Issue #007 - Fall 2014
The PhotoBook Review Issue 007
Guest edited by Ramón Reverté, editor-in-chief and creative director of Editorial RM, a publishing house based between Barcelona and Mexico City. Reverté is a voracious book collector and connoisseur.
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Issue Details
Guest Editor Ramón Reverté, editor-in-chief and creative director of Editorial RM, offers a map of the “golden age” of the photobook and the explosion of activities, festivals, and fairs that have grown around their launch, sale, and connoisseurship. Reverté brings special focus to the Spanish publishing ecosystem, featuring a profile of La Kursala (an exhibition space and patron for independent publishing) and a design spotlight on art director and visual editor Eloi Gimeno. A robust “Reports from the Field” section offers a roundup of key events, from the launch of the PhotoBook Museum, to an exhibition on the early days of the American photobook; and brief spotlights on Kassel Fotobook Festival, Offprint Paris, Photobook Bristol, and Feria de Libros de Fotos de Autor in Buenos Aires, as well as on the various photobook prizes of the time. Contributors include Carlos Spottorno, Rebecca Senf, Larissa Leclair, Matt Johnston, David Solo, Michael Mack, Martin Parr, and Dieter Neubert. Interviews with Horacio Fernández and Alec Soth provide further context. Issue 007 also presents the shortlist for the 2014 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards.
Table Of Contents
Features and Columns
Publisher’s Note
Lesley A. Martin
What’s in a Name
by David Campany
Publisher Profile
Natasha Christia on La Kursala
Designer Spotlight
Gonzalo Golpe on Eloi Gimeno
Louise Neri on Walter Keller
Centerfold by Christina De Middel
Announcing the 2014 Paris Photo-Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards Short List
Exhibiting the PhotoBook:
The Living Library
Markus Schaden on the PhotoBook Museum
The PhotoBook Made Public
Ramón Reverté in conversation with Horacio Fernández
Matt Johnston onthe PhotoBook Club
Rebecca Senf on
The Process and the Page
Larissa Leclair on
the Indie PhotoBook Library
Feting The PhotoBook:
David Solo’s Festival Travelogue
Yannick Boullis on
Offprint Paris
Dieter Neubert on
Kassel FotoBookFestival
Martin Parr on
PhotoBook Bristol
Julieta Escardó on
the Feria De Libros De Fotos De Autor, Buenos Aires
Blue Ribbon Photobooks:
Paul Salveson on
the Mack First Book Award
Carlos Spottorno on
the FotoBookFestival PhotoBook Award
Txema Salvans on
the Concurso FotoLibro IberoAmericano
Wassiklundgren onthe Recontres D’Arles Prix Du Livre
When to Hold ‘Em and When to Fold ‘EmA Conversation with Alec Soth
Reviews
Jon Uriarte onSimona Rota
Jeffrey Lad onMichael Schmidt
Moritz Neumüller on
Katy Grannan
Daniele De Luigi on
Nicoló DeGiorgis
Christopher Anderson on
Peter Van Agtmael
Iñaki Domingo on
David Hornillos
Guillermo Eguiarte Bendímez on
Taiji Matsue
Marta Dahó on
Mayra Martell
Bronwyn Law-Viljoen onMikhael Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse
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