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Maria Lokke of the New Yorker interviewed several 10x10 specialists and shared their comments in yesterday's Photo Booth blog. ICP's Deirdre Donohue and Christopher Phillips offered insights into their selection process. Check out the complete article at http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/09/10x10-japanese-photobooks.html#slide_ss_0=1
10x10 Japanese Photobooks As part of 10x10 Japanese Photobooks, a pop-up reading room of 100 Japanese photobooks at the ICP-Bard MFA Studios from September 28-30, 2012 and an online resource space at Photo(o)lia, Monsters & Madonnas features one 10x10 reading room specialist per day. Reading room and online contributors have each been asked to suggest… Continue reading 10×10 Reading Room (Day 5): Ivan Vartanian / Goliga
10x10 Japanese Photobooks As part of 10x10 Japanese Photobooks, a pop-up reading room of 100 Japanese photobooks at the ICP-Bard MFA Studios from September 28-30, 2012 and an online resource space at Photo(o)lia, Monsters & Madonnas features one 10x10 reading room specialist per day. Reading room and online contributors have each been asked to suggest… Continue reading 10×10 Reading Room (Day #4): Atsushi Fujiwara / Asphalt Magazine
A few years ago, when I’d go off on a tangent about postwar Japanese photography and photobooks with friends, I’d usually get polite yawns or blank stares. An IT / systems administrator friend would humor me by listening intently and then responding with complete non-sequiturs about LDAP and mail server protocols – to which I… Continue reading Provoke: Takuma Nakahira and Yutaka Takanashi
Japanese Photo Magazines: From War Time Propaganda to a Postwar Platform for the Avant-Garde. Within the context of the worldwide professionalization of photojournalism and the emergence of the weekly illustrated-magazine during the 1930s, Japanese photo editors and photographers developed a unique documentary voice. Harnessing the power of socially oriented photography coupled with mass distribution to… Continue reading From War Time Propaganda to a Postwar Platform for the Avant-Garde – Russet Lederman
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