by-john.html In the early 1980s, Joji Hashiguchi photographed young men and women congregating in the places where youth go to find…

  • Nine Photo Books (and One Surprise) to Treat Yourself to This Month | AnOther

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    Nine Photo Books (and One Surprise) to Treat Yourself to This Month via AnOther: https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/12434/photo-books-claire-de-rouen-subscriptions-lucie-rox-paul-mpagi-sepuya From Chris Killip’s documentary of a 1980s punk club to Lucie Rox’s journey around Japan, April’s best photo books allow a visual escape from isolation

  • A Different Side to Dorothea Lange | The New Yorker

    A Different Side to Dorothea Lange | The New Yorker

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    A Different Side to Dorothea Lange A lyrical new book by the photographer Sam Contis collects lesser-known images from the great documentarian’s archive. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-different-side-to-dorothea-lange Many of the black-and-white images in the new book “Day Sleeper,” by the photographer Sam Contis, look similar to Contis’s own: arid landscapes etched with fencing, cropped…