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Category Archives: Photo-books
New on eyecurious: Book of the week
As you can see from the above image, there is a steadily growing pile of books sitting in the corner of my living room. Short of actually getting around to getting some more shelving or moving flats, I have decided to at least throw a little spotlight on one book each week. These won’t be [...]
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Review: 10 years of in-public
Street photography is a strangely controversial photographic genre. When I started blogging, I was a little surprised at how divisive it seemed to be within the photo community and its ability to get people worked up, whether they were in the ‘for’ or ‘against’ camp. As with many other photographic genres ‘street photography’ is a [...]
Also posted in Book reviews, Contemporary art, European photography, Tangents Tagged Blake Andrews, Jeffrey Ladd, Nick Turpin, street photography 3 Comments
Venturing beyond the World Cup
I saw a piece on BBC News yesterday lamenting the fact that most of the football fans who have travelled to South Africa for the World Cup are spending all their time between their hotel and a football stadium and are reluctant to venture any further than that. Apparently tourists have been assailed with warnings [...]
Also posted in African photography, European photography Tagged Anne Rearick, David Goldblatt, Guy Tillim, Per Englund, South Africa Leave a comment
The photographers’ cookbook
I have just received a couple of emails from students at Falmouth University in the UK. Instead of the usual print auction to fundraise for their end of year show they have come up with something a little different: they are producing a cookbook with recipes by a pretty solid selection of contemporary photographers (Alec [...]
Also posted in On a lighter note, Projects, Tangents Tagged Alec Soth, cookbook, Elina Brotherus, Martin Parr, Richard Misrach Leave a comment
Review: Leo Rubinfien, A Map of the East
I should say this up front: this is not so much a review as a eulogy. It has been a long time since a photobook has had such an strong impact on me (to the point where I found myself poring over it at 3am during a bout of insomnia). I am not going to [...]
Also posted in American photography, Book reviews Tagged Asia, Donald Richie, East, Japan, Leo Rubinfien, Shomei Tomatsu 2 Comments
Photobook swap
I have decided to attempt a photobook swap over on eyecurious books etc. I have a few books (mainly Japanese photobooks) in duplicate and I feel that it’s only fair to find them a new home. I’ve already posted a few of the books that I have available for exchange and there will be more [...]
Review: Mao Ishikawa, Life in Philly
There is a famous saying in Japan, “The nail that sticks out is hammered down.” If there is any truth to that over-used trope, Mao Ishikawa cannot have had an easy life. Born in 1953 in Okinawa, she was one of the very few female photographers of her generation who attempted to make a career [...]
Also posted in Book reviews, Japanese photography Tagged Daido Moriyama, Mao Ishikawa, Okinawa, Philadelphia, sex, Shomei Tomatsu, street photography 1 Comment
eyecurious books etc.
I’ve decided to launch an eyecurious offshoot over on tumblr: eyecurious books etc. I have started this little side-project because of the photo-books that are overtaking my small Paris apartment. For a number of reasons, including compulsive buying, getting sent review copies and amazingly generous photographers, I get my hands on a fair number of [...]
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Review: Stefan Heyne, The Noise
Stefan Heyne‘s The Noise is aptly named. His images give the impression of being situated between two states, like the static between radio stations. Their subjects, a window, the keel of a boat, a doorway, a phone, are still recognizable but are reduced to the most basic forms emerging from the surrounding darkness. Heyne uses [...]
Also posted in Book reviews, European photography Tagged Gerhard Richter, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Stefan Heyne Leave a comment
Book of the Week #1: Harvey Benge / Birds