If you havent checked it out already, then have a good browse through the excellent list of 40 online photomags here, courtesy of Smashing Magazine (also check out the other suggestions in the comments.) Any photographer looking for a little exposure, could do a lot worse than submit to a few of these.
© Martin Parr / Autoportrait
Interesting news on the wire today that Martin Parr will be curating the 2010 Brighton Photo Biennial. From Martin Parr: “I am looking forward to having the opportunity, through Brighton Photo Biennial, to share some of my passion for photography by exhibiting some recent finds of new work. I also want to build on the success of the last Biennial by focusing more on placing shows within Brighton & Hove and making the event a centre of dialogue and discovery.” Read the full press release here.
Look out too later this year for a retrospective of images from Parr’s books at Rocket Gallery.
On show now at the Fondation Cartier is William Eggleston’s recent work on Paris. A full review can be found here via Sean O’Hagan of the Guardian. Also check out the Fondation site for a few tantalising (e.g tiny) glimpses of the upcoming book/catalogue and a video of the maestro tinkering the ivories.
More on the book, can be found at the Steidl website here.
The book was due out March 1st, Fondation Cartier states April, Steidl say May and my contact has told me Autumn 09. So place your bets!
© Joel Meyerowitz
Check out a great interview with one of photography’s most eloquent speakers Joel Meyerowitz here. A long overdue retrospective is due out in 2010 by Phaidon.
There has been a glut of end of year photobook lists of late. I have compiled a list of the few I have seen so far…
First up is the truly awful Guardian collection here. With most selections, being aimed at those without any particular interest in photography, I wouldnt spend much time on it. Better photobook coverage in the Guardian can be found here, in Liz Jobey’s In Focus series of articles.
Next up we have the Daily Telegraph’s photography book list here. Eugene Richards’s Blue Room pops up on a few lists, so I am keen to see a copy of this recently released title.
Also from the UK press we have the Times’ Christmas Photography Books here, which gives top marks to Steidl’s Berenice Abott retrospective. Which leads me to the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis who awarded their top prize to the beautiful Steidl Berenice Abbot book. The rest of the prizewinners can be found here.
The most thorough round-up can be found at PDN, whose 2 part feature can be read here and here. A number of my favourites get a mention including Beaufort West by Mikhael Subotzky, Stephen Shore Road Trip Journal, Joel Sternfeld Oxbow Archive and Luigi Ghirri It’s Beautiful Here, Isn’t It.
Finally, you will probably find no better guide to photobooks online than Jeffrey Ladd’s 5b4, so take your time checking out his carefully considered best books of 2008 entry here.
© Paul Graham
Following Mark at Manchester Photography’s post about Paul Graham’s Shimmer of Possibility, Steidl have recently announced the launch of an affordable softcover edition. Combining all 12 books of the set into a single 376 page softcover volume, the new edition looks sure to sell out quickly at its RRP of £40 (see pre-order link at Amazon here).Full details of the new edition are not on the Steidl website, but can be found in the Spring 09 Steidl Catalogue downloadable from the Steidl website here.
Also due out in 2009, is a much needed Paul Graham retrospective from Steidl. A huge 400 page collection of his work, including images from those impossible to find early books - it looks a must-buy for anyone interested in contemporary photography. UPDATE: It’s now available for pre-order here.
The Fall 08 Steidl Catalogue can be downloaded here. I have selected a few personal highlights that will make my shopping list:-
Christer Stromholm - Poste Restante has been “coming soon” for the best part of the year, but hopefully this limited edition (of 1000) reprint will finally appear by the end of the year. The original 1967 version of Poste Restante commands huge prices on the used market, so this one is sure to be a fine investment, as well as an essential photobook. Available here.
Saul Leiter - Early Black and White is another title that has been scheduled to be released for some time. Early Color is one of my favourite photobooks of recent years, and this Steidl collection will be well worth a look - I will be interested to see if Leiter’s images seem so special in black and white as they do in colour. Available in October here.
Ray Metzker - Light Lines has been recently released. Little is heard of Metzker in Europe, but this beautifully produced huge monograph makes for the perfect introduction. See a full review at 5B4 here. Book available now here.
Raymond Depardon - Manhattan Out features New York street photos taken by the french photographer Raymond Depardon in the early 1980’s . Depardon shot all the images without looking through the viewfinder of his camera, working incognito in the nooks and crannies of New York. He was so disappointed with the results, that the negatives were never shown to anyone until recently. From the few images available on the Steidl site, we can be thankful that these Winogrand-esque images were mercifully saved and finally shown to the public. Available later this year here.
Joel Sternfeld - Oxbow Archive is featured in the current issue of Aperture Magazine. A quiet thoughtful work, showing how photographing very little, can evolve to be so much. Available in December here.
Blurb have added an extra category for their very popular Photography Book Now competition, entitled The People’s Choice Award. Now there is the best part of 2000 entries, so quite how the general public is expected to choose I am not quite sure, but having said that your vote would be richly appreciated!
The Photography Book now site, only allows a 15 page preview, so to offer a proper look at my entry, I have created a gallery of all the images here or alternatively point your browser to http://www.racingseen.co.uk. Editing down all the 100 or so images here, wasn’t easy but I am pretty happy with the final result.
Voting closes Sept 10th, good luck to all the entrants.
