The Photobook Thread

[logan2z]

I think it was five or six years for Friedlander’s Pickup and Workers to finally be released. I want to say that I had those both on pre-order back in 2017, the order got cancelled eventually, and the books finally came out in 2022 or 2023.

I had both of those on pre-order at one point too. I did buy them once they were eventually released.

I'll keep crossing my fingers for New Topographics. I'm sure it'll be released - someday

 

[Patrick Robert James]

I stopped by my local Goodwill bookstore the other day which I don't go to much anymore (pickers...) but I did find an extraordinary book in which I think most people here would be interested. Literature and Photography 1840-1990 ©1995 University of New Mexico Press. Not much in the way of pitchurssic, but the breadth of it is pretty extraordinary. I haven't seen anything like it. It is all older writing of course, but from authors like Nabokov, Neruda, Poe, Faulkner, Kerouac, Sartre and of course from photographers like Weston, Evans, Parks, White, Michals, etc. Can be had for peanuts.

 

[Mark Minard]

I stopped by my local Goodwill bookstore the other day which I don't go to much anymore (pickers...) but I did find an extraordinary book in which I think most people here would be interested. Literature and Photography 1840-1990 ©1995 University of New Mexico Press. Not much in the way of pitchurssic, but the breadth of it is pretty extraordinary. I haven't seen anything like it. It is all older writing of course, but from authors like Nabokov, Neruda, Poe, Faulkner, Kerouac, Sartre and of course from photographers like Weston, Evans, Parks, White, Michals, etc. Can be had for peanuts.

Thank you for this. Surprised I missed this one, especially as it comes in at nearly 700 pages! Looks to be excellent winter reading. Just picked up a copy off Amazon.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

Thank you for this. Surprised I missed this one, especially as it comes in at nearly 700 pages! Looks to be excellent winter reading. Just picked up a copy off Amazon.

You're welcome! That is what this thread is all about.

 

[Nitroplait]

I stopped holding my breath for that one a long time ago. It has to be at least three years since it was first announced.

Same with Robert Adams' "The New West". Has been in "Reprinting" status for ages.
The "reprinting" It is not a typo on their site. The release date continues to move during the years I have been looking.

When Steidl did the big lot of Robert Adams books in 2023 with participation of Joshua Chuang, I asked Mr. Chuang (on Instagram) why The New West wasn't included, and he said Steidl would wait for 2024 and release it on the 50 anniversary of the original book (1974). Well, that didn't happen either.

 

[logan2z]

Did anyone pick up anything at the Aperture 40% off or the David Zwirner 25% off Labor Day sales? Both end today. I've got a couple of things in my carts that I'm mulling over...

 

[Patrick Robert James]

I tried to order from Aperture but the code came up as expired for some reason even though it should have been good. Oh well.

 

[logan2z]

I tried to order from Aperture but the code came up as expired for some reason even though it should have been good. Oh well.

Strange, the code worked for me, although I ended up not going through with my order.

 

[logan2z]

Has anyone seen a copy of the newly-released Daido Moriyama Quartet from Thames and Hudson? It's an anthology of four of his best-known books: Japan: A Photo Theater, A Hunter, Farewell Photography, and Light and Shadow. I've already got Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective from Prestel and I'm wondering how much overlap there is between the books (I'm guessing quite a bit).

The book shows up as a pre-order at Amazon, but it's apparently already in stock at a few US booksellers and generally available in Europe.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

Strange, the code worked for me, although I ended up not going through with my order.

I was literally last minute.

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Did anyone pick up anything at the Aperture 40% off or the David Zwirner 25% off Labor Day sales? Both end today. I've got a couple of things in my carts that I'm mulling over...

I skipped the end-of-summer sales this year. Mack, Steidl and others have announced a few new books for the fall and winter that interests me, so I'm putting money aside.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

Has anyone seen a copy of the newly-released Daido Moriyama Quartet from Thames and Hudson? It's an anthology of four of his best-known books: Japan: A Photo Theater, A Hunter, Farewell Photography, and Light and Shadow. I've already got Daido Moriyama: A Retrospective from Prestel and I'm wondering how much overlap there is between the books (I'm guessing quite a bit).

The book shows up as a pre-order at Amazon, but it's apparently already in stock at a few US booksellers and generally available in Europe.

