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Book Review Otsuchi By Alejandro Chaskielberg Reviewed by George Slade Can you tell the difference between a face screaming in pleasure and a face screaming in pain? How about a child held in an adult’s arms or sprawled across a mass of detritus on the deck of a boat — sleeping or dead? What is most helpful in making these determinations?

OtsuchiBy Alejandro Chaskielberg
Editorial RM, 2016.
 
Otsuchi
Reviewed by George Slade

Otsuchi: Future Memories
Photographs by Alejandro Chaskielberg. Essay by Daido Moriyama.
Editorial RM, Mexico City, Mexico, 2016. 112 pp., 8x10x½".


Can you tell the difference between a face screaming in pleasure and a face screaming in pain? How about a child held in an adult’s arms or sprawled across a mass of detritus on the deck of a boat — sleeping or dead? What is most helpful in making these determinations? Context, and time, right? Maybe just time. What comes before and after the mouth distends and the eyes close? Does that child’s chest expand and contract?

Portfolio & Interview Ken Rosenthal – The Forest Ken Rosenthal considers his latest series The Forest his most complicated and personal work to date. The darkly veiled black-and-white images create what the artist terms a "thin place," using natural surrounding to convey internal physical and psychological states.
Ethereal, 2011 – © Ken Rosenthal

Ken Rosenthal considers his latest series The Forest his most complicated and personal work to date. The darkly veiled black-and-white images create what the artist terms a "thin place," using natural surrounding to convey internal physical and psychological states. Made over the course of four years near Rosenthal's cabin in NE Washington state, the nocturnal and entropic images of The Forest offer a compelling metaphorical narrative about personal turmoil and growth. photo-eye is excited to publish The Forest on the Photographer's Showcase, and Lucas Shaffer spoke with Ken Rosenthal about the motivations behind and creation of this new work.

Book of the Week Book of the Week: A Pick by Matthew Connors Matthew Connors selects My Blank Pages by Michael Schmelling as Book of the Week.
My Blank PagesBy Michael Schmelling
The Ice Plant, 2015.
This week's Book of the Week pick comes from Matthew Connors who has selected My Blank Pages by Michael Schmelling from The Ice Plant.

Nudes/Human Form Newsletter Nudes/Human Form Newsletter Vol. 20 Volume 20 of photo-eye's Nudes/Human Form Newsletter featuring titles from Ren Hang, Antoine D'agata, Dafy Hagai and prints by Carla van de Puttelaar.
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Athens Love — SIGNED
Photographs by Ren Hang

Both the diaristic pictures and the stylized nudes in Athens Love are imbued with an undeniable sense of discovery and joy, and thrillingly document one of contemporary photography’s most exciting young artists taking bold advantage of the new and unfamiliar.

Limited edition of 500 copies.

photo-eye is taking pre-orders for SIGNED copies of Athens Love. If our supplier runs out, orders will be fulfilled in the order in which they are received. The cutoff time for ordering is Tuesday, March 9th at 12:00 PM Mountain Time.

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Book Review Shelter Island By Roe Ethridge Reviewed by Sarah Bay Gachot I’ve been to Shelter Island — it’s an ink-splotch shaped piece of land between the forks of Eastern Long Island, accessible by car ferry. My husband’s parents used to rent a house there in the summer. The perils of aging and the passing of my mother-in-law ended this tradition in 2013.
Shelter Island. By Roe Ethridge. Mack, 2016.
Shelter Island
Reviewed by Sarah Bay Gachot

Shelter Island
Photographs by Roe Ethridge
Mack, London, England, 2016. In english. 32 pp., 15 color illustrations, 9¼x13¼".


I’ve been to Shelter Island — it’s an ink-splotch shaped piece of land between the forks of Eastern Long Island, accessible by car ferry. My husband’s parents used to rent a house there in the summer. The perils of aging and the passing of my mother-in-law ended this tradition in 2013.

News Jamey Stillings: Changing Circumstances at FotoFest 2016 photo-eye Gallery is proud to report that Jamey Stillings The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar has been selected as part of the 2016 FOTOFEST Biennial exhibition CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES: Looking at the Future of the Planet. More than 20 works from Stillings' project examining the construction of the Ivanpah solar farm in California's Mojave Desert will be on view during the six-week festival.

photo-eye Gallery is proud to report that Jamey Stillings' The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar has been selected as part of the 2016 FOTOFEST Biennial exhibition CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES: Looking at the Future of the Planet. More than 20 works from Stillings' project examining the construction of the Ivanpah solar farm in California's Mojave Desert will be on view during the six-week festival. The exhibition contains five of Stillings' striking 44x64" black-and-white prints, and one custom-made 60x87" print produced at the request of the director of FOTOFEST (image above). Stillings was excited to print on a grand scale, saying " ...it's a challenge at that size, but we worked hard to make sure [the print] looked beautiful. I think the scale works well with the imagery, and the piece is just right for this exhibition — drawing the audience in." CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES is currently on view in Houston, TX through April 24th.

