Category: Reviews

Simply Wonderful – Review of “Creating Photographs” by Albert Watson
Let me be clear at the beginning. I love this book. It does not take long to read. The images are

The Short Forever – Review of “DOR” by Mari Calai
Imagine a haiku, the ancient Japanese form of poetry. Three lines. Five syllables, then seven, then five again. Tradition says

The Benefit of Time – Review of “Found, Not Lost” by Elliott Erwitt
Artists have a peculiar relationship with time and their own work. New work is always fresh and exciting, filled with discovery

The Prayers of Memory – Review of “Sweet Noise: Love in Wartime” by Max Hirshfeld
Sometimes, to read a book, you have to shut the door. Not because of secrecy or a need to hide,

Necessary Reading – Review of “Looking at Photography” by Stephen Frailey
There is a curious relationship between experience, knowledge, and inspiration. I’m sure every photographer has felt this at one time

Inside Pain and Purpose – Review of “Uncommon Grit: A Photographic Journey Through Navy Seal Training” by D. McBurnett
There is something special about an inside look. Pull any curtain back, even partially, and we step forward to see what

The New Way, the Old Way – Review of “Northern Plains Native Americans: A Modern Wet Plate Perspective” by Shane Balkowitsch
Imagine a project of 1000 portraits. Now imagine the project in a way that you only get one try for each

Witness – Review of “Taxi: Journey Through My Windows 1977-1987” by Joseph Rodriguez
I sometimes wonder about the work we do. Photographers are documentarians, yes. But we are also historians, sociologists, ethnographers. Sometimes we are psychiatrists

On the Clarity of Night – Review of “Hà Nội” by Wouter Vanhees
Sometimes a simple idea is the best idea. Sometimes, in fact, a simple idea can be genius. Every Wednesday night, at

The Perfect Tabletop Hike – Review of “The Nature of Yosemite: A Visual Journey” by Robb Hirsch
Here is a confession. Every now and then, for whatever reason, I find myself holding an Audubon or Peterson field guide

Too Much, Too Little – Review of “Women Street Photographers”, edited by Gulnara Samoilova
Everything about this book seems like a good idea. Street Photography is hot right now. The founding superstars are all men –

A Braided Healing – Review of “He Threw the Last Punch Too Hard” by Hannah Kozak
“One of the hardest, yet most therapeutic journeys a photographer can take is to turn the lens around on themselves,

Mind Time – Review of “Escape” by Olga Karlovac
There are a thousand ways to judge a photobook: technical sophistication, artistic accomplishment, social relevance, and so on. Those are all

Beauty and Despair – Review of “In Guns We Trust” by Jean-Francois Bouchard
There is a quote in Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried I find myself remembering often. He writes: “The truths

The Deep Fleeting Moment – Review of “Fill the Frame”, a film by Tim Huynh
Here is a question: How do you explain the ineffable? How do you explain what is present – oftentimes right