I haven't seen it but I'm definitely getting it. Hope the printing is good.

 

[logan2z]

I haven't seen it but I'm definitely getting it. Hope the printing is good.

I think I’m going to order it too. I read a quote from a professional review and they said it was printed very well.

Edit: I ordered it

 

[logan2z]

Just arrived. 6 pounds of Moriyama goodness

 

[Alex Benjamin]

Best book title ever.

 

[logan2z]

Al

Best book title ever.

Apparently an assessment of him from one of his school teachers

 

[Pieter12]

I have and really enjoy Val William's book on Martin Parr. The tacky tuck-and-roll cover (for lack of a better description) is totally appropriate.

 

[Patrick Robert James]

Just arrived. 6 pounds of Moriyama goodness

Sooooo, how is the printing? Where did you purchase it from?

 

[logan2z]

Sooooo, how is the printing? Where did you purchase it from?

I think the printing quality is very good, based on my memory of seeing prints of some of these images in person. I bought my copy from the Getty Museum Store.

Daido Moriyama: Quartet

Explore the groundbreaking early work of Daido Moriyama, one of Japan’s most radical photographers, with this collectible, slipcased photobook.

shop.getty.edu

 

[Patrick Robert James]

I think the printing quality is very good, based on my memory of seeing prints of some of these images in person. I bought my copy from the Getty Museum Store.

Daido Moriyama: Quartet

Explore the groundbreaking early work of Daido Moriyama, one of Japan’s most radical photographers, with this collectible, slipcased photobook.

shop.getty.edu

Thanks.

With the million books from Moriyama over the years it is almost impossible to know which ones are worth getting.

 

[logan2z]

I almost never buy photo books from Amazon - the packaging is generally dismal. But I noticed that they had Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue at $16.81- that's 72% off the list price of $60. I couldn't resist buying at that price. It's the catalog for the MoMA exhibition of the same name that ran from Sep 15, 2024–Jan 11, 2025. The book is still on sale at that price so it's a great time to buy if you've been on the fence.

From the MoMA web site:

“I think of myself, standing in a world that is never standing still,” the artist Robert Frank once wrote. “I’m still in there fighting, alive because I believe in what I’m trying to do now.” Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue—the artist’s first solo exhibition at MoMA—provides a new perspective on his expansive body of work by exploring the six vibrant decades of Frank’s career following the 1958 publication of his landmark photobook, The Americans.

Coinciding with the centennial of Frank’s birth, the exhibition will explore his restless experimentation across mediums including photography, film, and books, as well as his dialogues with other artists and his communities. It will include some 200 works made over 60 years until the artist’s death in 2019, many drawn from MoMA’s extensive collection, as well as materials that have never before been exhibited.

The exhibition borrows its title from Frank’s poignant 1980 film, in which the artist reflects on the individuals who have shaped his outlook. Like much of his work, the film is set in New York City and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where he and his wife, the artist June Leaf, moved in 1970. In the film, Leaf looks at the camera and asks Frank, “Why do you make these pictures?” In an introduction to the film’s screening, he answered: “Because I am alive.”

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[logan2z]

I almost never buy photo books from Amazon - the packaging is generally dismal. But I noticed that they had Life Dances On: Robert Frank in Dialogue at $16.81- that's 72% off the list price of $60. I couldn't resist buying at that price. It's the catalog for the MoMA exhibition of the same name that ran from Sep 15, 2024–Jan 11, 2025. The book is still on sale at that price so it's a great time to buy if you've been on the fence.

From the MoMA web site:

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I received the book yesterday. Despite the lousy packing from Amazon (an oversized box and one little piece of crumped brown paper inside), the book arrived in perfect condition.

So far I'm really enjoying the book. I love Frank's work and it's nice to get a detailed look into what he was up to for the six decades after The Americans.

Good quality printing on nice paper stock. A terrific bargain at the current Amazon asking price of $16.

 

[Alex Benjamin]

A terrific bargain at the current Amazon asking price of $16.

I was tempted, but that sale was only on Amazon US, not Canada...

 

[logan2z]

I was tempted, but that sale was only on Amazon US, not Canada...

That’s a bummer

 

[Arthurwg]

I tried to order the book as well, but it seems that I could not receive it unless I had Amazon Prime.