Book of the Week Book of the Week: A Pick by Kohei Oyama Kohei Oyama selects A Plastic Tool by Maya Rochat as Book of the Week.
A Plastic ToolBy Maya RochatMeta/Books, 2016.
This week's Book of the Week pick comes from Kohei Oyama who has selected A Plastic Tool by Maya Rochat from Meta/Books.

Book Review The Home Front By Kenneth Graves Reviewed by Adam Bell As a formative moment in the lives of American Baby Boomers, the Vietnam-era has been endlessly paraded in popular visual culture for decades — hippies, Flower Power, rock concerts, protests, political scandals and assassinations. Given the well-trod visual record of the mid-60s to early-70s, it’s rare to find photographic work that offers a fresh and unique perspective of the turbulent era.
The Home FrontBy Kenneth Graves
Mack, 2015.
 
The Home Front
Reviewed by Adam Bell

The Home Front
Photographs by Kenneth Graves
Mack, London, England, 2015. 80 pp., 45 black and white illustrations, 9x6¾".


As a formative moment in the lives of American Baby Boomers, the Vietnam-era has been endlessly paraded in popular visual culture for decades — hippies, Flower Power, rock concerts, protests, political scandals and assassinations. Given the well-trod visual record of the mid-60s to early-70s, it’s rare to find photographic work that offers a fresh and unique perspective of the turbulent era. Focusing on city streets, public fairgrounds, and suburban cul-de-sacs, Kenneth Graves’ The Home Front offers a humorous and playful look at San Francisco during the war. Eschewing the expected, Graves reveals moments of absurdity, pointed sociological detail and whimsical formal delights. Brilliantly designed to resemble a dossier or report, the manila Swiss-bound book is an absurdist sociological missive — part Garry Winogrand and part Eugene Ionesco.

Books In Stock at photo-eye: New Arrivals In stock titles from Colin Delfosse, Brian Griffin, Carmen Winant and Roger Ballen, Todd Hido, Edgar Martins, Mayumi Hosokura and Esther Teichmann.
Toute Arme Forgée Contre moi sera sans effet
Photography and text by Colin Delfosse
Editions 77

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"Delfosse surveys the new heroes of Kinshasa’s nightlife, where protagonists are an amalgam of Western, African and Mexican wrestling cultures that summon the spectre of the ancient with local traditions of witchcraft and black magic. He begins with a series of traditional full body portraits of the wrestlers, body-painted and chain-shackled in homemade costumes, followed with atmospheric behind-the-scenes photos of training and home life. This transition between the first and second part of the book requires the reader to physically orient the book from portrait view to landscape view."—from the publisher



Book Review Gull Juju By Lukas Felzmann Reviewed by Sarah Bay Gachot I keep returning to a photograph called Feed me. A window speckled with bird whitewash looks out onto a landscape of brush with a few hills peeking through a bank of fog. Just over the windowsill, a lone seagull stands at attention next to a small bush, just a speck off in the distance, but altogether there.
Gull Juju. By Lukas Felzmann. Lars Muller, 2015.
Gull Juju
Reviewed by Sarah Bay Gachot

Gull Juju: Photographs from the Farallon Islands
Photographs by Lukas Felzmann
Lars Muller, Zürich, Switzerland, 2015. In English. 168 pp., 137 illustrations, 6¾x10x¾".


I keep returning to a photograph called Feed me. A window speckled with bird whitewash looks out onto a landscape of brush with a few hills peeking through a bank of fog. Just over the windowsill, a lone seagull stands at attention next to a small bush, just a speck off in the distance, but altogether there. I find photographs that include seagulls to often be this way — the contingency of their presence commands my attention no matter how little space they take up within the frame. I barely notice what’s on a shelf in the shadows adjacent to the window: a dying plant in a small pot with a note tucked under it that catches the daylight. “WATER ME,” the note says. Looking back out the window, I think I know what that seagull is thinking.

