Category: Reviews

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

Stories We Tell – Review of “Mindful Matters: Essays on Photography” by E.E. McCollum
Photography is a great deal more than camera and lens, light and form and contrast. It’s a great deal more

Saints Preserve Us – Review of “Humanity” by Henry Leutwyler
In the brief introduction to Humanity, Yves Daccord, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of the Edgelands Institute and Former Director General

A Brilliant Book – Review of “Rodney Smith: A Leap of Faith” by Paul Martineau
In the literary world, there is a long-standing tradition of books that gather the old and reveal the new. Often

A Necessary More – Review of “The Day May Break, Chapter Two” by Nick Brandt
I am often wary of sequels. Sometimes success breeds repetition but the first outing contains all the good stuff. All

A Beautiful, Hopeful Regret – Review of “Gandras: Land of the White Stork” by Jasper Bastian
The very best poetry has the capacity to be both specific and evocative at the same time. As a matter

Wonderful, Necessary and Smart – Review of “Chris Killip” by Ken Grant and Tracy Marchall-Grant
Every now and then, a photobook comes along which is extraordinary in every possible way. Not only are the images

Isolation and Discovery – Review of “DD/MM/YYYY” by Kostis Argyriadis
In the very back of Kostis Argyriadis’s new book, DD/MM/YYYY, he writes: DD/MM/YYYY is a series of personal photographic explorations

Inside and Out – Review of “Between Worlds” by Harry Gruyaert
Magnum photographer Harry Gruyaert’s work has always been thrilling in the way it articulates a particular way of seeing. He has

The Thrill of a Quiet Evening – Review of “Voice of the Eyes: Creative Minds in Landscape Photography”, curated by René Algesheimer
I often wish I could talk to photographers. I have the good fortune to interview a great many of them,

An Archaeology of the Present – Review of “Personal History” by Sarah Malakoff
Let me begin with a thought experiment. I sometimes ask my students, my first-year college students, to pretend they are

Size Matters – Review of “Storytelling” by David Yarrow
I will admit my first impression of David Yarrow’s new book, Storytelling, was not a good one. This book is

When Experience Leads to Insight – Review of “Street” by Phil Penman
It takes a bit of magic to transform a photo book into a classic. This bit of magic has little

Leading Lines – Review of “Edge” by David Ricci
Ok, now I’m confused. I have learned, according to a quick Google search, a person who studies or practices geometry