Tyre Choice by Gerry Johansson, reviewed by Torsten Nyström
Most of us have experienced what happens when we, for instance, are about to buy a car: you see cars everywhere; all you see…
Past Perfect Continuous by Igor Posner, reviewed by Robert Dunn
Perhaps it’s because I’m a novelist, because I studied lit in college, but what moves me most in a potentially great photobook is what…
Ending by Leif Sandberg, reviewed by Robin Titchener
Ending by Leif Sandberg is not an easy book. It is not supposed to be. It is a powerful, cathartic work of raw honesty and…
The List #2, Latest Photobook Recommendations
The List #2 The second installment in the new regular feature, The List, highlights my personal recommendations from the recent arrivals to the…
Red Flower: The Women of Okinawa by Mao Ishikawa, reviewed by Robert Dunn
One of the rarest, most interesting of photobook genres: I’m a talented young photographer, I’m doing wild, socially deviant stuff, throwing myself all the…
Dieter De Lathauwer – I loved my wife, killing children is good for the economy, reviewed by Robin Titchener
At first glance it is likely that very few people will be upset by this book….but look a little closer, and it very quickly becomes apparent that…
49/51 by Björn Larsson, reviewed by Johan Brink
In our bedroom there´s a photograph of my wife´s grandparents house, an aerial view from Hälsingland, on the east coast, in the middle of…
Pantomime by Daido Moriyama and A Child Is Born by Lennart Nilsson, compared by Torsten Nyström
Daido Moriyama’s book “Pantomime” arrives with the mail, as usual accompanied by a Japanese whiff of fragrant ink (Swedish-produced photobooks do not smell because…
One Sun, One Shadow by Shane Lavalette, reviewed by Robert Dunn
Photographer Shane Lavalette had the good fortune (and as we’ll see, the tough climb) to be commissioned by the High Museum of Art in…
The List #1, Latest Photobook Recommendations
The List #1 I am often asked for recommendations from recent photobook releases. Every few months, ‘The List’ will feature my personal selections from…
36 Views by Fyodor Telkov, reviewed by Robert Dunn
We open the new book 36 Views, by Russian photographer Fyodor Telkov and published by Ediciones Anómalas, to find a shot of a Soviet…
Hell on Wheels by Willy Spiller, reviewed by Sophie de Rakoff
New York in the late 1970’s was a place of utter exoticism to a European. A frigid, snow covered tundra in the winter, come…
The Last Son by Jim Goldberg, reviewed by Robert Dunn
In my last review for Photobookstore Magazine, I talked about autobiography in photobooks, how all photobooks in a way chart a photographer’s life, since…
Black Is The Day, Black Is The Night by Amy Elkins, reviewed by Robin Titchener
Having recently submitted a best of list to this very blog, I also devoured all the other contributions, in the hope of finding any…
While Leaves Are Falling by Takahiro Kaneyama, reviewed by Robert Dunn
What is autobiography in a photobook? On one level all photobooks are autobiographical, since a photographer has to be there to take a shot,…
The Bestselling Photobooks of 2016
The bestselling photobooks at Photobookstore during 2016 were as follows: 1. ZZYZX by Gregory Halpern 2. Astres Noirs by Katrin Koenning & Sarker Protick…
Photobooks of 2016: A Summary
Photobooks of 2016: A Summary We asked publishers, photographers, booksellers, writers and collectors to share some of their photobook highlights of 2016 in the…
Photobooks of 2016: Martin Amis
Photobooks of 2016: Martin Amis Astres Noirs by Katrin Koenning & Sarker Protick A dazzling journey though dark and light, night and day…
Photobooks of 2016: Mark Power
Photobooks of 2016: Mark Power ZZYZX – Gregory Halpern I knew this was my book of the year within minutes of opening it….
Photobooks of 2016: Maki
Photobooks of 2016: Maki Shinjuku Lost Child By Seung-Woo Yang This is one of the most astonishing photobooks I ever seen about Shinjuku…
Photobooks of 2016: Christer Ehrling
Photobooks of 2016: Christer Ehrling I bought my first book in 1986. It was Cafe Lehmitz by Anders Petersen, only because it was…
Photobooks of 2016: The Photocaptionist
The Photocaptionist’s favourite five photo-text books of 2016. Vasantha Yogananthan – Early Times Photography and literature make love Clare Strand – Girl…
Photobooks of 2016: Miwa Susuda
Photobooks of 2016: Miwa Susuda Tenko by Hanayo and Hajime Sawatari A rare collaboration between Hanayo and Hajime Sawatari, which began with Hanayo…
Photobooks of 2016: Yumi Goto
Photobooks of 2016: Yumi Goto Storytellers strive to devise a new interpretation of facts using unique perspectives and visual expressions based on their…
Photobooks of 2016: Alejandro Cartagena
Photobooks of 2016: Alejandro Cartagena I have a few soft spots for books produced in México or by Mexican artists this year. Coming…
Photobooks of 2016: Maxwell Anderson
Photobooks of 2016: Maxwell Anderson Tulips by Andrew Miksys Jungle Book by Yann Gross Siam’s Guy by Tiane Doan Na Champassak…
Photobooks of 2016: Awoiska van der Molen
Photobooks of 2016: Awoiska van der Molen OSC [Osaka Station City] by Antony Cairns A handmade publication showing a city how Cairns sees it…
Photobooks of 2016: 10×10 Photobooks Team
Photobooks of 2016: 10×10 Photobooks A strength of 10×10 Photobooks is the distinct perspectives of its founders: Olga Yatskevich, Matthew Carson and Russet…
Photobooks of 2016: Ron Jude
Photobooks of 2016: Ron Jude I focused my list on titles that favor atmospheric immersion over grand gestures and proclamations. These books all,…
Photobooks of 2016: Rob Hornstra
Photobooks of 2016: Rob Hornstra Edmund Clark and Crofton Black – Negative Publicity My favorite political photobook in 2016. However, my first reaction…