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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.
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.
New and Notable Photobooks: Speedway 1972 by Henry Horenstein
Centered around the sport of modified stock car racing, Horenstein’s new monograph comprises a fascinating look at a subculture as it existed half a century ago.
New and Notable Photobooks: Recreation by Mitch Epstein
In this newly revised and expanded edition of Recreation, Mitch Epstein brings focus to life’s in-between moments while chronicling Americans’ pursuit of leisure across several decades.
New and Notable Photobooks: The Way It Was by Thomas Hoepker
This beautifully printed monograph revisits America in the early 1960s and draws a throughline to the early days of the pandemic. In the process, a master photographer rediscovers and builds on a body of work from his formative years.
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.