Re: Composing a Photobook
Thanks for the heads up. http://aperture.org/pbr/ here's the link to the blog about the PBR. Cheers, Christine On May 21, 2012, at 8:53 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > Revisiting a discussion that comes up here from time to time: the differences > between a good and a not-so-good photobook. Or, "how to go beyond a > collection of good photographs to achieve a good book." > > The Aperture Foundation, publishers of Aperture Magazine, last fall began > publishing a Photobook Review as a supplement to the magazine. PBR-2, > included with the May issue of Aperture, has two articles on "sequencing the > photobook." Good stuff for those interested in this topic. Discussions of > narrative flow, comparisons/contrasts with films and music and literature, > the use of examples like Walker Evan's American Photographs (1938), etc. Bad > news is that you may not be able to read these unless you a) subscribe to > Aperture or b) visit the Aperture Gallery (NYC) or c) "Copies will also soon > be available through our distribution partners, namely the Milan Image Art > Fair, the School of Visual Arts [NYC], and the Cleveland Museum of Art, when > they open their exhibition DIY: Photographers & Books." > > stan > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Composing a Photobook
Sounds interesting and worth watching out for. B > -Original Message- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Stan Halpin > Sent: 22 May 2012 02:53 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Composing a Photobook > > Revisiting a discussion that comes up here from time to time: the > differences between a good and a not-so-good photobook. Or, "how to go > beyond a collection of good photographs to achieve a good book." > > The Aperture Foundation, publishers of Aperture Magazine, last fall > began publishing a Photobook Review as a supplement to the magazine. > PBR-2, included with the May issue of Aperture, has two articles on > "sequencing the photobook." Good stuff for those interested in this > topic. Discussions of narrative flow, comparisons/contrasts with films > and music and literature, the use of examples like Walker Evan's > American Photographs (1938), etc. Bad news is that you may not be able > to read these unless you a) subscribe to Aperture or b) visit the > Aperture Gallery (NYC) or c) "Copies will also soon be available > through our distribution partners, namely the Milan Image Art Fair, the > School of Visual Arts [NYC], and the Cleveland Museum of Art, when they > open their exhibition DIY: Photographers & Books." > > stan > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
