Jesse’s Book Review – “October 2016: Fear of Leaving” by JH Engström Jesse opines on the latest energy-infused work of 2015 Leica Oskar Barnack Award winner JH Engström. October 2016: Fear of Leaving is a photo book by JH Engström. The name comes from a clever release program that only saw a 48 hour online exclusive […]
Jesse’s Book Review – “Meanwhile Across the Mountain” by Jens Olof Lasthein Check out Jesse’s audit of the hallucinatory uber-wide images from the latest tome by Swedish photographer Jens Olof Lasthein. There always seemed to be a lingering melancholy present in the old communist blocks. The ideals of equality to offset the lopsided capitalist systems […]
Jesse’s Book Review – “Above Else” by Woody Gooch and Quinn Matthews Jesse reflects on this visually intriguing travelogue of Nepal by young rising stars Woody Gooch and Quinn Matthews. Don’t nobody go nowhere. Coming off my last photobook review based on travel photography with Haruna Sato’s Tschuss…chose to review yet another. Above Else is […]
Jesse’s Book Review – Katsura by Yasuhiro Ishimoto Jesse has been discovering all sorts of interesting books lately. This time he pours over the work of Yasuhiro Ishimoto. Check it out. Katsura is one of those books that was on my Amazon wish list for ever and over the years has tripled in value and […]
Publishing a photography book – looking back after a year by Benn Murhaaya Benn has been on the site in the past, with a fantastic and detailed guide to shooting large format. This time around, Benn talks about his experience making a photo book. This is a long read, so settle down and enjoy. Some of the […]
Photography Zines and Books No: 35 Phew, I have finally managed to get a break so I can go through some of the lovely books and zines that I receive. I treasure them all and do my level best to feature them all, no matter how long it takes. Here is another load of lovely […]
Jesse’s book review, Momentary by Nico Perez Jesse Freeman’s world famous book reviews are usually focussed on Japanese photography, but occasionally he strays from the path to review the work of non Japanese photographers and friends too. This is the latter, a great review of beautiful book. I don’t believe happiness can be state, un-happiness can […]
Photography Zines and Books No: 34 As usual, the books pile up on my desk until I feel guilty and then start going through them. I just wish I had more time. But I have managed to make time for the latest batch and I am very glad I did as there are some excellent […]
Jesse’s book review, Segregation Story by Gordon Parks This review was meant to be released a couple of weeks ago, but like a total dope I lost the images. So Jesse has been really kind and managed to make some more for us. Come and check out this excellent review. “Here is a mean place….The […]
Jesse’s book review, Images Still and Moving by Abbas Kiarostami In a step away from Japanese photography books, Jesse reviews the work of Abbas Kiarostami, an Iranian movie director. If you are not familiar with his work then you will be after this excellent review. Internationally among living film directors, I would say there are […]
