Bookshelf Picks – April to June 2016, by Martin Amis
Early Times by Vasantha Yogananthan Early Times is the first chapter of Vasantha Yogananthan’s ambitious long-term project A Myth of Two Souls which will…
A “Storytelling” of Ravens – An Appreciation of Masahisa Fukase’s Masterpiece — by Robert Dunn
The afterlife of Masahisa Fukase continues apace. In the last year I’ve picked up Slaughter (staged shots of his first wife, Yoko, posing in…
On A Good Day by Al Vandenberg, reviewed by Sophie de Rakoff
“I photograph on a good day, when I feel good and the subject feels good.” London in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Post…
Provoke: Between Protest and Performance, reviewed by Robert Dunn
If you love Japanese photography, as I do, the new book Provoke: Between Protest and Performance is essential—and a godsend. The thick, black tome…
Teenage Smokers 2 by Ed Templeton, reviewed by Sophie de Rakoff
Ed Templeton. Pro-skateboarder, zine publisher, fine artist and photographer. Beating heart of an unofficial collective of Californian artists (including Mike Mills and Thomas Campbell)…
Lingering Ghosts by Sam Ivin, reviewed by Robin Titchener
Every now and again, without warning you stumble across an absolute gem of a book. A concept where everything is right. The subject, the…
Ōtsuchi Future Memories by Alejandro Chaskielberg, reviewed by Rodrigo Orrantia
Very few projects I’ve seen lately manage to marry concept and medium in such a startling way. Perhaps it was coincidence, but I think…
Sombras Secas by Marcelo Greco, reviewed by Robert Dunn
Marcelo Greco’s Sombras Secas (Dry Shadows, in Portuguese) is a black-and-white Provoke-era-style photobook comprised of 35 recent shots from Greco’s home city of São…
Bookshelf picks – January to March 2016, by Martin Amis
Silent Histories by Kazuma Obara This is a brilliantly faithful recreation of the 2014 handmade book, of which only 45 copies were made. …
Athens Love by Ren Hang, reviewed by Keenan McCracken
Poet, political dissident, and perhaps one of the most exciting photographers to emerge from China in the past decade, Ren Hang has come to…
By the River of Kings by Jacob Aue Sobol, reviewed by Robert Dunn
Jacob Aue Sobol’s new book, By the River of Kings, plants him in Bangkok. Last year he put out a Leica tie-in book called…
Sharkification by Cristina de Middel, reviewed by Ollie Gapper
The controversy invited by projects made by “privileged outsider pointing a camera at underprivileged subject” is a well established and largely derogatory reading to…
Now Here Then by Huger Foote, reviewed by Robert Dunn
Although in most ways I’m an analog kind of guy, when I shoot for my photobooks, I shoot digital—unapologetically. Since I’m coming to my…
Atem by Massimiliano Tommaso Rezza, reviewed by Annakarin Quinto
ATEM is a big book. To read it you have to comfortably nest it between your thighs and womb. The best position is deeply…
Le Désert Russe by Ljubisa Danilovic, a response by Ollie Gapper
Locked to the rails, hurtling through – looking, searching for them, but they’re not here, or at least not anymore.The landscape engulfs us. I am swallowed by it….
The Top 20 Bestselling Photobooks of 2015
The Top 20 bestselling photobooks at PhotoBookStore in 2015 were as follows: 1. Todd Hido – Khrystyna’s World 2. Trent Parke – The Black…
Photobooks of 2015: The Photocaptionist
The Photocaptionist is deeply about image-text intersections. 2015 has been our busiest year with many off line projects for printed magazines and exhibitions. To…
Photobooks of 2015: Martin Amis
Over the course of the year, I am fortunate enough to have many photobooks pass through my hands. Since May I have been recommending…
Photobooks of 2015: Will Steacy
Photographer Will Steacy has selected some of his favourite books of 2015: 1. My Lens Our Ferguson – Adrian Octavius Walker 2. Fire…
Photobooks of 2015: Tomoki Matsumoto
Tomoki Matsumoto picks his photobook highlights from the past year: 1. Shoji Ueda by Shoji Ueda (Chose commune) 2. Peak by Nicolo Degiorgis…
Photobooks of 2015: Calin Kruse
Calin Kruse has picked some of his favourite books of the year: 1. Jon Cazenave: Ama Lur According to the website, „the artist has…
Photobooks of 2015: Hannah Watson
Hannah Watson of Trolley Books, shares some of her favourite books of the past year: 1. Timothy Prus – The Whale’s Eyelash I…
Photobooks of 2015: Rob Hornstra
Rob Hornstra has shared five of his favourite photobooks from the past year. He will reveal the remaining 5 books in his Top 10…
Photobooks of 2015: Mark Pearson
Mark Pearson has shared some of the favourite photobooks that he has discovered and worked on in the past year: 1. Terayama –…
Photobooks of 2015: Hester Keijser
On Facebook, Gary Cohen shared the secret recipe for making lists of favorite books for the end of year mania as follows: 1. Mine…
Photobooks of 2015: Hannes Wanderer
Hannes Wanderer has shared a selection of 10 books that really caught his attention this year:- 1. Mariken Wessels – Taking off. Henry My…
Photobooks of 2015: Ramón Reverté
Ramón Reverté has kindly shared some of his photobook highlights of the year: 1) Taking off. Henry my neighbor – Mariken Wessels …
Photobooks of 2015: Harvey Benge
Photographer and photobook maker Harvey Benge has shared his favourite books of the past year as follows: 1. Ron Jude – Lago – quiet…
Photobooks of 2015: Sonia Berger
In no particular order here are some of the photobooks that Sonia Berger enjoyed this year: 1. Révélations – Javier Viver (RM) 2. Un…
Photobooks of 2015: Mark Power
Next to share his photobook picks from the past 12 months is photographer Mark Power. In alphabetical order they are: 1. Missing Buildings – Thom…