A recently discovered body of work made half a century ago chronicles an overlooked chapter in the history of the back-to-the-land movement. It’s one of the most interesting photobooks of the year.
Category Archives: Reviews
2026 Summer Reading Recommendations
Highlighting two recently published photobooks that are worth seeking out.
The Artist’s Waylaid: Art Work by Sally Mann
Sally Mann’s new memoir chronicles the struggle to create meaningful work
The Marvelous Mr. Schapiro
A new documentary showcases the work of a great, often overlooked 20th century photographer.
2025 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.
