Tag: Photobook
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Opening these pages from The Exposed Eye feels like a profound act of archaeology. I have to admit my oversights in not lingering longer to uncover the unspoken narratives that haunt the frame sometimes. These images, woven into Härenstam and Strand’s playful yet profound dialogue, resonate deeply with my passion for photography’s ability to peel…
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Stephanie Pommez’s the Enchanted Ones, published by Kehrer Verlag, is a book about the profound meditation on the Ribeirinho community in the Amazon, resonates with the raw, quiet strength I see in so many families as they navigate their unique worlds with a mix of pride and challenge. The resilience documented in this work is…
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As a parent of three children, each with their own unique challenges, my daughter navigating university, my middle son with Tourette’s syndrome and severe autism, and my youngest with ADHD and autism, Kirsten Lewis’s Unsupervised resonates deeply with me. The book’s raw, unfiltered depiction of family life mirrors the chaotic, beautiful mess of my own…
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The photographs in Nikolay Bakharev’s Cheryomushki, published by Stanley/Barker, arrived on my desk at a time when I was finding myself lingering in moments of quiet contemplation, often reflecting on the journey from my own rebellious youth to the settled comfort of family life. Bakharev’s work, capturing unguarded moments of people in Soviet Siberia in…
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Dana Stirling’s Why Am I Sad, published by Kehrer Verlag, arrived on my desk at a time when I was grappling with my own photographic explorations into the unspoken corners of human emotion. Her work, a deeply personal exploration of depression and identity through a meticulous lens, hit me with a profound resonance, not because…
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“Ensnaring the Moment”, the title itself hums with a resonance that speaks to the very heart of what draws me to both poetry and photography. I imagine it delves deep into that intangible space where a single frame or a perfectly chosen word can crystallise an entire universe, much like how a scent can instantly…
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The realm of art that delights in playing with our very perceptions, our innate sense of what is up or down, right or wrong, real or imaginary, holds a deep and abiding fascination for me. It is a concept that truly resonates with my own photographic explorations, particularly in how I strive to peel back…