Tag: photobook
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Martin Parr
Martin Parr (born 1952) trained in photography at Manchester Polytechnic. Described in the past as Margaret Thatcher’s favourite photographer, Parr caused a stir when he tried to join Magnum Photos. The issue was one of integrity. Photographers within Magnum’s ranks guarded their territory jealously and felt that the work that Parr offered was voyeuristic, titillating and meaningless. Parr…
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Harandani Dikko Notes
Mali website a bit claustrophobic La moustiquaire beautiful black and white images through mosquito nets. Can’t download any of the text. Has facebook page.
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Paul Seawright
Paul Seawright is best known for his ‘late photography’ of battle-sites and minefields. He often uses vintage technology and a much older approaches to conflict photography. But rather than reportage, his images are made for museum-going audiences and gallery patrons by people who call themselves ‘artists’. website If it is too explicit it becomes journalistic. If it is…
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Photobooks: design and publishing
Print-on-demand and self-publishing The expansion on print-on-demand services now makes self-publishing fairly straightforward. These enable direct sales through companies like Amazon at price mark-ups decided by the photographer. There are a number of services on offer that I looked at: Photobox snapfish shutterfly apple mixbook Review of options: https://www.cnet.com/news/best-and-worst-photo-book-making-websites-for-you/ But the one I chose – it…
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Photobooks: Inspiration
Types of Photobook Surveys and catalogues catalogues for exhibitions ‘Survey’ publications draw together a collection of individual images or a group of practitioners working in a similar area. Some surveys seem more didactic or directed at the art market, such as 50 Photographers You Should Know (2008), Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography (2009), reGeneration: 50 Photographers…