Broken Spine

Aperture Foundation | Words Without Pictures - new - books

Going to pre-order a copy of this : )

• 12 March 2010

Photography Degree Zero, edited by Geoffrey Batchen - The MIT Press

Photography Degree Zero October 2009
7 1/2 x 9, 320 pp., 5 illus.
$29.95/£22.95 (CLOTH)
Trade

ISBN-10:
0-262-01325-8
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-01325-3

Just read a review of this book in the new Modern Painters. Geoffrey Batchen culls essays that reflect on Roland Barthes’ influential book Camera Lucida.

From the Publisher: “The variety of perspectives included in Photography Degree Zero, and the focus on Camera Lucida in the context of photography rather than literature or philosophy, serve to reopen a vital conversation on Barthes’s influential work.”

• 9 March 2010

Other Scenes

I got this zine/catalog in Livingston Montana of all places. It was a very good find considering I almost walked past the store that was selling it. Its a publication which coincides with an exhibition “Other Scenes” at the Robert and Tilton gallery in L.A in 2007. It was published by Nieves books and supportd by the ANP and RVCA. I just went to the Nieves website and loved their selection of catalogs, magazines, and zines. A really great company that all modern book lovers should be aware of. What really caught my attention was that it had Ryan McGinley’s work in it. He just released a new book titled Moonshine through Morel Publishing, which is a series of photographs taken this summer, following him and his models exploring caves and caverns. I love his use of colour in the series. He has some very notable images especially the one of the girl used on the cover of “Photography After Frank” by Phillip Gefter.

• 19 September 2009