November 2011
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Vivian Maier
Exhibition: Street Photographer, Vivian Maier Location: Howard Greenberg Gallery (41 East 57 Street) Date: December 15 - January 28, 2012 Opening reception: Thursday, 15 December 2011
An eccentric nanny from Chicago, who often used a pseudonym, Vivian Maier’s street and travel photographs were recently discovered in an auction of her possessions from an abandoned storage locker. Always...
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Nan Goldin
Exhibition: Scopophilia, Nan Goldin (USA) Location: Matthew Marks Gallery (522 West 22 Street) Dates: October 29 - December 23, 2011
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La Creciente. Alejandro Chaskielberg.
La Creciente. Alejandro Chaskielberg (Argentina).
Photographs by Alejandro Chaskielberg Foreword by Martin Parr Published by Nazraeli Press. First edition, 2011. It is #6 of the Parr/Nazraeli Edition of Ten.
[Purchase Nazraeli Press, photo-eye, Dashwood Books]
“I worked on this project for four years. It changed with time and with every islander I met. I used photography to explore and,...
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New Mexican Grandeur. Héctor García.
New Mexican Grandeur. Héctor García (Mexico).
Photographs by Héctor García Design by Vicente Rojo Text by Salvador Novo
Published by Petroleos Mexicanos, March 1967. Print run of 6,000 copies.
[Purchase: out-of-print] The publication of New Mexican Grandeur was financed by state-owned petroleum company Petroleos Mexicanos. The idea was to show Mexico City as a modern capital, bursting with...
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Andreas Gursky
Exhibition: Bangkok, Andreas Gursky (Germany) Location: Gagosian Gallery (522 West 21 Street) Dates: November 4 - December, 17 2011
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Kohei Yoshiyuki. The Park.
The Park. Kohei Yoshiyuki (Japan).
Photographes by Kohei Yoshiyuki Edited by Yosi Millo Text by Vince Aletti Design by Stapelberg & Fritz Interview with the photographer by Nobuyoshi Araki
Published by Hatje Cantz, 2007. The edition is app 4,500 copies. This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition.
The first edition was published by Seven Sha, Tokyo in 1980.
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The PhotoBook Review
I was extremely happy to see this new publication - The PhotoBook Review - by Aperture Foundation with the support of Paris Photo, and if you love photobooks as much as I do, you can definitely understand it! This is an incredible source of information of the photobook world today. It was just launched at Paris Photo. THEMUSTHAVE!
Guest Editor Jeffrey Ladd Publisher Lesley A. Martin Designer...
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We English. Simon Roberts.
We English. Simon Roberts (the United Kingdom).
Photographs by Simon Roberts Essay by Stephen Daniels and Afterwards by Simon Roberts Design by Murray & Sorrell FUEL
Published by Chris Boot. First edition October 2009. Printed and bound in Italy.
[Purchase: photo-eye]
This is one of the first photo books I’ve purchased. And I love it! The large horizontal format book with...
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The 99% Project. Mathieu Asselin.
The 99% Project. Mathieu Asselin.
Photographs by Mathieu Asselin Text by Michael Saur
Self-published newsprint, limited edition of 100, numbered and signed by the photographer.
A series of portraits of Occupy Wall Street protesters and supporters of the movement at Zuccotti Park, New York. 1,000 copies were printed: 900, for free distribution, and 100, numbered and signed by the photographer,...
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Richard Mosse
Exhibition: Infra, Richard Mosse Location: Jack Shainman Gallery (513 West 20th Street) Dates: November 17 - December 22, 2011 Opening Reception: Thursday, 17 November 2011, from 6 to 8
Infra. Richasrd Mosse. Published by Aperture. November 2011.
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Nudi. Paolo Roversi.
Nudi. Paolo Roversi (Italy).
Photographs by Paolo Roversi Design by Gerhard Steidl, Paolo Roversi Printing Steidl, Gottingen
Published by Editions Stromboli. First Edition, 1999.
[Purchase: out-of-print]
Beautifully designed book of nude models by Italian fashion photographer Paolo Roversi. Full length portraits of naked ladies - including famous models Kate Moss, Milla Jovovich, Amber...
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Infidel. Tim Hetherington
Infidel. Tim Hetherington (UK)
Photographs by Tim Hetherington Introduction by Sebastian Junger
Published by Chris Boot. First published September 30, 2010. Reprinted 2010. Design SMITH: Victoria Forrest, Namkwan Cho
“Their name for us was “Infidel”. We were in the Korengal Valley, in eastern Afghanistan, and the US military could listen in on enemy radio communications in...
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The Map (Chizu). Kikuji Kawada.
The Map (Chizu). Kikuji Kawada (Japan).
Photographs by Kikuji Kawada Essay “The Illusion of the Stain” by Kikuji Kawada Design by Naomichi Kawahata
Nazraeli Press, 2005. Hardcover. No Jacket. First Edition. Limited edition of 500 copies. Signed by Kawada and numbered. 49 plates, 23 foldouts. Kawada oversaw the production of this edition.
The original was published on August 6,...
