Exhibition catalogs hold a curious place in the world of photography books. At one level, they are souvenirs. They serve

If you are of a certain age, there is likely a phrase hiding in the back of your head. Same

There is a wonderful, sometimes complimentary, sometimes contradictory, relationship between representation and implication. Photography has always had a strong leaning

Every now and then, a book comes along that provides a kind of new cornerstone, a kind of definition for

I wish I didn’t want to tell you about this book. But I do. I wish I didn’t want to

There are as many reasons to love a book as there are books and people who hold them. We can

At first, I had no idea what I was looking at. Numbers. Thumbnails. Bits of disconnected text. When I had

Some photographs are immediate.  They are insightful and demand a fast attention. We know what they are about, and it

There is a special place in my heart for the travelogue photobook. I do not mean collections of travel photos,

Photographers have a troubled relationship with the unity-making demands of theme. One of the early questions a gallery curator or

I have never been to Lodi, a city in Lombardy, on the western bank of the River Adda in northern

Reverence. I think that’s right. Reverence, yes. A slowing down to appreciate, to celebrate, to resist the rush, and not

There is something special about the places we begin and the places we end. There is a whole universe of

I am either the perfect audience for this book or the worst. Comedians, a new book by British comedian/photographer Steve

Let’s face it. Sometimes some things are just too cool for words. I’m holding in my lap a book called