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.
Fine art musings, the art of the photobook, collecting photography books, book art, artist books, and a forum on the aesthetics of art, photography, and life.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Monday, October 19, 2020
Book: Hand Tools (a sampler)
New book created this past summer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Click the image to preview the book.
Sunday, August 16, 2020
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