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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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Book Review: The Sacrifice Zone by Eddo Hartmann
Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia and was an important republic of the Soviet Union until 1991. It is probably due to its size and low population density that parts of this territory were used as testing grounds during the Cold War in utmost secrecy. The Sacrifice Zone deals with the subject of
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Book Review: Hong Kong by Mikko Takkunen
As a native New Yorker; Mikko Takkunen’s book Hong Kong resonated deeply with me in a way I can only describe as breathtaking. 2020. The year we all wish to forget. In that year during the Covid pandemic Mikko, a photo editor from Finland, living in Hong Kong would go out into the streets mainly
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Book Review: On the National Language: The Poetry of America’s Endangered Tongues by B.A. Van Sise
On the National Language: The Poetry of America’s Endangered Tongues by B.A. Van Sise includes photographs of some of the last speakers, and new revitalizers and learners, of nearly 100 endangered languages in the United States. The images are based on single words from the languages that are difficult to translate into English. The speakers—nearly all of whom
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Book Review: Tuck And Roll by J Houston
Certain topics, in order to be addressed, need to be stripped of their exterior dimension. Humanized. Similarly, to immerse ourselves in J Houston’s book, we need to overcome the “patina” appearance of its cover, which replicates a white and shiny crocodile skin, to touch the rough reality of its pages. “Tuck and Roll (v.) The
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Location: Online Type: Book Review, Gender
Book Review: A Photographer and a Writer: A Review of Allan Sekula’s Art Isn’t Fair
Photography lacks a tradition of serious writing. This is most evident in contemporary photography, where we have a mountain of photographs and virtually nothing serious written about them. What writing we can find most often is nonsense written by people with little to zero knowledge of art history, theory, or criticism. That is, what we
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Book Review: Route 1 by Caren Winnall
Route 1 by Caren Winnall was a project born from Winnall’s desire to follow the same path that Bernice Abbott took in 1954. Abbott started photographing in Key West, Florida and took Route 1 all the way up the east coast of the US to Fort Kent, Maine. Winnall lives within a mile form Route
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Book Review: Un Po Mio by Marzio Toniolo
The Po River is the largest Italian river. It is located in the north of the peninsula, and is at the origin of one of the most active and richest areas on the planet: the Po Valley. The Po river has always represented a reference for the Po Valley, for its culture and its inhabitants.
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Book Review: Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture by Ivan McClellan
Ivan McClellan, a New York Times photojournalist and Kansas City native, has made significant contributions to the recognition and understanding of Black cowboy culture. His new book, Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture, published by Damiani Books, shares his dedication to documenting the unique subculture. This long-term project began during his coverage of the Roy LeBlanc Invitational Rodeo,
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