Farewell Books has two new releases that Mårten Lange was kind enough to send my way… Sensation by Noriko Takazawa 24 pages, saddle stiched 16 images, black and white, offset Edition of 500 €6 Even Your Ears by Hyunjin Kim 24 pages, saddle stiched 21 images, black and white, offset Edition of 500 €6 Both [...]
Got a nice little artist book in the mail from David Schoerner (founder of the wonderful independent publishing house Hassla Books)… 10 pages, black and white laser jet, edition of 18. Thanks David!
Published on the occasion of her Spring 2008 exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Colnaghi, Roni Horn‘s catalog Bird highlights a selection of close-up studio portraits of taxidermied Icelandic birds, a typology that Horn worked on for more than ten years. The usually wild animals are each seen here set in front of white backdrops, lit [...]
Mike Mandel, 1975 [from "The Baseball-Photographer Trading Cards"] © Mike Mandel Last year I published an interview with Mike Mandel in
Happy 40th birthday to Sesame Street! To celebrate, I give you one of my favorite moments (next to maybe this, of course): Geometry of Circles, a clip from a 1979 episode that includes music composed by Philip Glass! If only shows for kids were still this great…
Untitled, 2009 [from "Omaha Sketchbook"] © Gregory Halpern My good friend Gregory Halpern just updated his site with a new project shot over the summer called Omaha Sketchbook. It’s really very refreshing to view a project as a series of cut up contact prints, and there are some wonderful pairings to find. I should also [...]