Also on View: Mitch Dobrowner – Storms 2015 Three works from photo-eye Gallery artist Mitch Dobrowner's 2015 STORMS release are on view along-side the FIRE AND ICE exhibition at photo-eye Gallery through Friday, April 9th. Dobrowner has been working with professional storm-chasers since 2009, capturing the dramatic natural phenomena seasonally displayed throughout the American Midwest.
Mitch Dobrowner STORMS 2015 at photo-eye Gallery

Three works from photo-eye Gallery artist Mitch Dobrowner's 2015 STORMS release are on view along-side the FIRE AND ICE exhibition at photo-eye Gallery through Friday, April 9th. Dobrowner has been working with professional storm-chasers since 2009, capturing the dramatic natural phenomena seasonally displayed throughout the American Midwest. Last fall's 2015 release marked Dobrowner's 6th season photographing under tumultuous skies, and photo-eye Gallery Associate Lucas Shaffer spoke briefly with the artists about the series' progression and what is still to come.

Book of the Week Book of the Week: A Pick by Forrest Soper Forrest Soper selects Belgravia by Karen Knorr as Book of the Week.
BelgraviaBy Karen KnorrStanley/Barker, 2015.
This week's Book of the Week pick comes from Forrest Soper who has selected Belgravia by Karen Knorr from Stanley/Barker.

Book Review In Flagrante Two By Chris Killip Reviewed by Colin Pantall In Flagrante by Chris Killip was published in 1988 and is a classic example of empathic British documentary photography. Made in the northeast of England between 1973 and 1985, the book showed marginalized communities on the edge of change; seacoal gatherers, fishermen and other working class communities are shown struggling in environments that are expressively harsh.
In Flagrante Two.  By Chris Killip.
Steidl, 2016.
 
In Flagrante Two
Reviewed by Colin Pantall

In Flagrante Two
Photographs by Chris Killip
Steidl, Gottingen, Germany, 2016. In English. 108 pp., 50 black & white illustrations, 14¼x11¼"
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In Flagrante by Chris Killip was published in 1988 and is a classic example of empathic British documentary photography. Made in the northeast of England between 1973 and 1985, the book showed marginalized communities on the edge of change; seacoal gatherers, fishermen and other working class communities are shown struggling in environments that are expressively harsh. There is the wildness of the Northumberland coastline, driving blizzards brought from Siberia across the ferocious waves of the North Sea, the chimneys and cranes of the region’s industrial landmarks, and the rubble of neighborhoods destroyed in the name of urban development. It’s an unrelentingly gritty backdrop.

Books In Stock at photo-eye: Signed Signed titles from Matthew Connors, Danny Lyon, Tate Shaw and Matthew Porter.
Fire in Cairo
By Matthew Connors
SPBH Editions

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Selected as one of the Best Books of 2015 by:
Gerry Badger
Aaron Schuman

"Fire in Cairo emerged from Egypt as an oblique and fragmentary document of revolutionary struggle. The book charts Connors’ uneasy engagement with the political turmoil that gripped the nation during its rapidly unfolding history. The complexity of the situation resisted comprehensive explanation, but invited metaphorical speculation. In his images Cairo reveals itself to be an enormous studio for social change, ripe with visual, sculptural and atmospheric residues of resistance. He weaves these together with portraits of Egyptians from across the political spectrum and his own experimental fiction."—from the publisher



Book Review Between Us By Maarit Hohteri Reviewed by Christopher J. Johnson “The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.” —Ring Lardner
This quotation used to trouble me; it seems somehow to be true and yet when you begin to question its meaning it pretty quickly unravels, raises questions and seems open to interpretation.

Between Us. By Maarit HohteriAalto University, 2015.
 
Between Us
Reviewed by Christopher J. Johnson

Between Us
Photographs by Maarit Hohteri. Text by Ilkka Karisto.
Aalto University, Espoo, Finland, 2015. In English. 176 pp., color & black-and-white illustrations, 6¾x9".


“The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.” —Ring Lardner

This quotation used to trouble me; it seems somehow to be true and yet when you begin to question its meaning it pretty quickly unravels, raises questions and seems open to interpretation. Like a lot of quotations, I've taken years to think about its deeper meaning — or, better, what makes it seem true. Or, indeed, is it a true statement at all?

New Portfolio Richard Tuschman – Once Upon a Time in Kazimierz Richard Tuschman is a storyteller. In his latest series, Once Upon a Time in Kazimierz, Tuschman expands on the convincing and cinematic narrative style he established with Hopper Meditations. Tuschman stages the series in 1930s Krakow focusing on the plight of a Jewish family in pre-war Poland.
The Potato Eaters, 2014 – © Richard Tuschman

Richard Tuschman is a storyteller. In his latest series, Once Upon a Time in Kazimierz, Tuschman expands on the convincing and cinematic narrative style he established with Hopper Meditations. Tuschman stages the series in 1930s Krakow focusing on the plight of a Jewish family in pre-war Poland. photo-eye reached out to Tuschman for details regarding the inspiration to the work, his unique photographic technique, and the progression of his style. Prints from Once Upon a Time in Kazimierz are available now in small limited editions and will be on view this fall in a full-scale exhibition at photo-eye Gallery.


