There is always a bit of magic to the opening of a new photo book. Whatever expectations we may have,

I do not own a pair of white linen gloves. Although, sometimes, I wish I did. We all know that

I imagine if I were to make the claim that every photographer secretly wants to spend some time as a

This is going to be a brief review of a book I deeply admire. Tickety-Boo, by Charles Traub is the

To be honest, certain types of photography frighten me. Not because of personal risk, like falling off a mountain or

Every now and then, something we learn in school actually stays with us. I remember something I learned in the

Imagine a photo book on your coffee table. It’s a pleasant shade of blue, a little bit bigger than 9

Reading a photo book is unlike reading any other kind of book. Photo books do not, in general, have plot.

We have all been there. Hope. Ambition. Dreams. Hard Work. The Moment. And then, disappointment. For whatever reason, sometimes justly and

I don’t think I’ve ever held a more troubling book. I mean that in the best possible way. To trouble

One of the most wonderful, and most troubling, things about photography is the way the images linger. We capture the

On the left side of my desk this morning, a cold and windy winter morning on the northern prairie of

There is little doubt that many of us have a fascination with outtakes, or the B roll, or the material

With luck, we’ve all had this conversation. Late at night, more or less, we find ourselves talking with other photographers,

There is something special about reorientation. You think you know something – at least its boundaries if not its core –