A new documentary showcases the work of a great, often overlooked 20th century photographer.
Author Archives: Aaron M. Cohen
TPR’s Summer Reading Recommendations
Highlighting three recently published photobooks that are worth seeking out.
Photographers as Filmmakers #11: Office Killer (Cindy Sherman, 1997)
Re-evaluating Cindy Sherman’s underappreciated debut feature film
New and Notable Photobooks: King, Queen, Knave by Gregory Halpern
Halpern’s follow-up to ZZYZX, comprised of photos taken over 20 years in upstate New York, is a deeply personal, enigmatic, and totemic experience of the place he calls home.
Advice for Young Artists is Alec Soth’s Homage to Art School Students
In his latest book, Magnum photographer Alec Soth reckons with the ways that the aging process and the creative process are intertwined.
In Loft Law, Joshua Charow Locates New York’s Creative Pulse
Charow’s debut monograph explores artists’ relationships to the spaces where they live and work.
New and Notable Photobooks: Chris Killip’s Ode To An English Fishing Village
In the early 1980s, celebrated British photographer Chris Killip chronicled life in the small fishing village of Skinningrove. 40 years later, this powerful, humanist body of work is finally seeing the light of day.
New and Notable Photobooks: Silence Is A Gift by Ciro Battiloro
In his debut book, an emerging photographer seeks out the sublime in everyday moments.
Roman Vishniac’s Big Little World
A new documentary about the life and career of legendary photographer Roman Vishniac tells his biography from the perspective of his daughter.
Joel Meyerowitz review for The Brooklyn Rail
Parallax Review editor and founder Aaron M. Cohen’s review of Joel Meyerowitz’s latest book, The Pleasure of Seeing, appears in the November issue of The Brooklyn Rail. There’s also an excellent interview with Meyerowitz by Charlotte Kent in the issue.
The Parallax Review 