Book of the Week Book of the Week: A Pick by Christian Michael Filardo Christian Michael Filardo selects My Last Day At Seventeen by Doug Dubois as Book of the Week.
My Last Day At SeventeenBy Doug Duboisaperture, 2015.
This week's Book of the Week pick comes from Christian Michael Filardo who has selected My Last Day At Seventeen by Doug Dubois from Aperture.

Book Review Hanezawa Garden By Anders Edstrom Reviewed by George Slade The opening pages of Hanezawa Garden seemed quite unpromising. The dedication, “for my Mother” — pretty generic. And what could be more banal as an opening spread than verso...

Hanezawa GardensBy Anders Edstrom
Mack, 2015.
 
Hanezawa Gardens
Reviewed by George Slade

Hanezawa Gardens
Photographs by Anders Edstrom
Mack, London, England, 2015. In English. 323 pp., 224 color illustrations, 8 ¼x10".


The opening pages of Hanezawa Garden seemed quite unpromising. The dedication, “for my Mother” — pretty generic. And what could be more banal as an opening spread than verso: a badly exposed image of shadowy people in what might be a hotel lobby or bar, center-weighted autofocus scooting past the two putative human subjects to land on and expose for the post-modernist vase/lamp in the background, and recto: a comparable photo, flash-lit, adequately exposed and focused, more legible but only marginally more interesting for the gain. Both images seemingly from the same underwhelming event, captured on film processed, for all we know, by big-box one-hour photo circa 1982. The kind of photos that may have seemed important at the moment, but lose whatever import they had once the trip is over and the “memories” come back from the processor.

Books In Stock at photo-eye: Sale Four marked down titles from Simone Kappeler, Paolo Woods and Arnaud Robert, Christopher Anderson and Andreas Weinand.
Darkened Days
Photographs by Simone Kappeler
The Douglas Hyde Gallery

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"Simone Kappeler's photographs reflect the atmosphere and moods of the people and landscapes she encounters at home in Switzerland and abroad on her travels. Typically her images have a dreamlike quality and an intense or melancholy tone; they are often meditations on loss and the passing of time."—from the publisher







Book Review Umbra By Viviane Sassen Reviewed by Christopher J. Johnson Shadow, we are told, is the theme. Shadow accentuating people, objects, even concepts, and allowing them to emerge. But not just shadow — Umbra — which is the darker-most inner region of a shadow; in other words — the shadow’s deepest, even coldest, point.

Umbra. By Viviane SassenPrestel, 2015.
 
Umbra
Reviewed by Christopher J. Johnson

Umbra
Photographs by Viviane Sassen
Prestel, Lakewood, USA, 2015. 196 pp., 200 color illustrations, 10¼x13¾".


Shadow, we are told, is the theme.

Shadow accentuating people, objects, even concepts, and allowing them to emerge. But not just shadow — Umbra — which is the darker-most inner region of a shadow; in other words — the shadow’s deepest, even coldest, point.

Portfolio & Interview Amy Friend on Dare alla Luce Are we stardust? This question is posed by Canadian photographer Amy Friend as an image title for one of her new works in the Dare alla Luce series, and yet also serves to aptly represent the underlying theme and tone contained within the project.
March 28/42 17 Years, 2015  – © Amy Friend

Are we stardust? This question is posed by Canadian photographer Amy Friend as an image title for one of her new works in the Dare alla Luce series, and yet also serves to aptly represent the underlying theme and tone contained within the project. Originally introduced to the Photographer's Showcase in 2014, Friend began work on Dare alla Luce in 2012 by first attempting to embroider vintage photographs, but while holding one image up she quickly realized the light pouring though the photograph's pierced surface was more dynamic. Quickly pivoting the project to rephotograph the effects created by her technique, Friend's Dare alla Luce has complex relationships with light, permanence, nostalgia, and memory as they relate to common photographic practice.  photo-eye Gallery's Lucas Shaffer recently interviewed Amy Friend to find out more about the series, how it has evolved, and where it is headed.

Book of the Week Book of the Week: A Pick by Daniel Boetker-Smith Daniel Boetker-Smith selects The Middle of Somewhere by Sam Harris as Book of the Week.
The Middle of SomewhereBy Sam HarrisCeiba, 2015.
This week's Book of the Week pick comes from Daniel Boetker-Smith who has selected The Middle of Somewhere by Sam Harris from Ceiba.