I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of John Whitmore’s passing late last month. His DarkShed project, zine series, and printing were inspiring, and the film community has lost a champion.

“Sunny Nunny” is Issue #03 of his Choosing & Losing series. When I subscribed for the first year, and when I decided not to renew my subscription, I had no idea that this would be the last issue, and I’m privileged and fortunate to been a small and distant part of Whimore’s life and photography this past year.

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I probably should’ve reviewed Jacob Haupt‘s fun and hilarious Did I Scare You? closer to Halloween, ideally just before, but since I don’t celebrate Halloween—excepting the November 1 candy sales—it didn’t dawn on me until it was too late.

So, better late than never, I guess… Boo.

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A Ghost Story: Photographs is a collection of Bret Curry‘s photographs, made on the set of A24 Films’ A Ghost Story (2017), written and directed by David Lowery and starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. Now. I wasn’t aware of the film before ordering the book, and while it’s available on Netflix, I haven’t watched it yet (though I hope to before I complete this review). I think the book stands on its own, that it doesn’t need the movie to have some meaning or interest, but I imagine it probably has a different impact if you’re familiar with the film…

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Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is one of those books/events that probably needs no introduction. The book has been in near-continual reprint since the 1980s, and the project is Goldin’s most well known. If you’re unfamiliar, well, whatever I have to say about it won’t do it justice and I’ll link to some competent reviewers below. In the mean time, do yourself a favor and go pick up a new or used copy.* It’s a masterwork.

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Ron Jude‘s Lago came onto my radar some years ago. I’m not quite sure why I waited so long to pick up a copy, nor why I picked up a copy when I did (sometime during the pandemic-related glut of photobook purchasing in the lost year of 2020), but I did, and now it’s finally time to take a look at it.

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