We've asked internationally renowned experts and artists from the photobook world to choose just one book as their FAVORITE photobook of the year. Over the next several days we will be unveiling all of our photobook VIPs' favorites.
Check back daily to see a new group of favorite books!
John Gossage's Favorite
Sébastien Girard & Richard Prince
"Richard Prince, punk/philosopher, has always been a favorite of mine for his artworks that give clarity to what it means to be part of what is called for lack of a better word MEDIA."
Rinko Kawauchi's Favorite
Stephen Gill
"The bird’s eyes meet mine as I flip through the pages. It’s almost as if it’s asking me; who are you?
Further through the pages and it feels as if I have become the bird myself. The barriers that separate us seem to dissolve - and for a moment I enjoy the sensation of suspension; floating."
Further through the pages and it feels as if I have become the bird myself. The barriers that separate us seem to dissolve - and for a moment I enjoy the sensation of suspension; floating."
Mary Frey's Favorite
Ute & Werner Mahler
"We are presented with clean but empty streets. Parked cars, an
overflowing trash can or a menacing dog are the only evidence that life
does exist here. Yet the strength of this work is in the portraits of
the young people sequenced throughout the book."
Susan Lipper's Favorite
Lisa Barnard
"Lisa Barnard has a keen awareness of how inevitable changes of time and
place will interact with her—by design—cobbled together and subjective
cautionary tale. Though she proceeds with a playful set of arresting and
seductive images that strategically investigate both the physical
medium of photography and the nature of “documentary” while conveyed
with large doses of whimsy."
Jason Fulford's Favorite
Aaron Schuman
"Aaron Schuman's book, Slant, has the things I love most in an
artwork—maximum simplicity that unpacks into something complex, with
layers of meaning, humor and heaviness. The content comes from a small
town in the United States, Amherst, Massachusetts, where Schuman grew
up."
Tomoki Matsumoto's Favorite
Mark Steinmetz
"Strong and beautiful images, as always by Steinmetz. But it's not only
images, I liked the format/design (not classical way!!) of this book
very much. It is very nice to have."