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Book Review: As I Found It. My Mother’s House by Russell Hart

Russell Hart’s As I Found It. My Mother’s House is a poignant visual exploration of memory’s fragility and the devastating impact of dementia. Through a collection of intimate photographs, Hart delves into the center of his mother’s fading identity, capturing the remnants of her life scattered across her home. These images serve as a poignant
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Flor Garduño @ Throckmorton Fine Art


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Book Review: Distant Journeys By David Katzenstein

David Katzenstein’s Distant Journeys is a book that offers both promise and disappointment. While it showcases a number of outstanding photographs, it is ultimately hampered by issues of editing and presentation. The collection is unified by its monochrome palette, which serves as a consistent thread throughout the work. Katzenstein presents this book as an overview
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Book Review: Daily Self-Portraits 1972-1973 by Melissa Shook

I have spent a considerable amount of time with Melissa Shook’s newly published, though posthumous, Daily Self-Portraits 1972-1973. Initially, I found myself at a loss for words, uncertain of how to engage with this collection. In an era where ego often eclipses artistic intent in photography, Shook’s self-portraits present a challenge. Though they hail from
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Toshiya Watanabe @ IBASHO


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Discovering Ansel Adams @ Cincinnati Art Museum


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Jacques Henri Lartigue @ Polka Galerie


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Colin Robins & Oliver Udy @ Kestle Barton


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Interview with featured photographer Eric Kunsman 

While I was reviewing the submissions for our Issue #124 – Cities 2024, I immediately recalled Eric Kunsman’s ongoing work in his project ‘Felicific Calculus’ and ‘Life-Lines Throughout the United States’. I know the multiple layers of this work would apply to the theme of ‘exploring cities’ (which it absolutely does), and also highlight aspects
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Book Review: America Series by Florence Montmare

Florence Montmare‘s book America Series provides an honest and intimately personal, yet widely relatable depiction of a nation in flux, all happening against the backdrop of a changing physical and social landscape. Montmare is an artist and photographer whose work in America Series somewhat follows the tradition of Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Richard Avedon.
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