Category: Reviews

A Moment to Wonder – Review of “Twilight” by Arthur Drooker

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

A Defining Diary – Review of “New York Street Diaries” by Phil Penman

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

Evidence – Review of “Ukraine: A War Crime”

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

Wonderful and Necessary – Review of “Store Front NYC: Photographs of City’s Independent Shops, Past and Present” by James T. and Karla L. Murray

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

A Tremendous Hope – Review of “A Chance of Love” by Mel McVeigh

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

On the Joy of an Idiosyncratic Wonder – Review of “England, My England” by Chris Steele-Perkins

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

One Fine Story – Review of “Road to Bamako: Following the Grand Niger River Bend 1978” by Michael Snoek

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

A Chorus of Solos – Review of “Random Access: Photographs by John T. Hill”

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

Work and Art for Good – Review of two new exhibitions at Festival della Fotografia Etica

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

Elegant, Beautiful & Profound – Review of “Visual Memories and Hidden Places” by Paul Caponigro

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

The Joy of Alpha and Omega – Review of “First Stop Last Stop” by Rita Nannini

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

The Illumination of Silence – Review of “Comedians” by Steve Best

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

The Sounds of Shadows – Review of “Shadow’s Praise” by David Nissen

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

The Person you Know and Don’t – Review of “Ralph Ellison: Photographer”

There are two types of people who will pick up this book. There will be those who see the name

Honesty and Respect – Review of “Twenty-Five Homeless People” by George Phillips

In photography, nothing is off limits. Except, well, some things are. It’s all a matter of vulnerability, exploitation, agency and

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