Let’s Pretend! The Contemporary American Photobook

Alyse Emdur. Prison Landscapes (2012)

Most of the boxes that hit my doormat come from Japan, but more recently with the approaching sneak preview of the 10x10 American Photobooks project, which I am co-organizing with Matthew Carson and Olga Yatskevich, I’ve been receiving a lot of domestic parcels. Rather than Japanese postwar photobooks, my office table is filling with contemporary… Continue reading Let’s Pretend! The Contemporary American Photobook

10×10 American Photobooks Seeks Funding for its Publication

We need your help to fund the 10x10 American Photobooks publication - support the campaign by clicking this link. 10x10 is going to Tokyo in 2013! 10x10 is taking 100 contemporary American photobooks to Tokyo this year and we need to create a catalogue. We’re looking for backers to help fund the publication production –… Continue reading 10×10 American Photobooks Seeks Funding for its Publication

Mother

A small selection of photobooks in honour of Mother. The Kitten's Little Boy by Dare Wright R TR729.C3 W75 1971 "Did you say his kitten? Cats never belong to people, said his mother [p.5]".  A beautiful Dare Wright book in which an independent mother cat tries to explain to the littlest kitten that boys belong… Continue reading Mother