Tag: Photography
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The Last State or the Penultimate
Neil MajeskiThe Last State or the Penultimate2019–2021 4.5 × 7 in. closedVaried page countsSaddle-stitched softcover pamphletsInkjet and laser Depictions of a Developing LampshadeThe Chiliagon Locket: A Mental Exercise from My ChildhoodThe Perverse DoiliesCurious Details in PostcardsMusic of the Uncanny Soundscapes To review Neil Majeski’s The Last State or the Penultimate, a series of five interrelated…
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Stock Pile
Stock PileAreca RoeDesign by Kelly MunsonForeword by Sheila Dickinson2021Self-published, printed by Edition One 8.5 × 11 in. closed90 pagesPerfect-bound softcover with French foldsLaser Stock photography is an uncanny reflection of reality. Its sanitization and anonymization of familiar settings function as a trick mirror, an almost-real representation that subtly but indelibly differs from what we encounter…
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Copy No. 1
Copy No. 1Edited by Vanessa Norton and Steven Trull2022Wasted Books 6 × 7 in. closed74 pages plus a single-sheet insertionPerfect-bound softcoverDigital printing Copy No. 1 is the first issue of a new periodical, a “magazine of recycled materials,” published by Wasted Books. As a celebration of plagiarism in all aspects of creative production, this debut…
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A Ghost Story: Photographs
A Ghost Story: PhotographsBret Curry2021A24 FilmsTemper Books 8 × 11.5 in. closed136 pagesSmythe-sewn hardcoverOffset inside with foil-stamped coverEdition of 500 We expect ghost stories to scare us. Whether they’re shared on screen or around a campfire, we expect our surroundings to be dark, making the eeriness even creepier. Ghost stories should leave us looking over…
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Necrology
NecrologyLawrence Levi2021Printed by Conveyor Studio 5 × 7 in. closed48 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital offsetEdition of 100 There really isn’t much to say about death. Each metaphor for it feels imprecise; each explanation of its mechanics or significance says too little or too much. Where consciousness ends, so too do art and science or any other way…
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Escape Book
Escape BookStefania Patrikiou2021 8.25 × 11.5 in. closed32 pagesPamphlet stitchScreen printEdition of 20 Completed in 2021, Escape Book is a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The colophon makes a statement to that effect, but the book is otherwise wordless, which allows Patrikiou to reflect on escapism more broadly. The screen-printed book combines photographic images…
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How to Draw Tornadoes
How to Draw TornadoesMichael Darcy2021 8.5 × 10.75 × 1 in. closed116 pagesCase-bound, sewn on tapesLaser printing “Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.” Alexander Pope, Epistles to Several Persons In How to Draw Tornadoes, Michael Darcy explores his early education through the longstanding analogy between the…
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To My Unborn Child
To My Unborn ChildWen-Li Chen2018 7 × 9 × 1 in. closed296 pagesSewn hardcover with exposed spineDigital printingEdition of 5 As the title implies, To My Unborn Child is an epistolary work ostensibly addressed to Chen’s then-unborn child. It addresses concerns shared by many expecting parents as well as some particular to Chen’s own inheritance…
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a story, the truth, and a screenplay
a story, the truth, and a screenplayRuby Figueroa2017 5.125 × 8.25 in.96 pagesLong stitch softcoverOffset insides with letterpress covers I’m a sucker for a character that breaks the fourth wall. The camera shifts, eyes meet through the screen, and we are brought in on real-time reactions and feelings. That slicing of time — cut! —…
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The Circus
The CircusTara HomasiPinsapo Press / Publication Studio2019 9 × 12.25 × 0.7 in.190 pagesPerfect-bound softcoverDigital printing Tara Homasi coaxed The Circus out of an existing book, The Circle of Life: Rituals from the Human Family Album. If Tom Phillips’ seminal redacted book, A Humument, is impressive because the original book is mediocre, obscure and visually…
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