I was delighted to see Daniel Milnor speak about Tony Chirinos' The Precipice on his popular YouTube page. Find out what Milnor has to say about the book. Thanks to Dan for sharing this book.
Purchase your copy of the trade or limited edition on Tony's site, Gnomic Book, or my bookstore Grenade in a Jar books.
*Go to 4:41 for the review of The Precipice
Read MoreCaleb Cain Marcus is a book designer who has worked on a variety of projects including his recent projects with artists Amy Elkins (Anxious Pleasures), Marie Smith (The Fog Has Lifted), Patricio Christakos (Sleepover Secrets), Nydia Blas (Revival), Mikael Owunna (Cosmologies), Frank Frances (Remember the South), Alex Christopher Williams (Black Like Paul), Marshall Scheuttle (Morningstar), and Jonathan Blaustein (Extinction Party). He partners with publishers including Kris Graves Projects and artists who want to self-publish. He is also a photographer in his own right publishing two books with Damani - Silent Aftermath of Space and A Portrait of Ice.
Read MoreAnne Berry launched her book and limited edition Behind Glass in 2021, which features Berry's images of primates and apes in captivity, many in refuges around the world. In this interview, Berry chats about the project and the book's creation with designer Laurie Shock, briefly about the text included from Jane Goodall, the selection of materials for the publication, and working with McWhorter as a photobook consultant.
Read MoreWe are quite fortunate in Santa Fe to have one of the best photobook publishers in the world located in downtown. They have most of their books on display and available for sale. I took at trip over in July to see some of the new publications and upcoming books including some proofs of two new publications, one being the upcoming Shirin Neshat book. Today the staff was there in full force.
Read MoreErica Reade attended my photobook workshop in November 2020 with the Santa Fe Workshops (future workshop pending so contact for waitlist). Soon after the workshop's final class, Reade was on her way to a successful Kickstarter fundraising campaign and a new photobook with Daylight Books. For the workshop, she had a completed body of work titled Beach Lovers when she started the class and during the course of the workshop, and soon after, Reade rounded out her ideas about the final book project. Reade and I consulted for a few sessions about her fundraising and publisher questions and I am delighted to support Reade in the promotion of her book scheduled to release. Find the interview about Erica’s bookmaking process below.
Read MoreThis book includes three projects that collectively define Chirinos’ artwork produced in his 15-year career as a medical photographer. The first series in the surgical theater, followed by a typological and vibrantly colored image of the oft-anthropomorphic tools, and finishing with his images in the morgue. The photographic series are accompanied by two extraordinary pieces of prose by Albuquerque New Mexico’s Poet Lauraete Michelle Otero and essayist Eugenie Shinkle, and a poem by Claudia Isidron.
Read MoreI am happy to present the interview with Nicole Jean Hill on the book Encampment, Wyoming: Selections from the Lora Webb Nichols Archive 1899-1948 . Since its release with the publisher FW: Books, this book has garnered much attention and be reprinted in a second printing. It was shortlisted for Photobook of the Year for the Aperture Paris Photo Prize and the Historical Book Award for Arles. In this interview, the curator and editor for the project and book Nicole Jean Hill and I talk about the book making process. The second edition of the book, the limited edition, and prints are still available for purchase from the Lora Webb Nichols Archive and FW:Books. I hope you enjoy the interview and pick up a copy of the book from Nicole to further support this project.
https://www.lorawebbnichols.org/lwn-photo-book
Read MoreJim Horn was in my Santa Fe Workshop’s class in November and December 2020. This online class participants presented some wonderful work and bonded through their images. After the class, Jim Horn asked to have a discussion about photobooks on his new podcast and YouTube channel. Subscribe to his podcast and subscribe to his YouTube channel.
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