Category: Reviews
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
The Persistence of Whispers – Review of “The Locusts” by Jesse Lenz
When we tell the stories of our lives, to others or to ourselves, we tend to land on events. Here
A Necessary Book – Review of “Pictures on the Radio” by David P. Gilkey
I love radio. Perhaps because radio seems to come from nowhere, or everywhere, the act of listening, for me at
A Sensual Response – Review of “Look Up To The Moon” by John Cohen
I would be surprised if every photographer did not share one common dream – to go someplace, someplace unfamiliar, perhaps
Spectacle and Distance – Review of “In the Limelight: The Visual Ecstasy of NYC Nightlife in the 90s”
It seemed good at the time. In the 1990s, New York City nightclubs defined energy, culture remade by boundary-exploding innovation.
Yes – Review of “Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer”
I know what’s going to happen. This book is going to sit on your coffee table. There will be a moment
The Moment Before Everything – Review of “In Search of Elsewhere” by Steve McCurry
There is a moment I love. Imagine a dance teacher counting five, six, seven, eight. Just before the next one, the
On Nostalgia, Happiness and Tears – Review of “The Boys” by Rick Schatzberg
Here is a proposition: Memory demands the present. At one level this is obvious. Memory, by definition, resides in the previous,
Those Wonderful Small Corners – Review of “Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream” by John Cohen
There should be a word somewhere between evocative and provocative. To evoke is to cause memory. To provoke is to cause
On the Breath of Street – Review of “Friction / Tokyo Street” by Tatsuo Suzuki
Let me admit to a bias. I love street photography. I love the spontaneity, the serendipity, the flash of opportunity and the
Variations on a Fluid Theme – Review of “Lake Pictures” by Lucinda Devlin
There is something wonderful about repetition and difference, the familiarity and depth of one, the freshness and serendipity of the
The Joy of Smart and Curious Time – Review of “Buddha” by Michael Kenna
One of the great joys of curiosity is the way it is so easily shared. No, perhaps that’s wrong. Shared
Insight – review of “Magnum Artists: When Great Photographers Meet Great Artists”
How do you photograph an idea, a talent, a critique or a hope? It’s a particular problem for portraiture. We