Reporting on the Art of the Photobook
When it was published back in 1987, India became an immediate and gigantic succes. It has sold not less than 8.000 copies and many still regard it as Carl De Keyzer’s best book because of the aestheticizing flash techniques and of the relaxed mood in the pictures. In this post, …
“In Pamplona, a white-walled, sun-baked town high up in the hills of Navarre, is held in the first two weeks of July each year the World’s Series of bull fighting. Bull fight fans from all Spain jam into the little town. Hotels double their prices and fill every room…..” With …
Monday 13 th of February 1967 must have been the day the poetry died in Iran. It was the day when poet and filmmaker Forough Farrokhzad, commonly known as Forough, could not avoid a car crash in Tehran. She passed away in the ambulance while she was rushed to a …
Following its first publication in 1959, Lisboa “cidade triste e alegre” immediately became a photobook with an aura. At least in Portuguese intellectual life, it was treasured as a talisman. The book represented the birth of truly modernist Portuguese photography. Yet, it had mostly been unavailable (or unaffordable). By the …
Segregation Story: Terrible pictures of a sad story. Sad pictures of a terrible story. Gordon Park’s colorful account of somewhere a society not so long ago. Gordon Parks/Steidl Modoru Okinawa: “Mother, Mother, There is too many of you crying”……Life as it was in Okinawa. US Army soldiers freaking out in …
In the aftermath of the last World War, several UN Agencies were established to provide relief response to devastated countries worldwide. UNICEF commissioned in those days an assignment for a photographer who should make a feature about the living conditions of children in Europe. The assignment was proposed in March …
When we are snooping around at some flea market, we always hope that we will lay our hands on an object that will bring us the story of someone’s life. A story that might inspire the story of our own life. And on a day in 2012, which was blessed …
“Iran 1970” is a precious little jewel published by the phantastic Humboldt Books, a publishing house in Milan, specialized in travel literature. Each time I take it in my hands, I forget about everything else. , © Humboldt Books The book contains the travelogue of a young man exploring together …
