for the love of Photobooks

I have been collecting photobooks for about forty years. I love the way they feel and the intimate viewing distance looking at one. The photographs presented in a book is so much different than when viewing one on a wall in a gallery or museum. How the photographs are sequenced provide a very different "narrative" than any one photograph by itself. This essay by Teju Cole, "In Praise of the Photobook" sums up many of the reasons why a photobook is unique.

Book: Hand Tools (a sampler)

New book created this past summer during the COVUID-19 pandemic. Click the image to preview the book.

 

Book: Built

Published this month, August 2020. Click on image to preview the book.

Another book

Uploaded this short book too. Click on image to preview.

Inverse

New book

Just uploaded my new book. Click the image to preview it.

carwash

Politics 2017
I find myself preoccupied by what is going on in the USA. This is the first of a new series.

Fenced

Americans

A new series from my last visit to New York City.

More can be viewed here on my web site,

Food Series

Something new that I am working on.

"Pistachio - 2012"

"Almond - 2012"

"Chip" - 2012

Obsolete

 Sitting around my studio, looking at all the stuff on my shelves and scattered around, I realized that there is stuff that no body uses any more. A new photo project emerges. I am now fascinated by obsolete objects. It is amazing to me how much stuff has gone obsolete in just the past few years. Ok, maybe it is more than a few years. Here are some samples:

World on View

Finally, I put a book of photographs out for the world to see. Title of the book: World on View. Now I wait for feedback from my friends and colleagues. I am still considering adding an introduction if someone steps forward with thoughts that can add to this oeuvre.

I am still very close to the work. Perhaps I will add to this post in time.