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

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: Silence Is A Gift by Ciro Battiloro

In his debut book, an emerging photographer seeks out the sublime in everyday moments.

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.

Year In Review: Our Favorite Photobooks of 2022

As we look ahead to the coming year, we revisit five photobooks that stood out to us in 2022.

New and Notable Photobooks: Some Say Ice by Alessandra Sanguinetti

In her latest monograph. Alessandra Sanguinetti crafts a kind of spiritual sequel to Michael Lesy’s cult classic, Wisconsin Death Trip. The result is one of the best photobooks of the year.

“Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear,” on view at MoMA, Reimagines the Traditional Museum Retrospective

The photographer’s highly anticipated MoMA show is overwhelming in the best possible way.

Book Review: i saw the air fly by Sirkhane Darkroom

Uplifting and inspiring, i saw the air fly showcases the work of a photography program for child refugees located just across the border from Syria.