Issue #001 - Fall 2011
The PhotoBook Review Issue 001
The first ever issue of The PhotoBook Review is guest edited by Jeffrey Ladd, founder of both Errata Editions and 5B4—one of the key early blogs about photobooks, now a Patreon-based digital presentation of rare and unusual volumes from the twentieth century.
Featured Content
Issue Details
The premiere issue of The PhotoBook Review, guest edited by Jeffrey Ladd. Along with reviews of recently released books, this issue includes: the first installment of a multipart essay on “‘Reading’ the Photobook” by Gerry Badger; a conversation between Alec Soth, John Gossage, and Raymond Meeks, exploring aspects of “big” publishing versus self-publishing; a discussion with Jim Goldberg about his artistic process and the function of the book maquette in his epic project Raised by Wolves); an essay by Horacio Fernández on Barbara Brändli’s Sistema nervioso; an email exchange between Charlotte Cotton and Joachim Schmid on appropriation and the photobook as readymade; an interview with Sybren Kuiper on book design; a profile of publisher and designer Xavier Barral; a look back at over fifteen years of the most important books from Paris Photo; and more.
Table Of Contents
Features and Columns
Publisher’s Note
Lesley A. Martin
Editor’s Note: Welcome to The PhotoBook Review
Jeffrey Ladd
“Reading” the Photobook
Gerry Badger
The Paris Photo Book Prize 2011: Introduction
Julien Frydman
The Paris Photo Book Prize 2011: Nominations
Harper Levine, Markus Schaden, Satoshi Machiguchi & Hisako Motoo, and Antoine de Beaupré
Image and Text: Barbara Brändli
Horacio Fernández
Publisher Profile: Xavier Barral
Darius Himes
Designer Profile: Sybren Kuiper
Jeffrey Ladd
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Alec Soth in conversation with John Gossage and Raymond Meeks
Centerfold
Jeffrey Ladd
The Photobook as Readymade
Charlotte Cotton and Joachim Schmid
About Process: The Maquette
Jim Goldberg and Philip Brookman in conversation with Jeffrey Ladd
First Book: Bad Weather
Martin Parr
Uncharted Territories: The Great Hall of the People
Ruben Lundgren
Bestsellers
From Artbook | DAP, Dashwood Books, Schaden.com, and Buchhandlung Walther König
Reviews
Tim Davis on Guido Guidi
Jacqueline Hassink on Andrea Stultiens
Jason Evans on Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs
Philip Gefter on Katy Grannan
David Campany on William E. Jones
Sebastian Arthur Hau on Grégoire Pujade-Lauraine
Jason Fulford on Shannon Ebner
Lyle Rexer on Wolfgang Tillmans
Jeffrey Ladd on Ricardo Cases
Sean Corcoran on Keizo Kitajima
Gerry Badger on Sébastien Girard
Andrew Phelps onHenk Wildschut
Back Issues
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