Category: Reviews
Ghastly & Fine – Review of “Vanitas” by Matthew Rolston
First impressions count. Yes, it’s a cliché, but it’s also true. Every book designer knows you can’t judge a book
“Mirror Moments, At Rest and in Motion: Consider Dwelling Here Too Long”, by Katya Borkov
I duck into the dollar store for a mask before venturing into the haze of wildfire smoke, which hangs over
An Other Look – Review of “Faces in the Rocks: Beyond Landscapes to Psycho-Geological Photography” by Joel Simpson
I believe every single one of us who has ever taken a landscape photograph, stood in front of one, or
Review of “Everything is Photograph: A Life of Andre Kertész” by Patricia Albers
The biography is a curious genre. There is always a backstory to a life we may know. Whether it’s someone
A Now from Then – Review of “The Posthumous Landscape: Remnants of Jewish Life in Eastern Europe” by David Kaufman
Every photographer is a historian. Every time we press the shutter release, we are capturing a moment and preserving it.
Immensities – Review of “Same Sun Same Moon” by Michael Kenna and Pico Iyer
There is something wonderfully promising about a duet. Two voices, placed next to each other, perhaps in harmony, perhaps both
pic*ture – tr. v. – Review of “Amherstburg: Picture A River Town” by Marty Gervais
There’s nothing special, or even all that original, about saying that a photographer’s real subject is light. Light and shadow,
Nuance and Conversation – Review of “Life Still” by Lee Friedlander
A phrase we all remember from growing up is this: One of these things is not like the other. Of
Inside and Out – Review of “Framing The World” by Kinga Owczennikow
I have often wondered why we are so in love with geometry. Shapes of any sort have always called to
Mindful Sadness & Joy – Review of “Still Life: A Photographer’s Journey Through Grief and Gardening” by Jane Fulton Alt
I shouldn’t be surprised anymore. I’ve seen enough still life photography to know that perhaps the quietest of the photographic
Stick Stories – Review of “The Drum Thing” by Deirdre O’Callaghan
Sometimes all you need is a list of names— Dave Grohl. Lenny White. Steve Jordan. Steve Ferrone. Ringo Starr. Jack
A Necessary Book for Those Who Remember and Those Who Do Not – Review of “Light in Dark Places” by Matthew Naythons
Let me say, here at the beginning, that Matthew Naythons’ book, Light in Dark Places, is a necessary book. It
Love of Place – Review of “Into the Great White Sands” by Craig Varjabedian
Collections of landscape photography can take on a number of forms. They can be documentary reportage. They can be laments
Complicated Evidence – Review of “Hunter Gatherer” by David Ricci
Every now and then, I am reminded that photo books, some of them, should come with a bit of a
Extraordinary & Beautiful – Necessary & Good – Review of “Patterns” by Jon McCormack
Some photo books not only exceed expectations, they transcend them. Some photo books are not only beautiful or poignant or