Lewis Bush’s War Primer 3 is one of the more Punk Rock photobooks I’ve ever come across. I’m not sure how he would take the characterization, but there’s a precedence for interventions like this in the Punk canon, and I applaud him for it.
Category Archives: Photobook
Lewis Bush – ‘A Zine Binding Guide’
Some months ago (back in 2018), Lewis Bush ran a zine making workshop and put together a little guide for his students. I (and others) pestered him to make it more widely available over on Twitter, and in response to popular demand, he did!
Lewis Bush – ‘Metropole’ (2018)
I’m something of a Lewis Bush fan. You might remember April 2018, when I unboxed and reviewed a handful of his books and zines that I received as part of my Kickstartering of his Shadows of the State book. So when he put out a new version, larger and more thorough version of his Metropole zine, I jumped …
Alex Prager – ‘Silver Lake Drive’
Alex Prager‘s photography is equal parts Hitchcock and Crewdson, with some hints of Sherman thrown in. Her images contain whole worlds, full backstories of all the characters, a sense of action before and after the millisecond captured on the film. Silver Lake Drive is a retrospective, of sorts, with selected images and film stills from projects completed …
Juno Calypso – ‘What to do with a Million Years’
I became aware of Juno Calypso‘s work several years ago, back during my early, digital days even. A few of her pictures from the Joyce and The Honeymoon series are in my inspiration file for their color and suggestion of (creepy, menacing) narrative, but my interest in her work preceded my photobook obsession and I …
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Alexandra Catiere – ‘Behind the Glass’
Alexandra Catiere’s Behind the Glass is more of an event, than a book. It’s not something to casually flip through. In fact, you can’t casually flip through it, or if you do, you’ll miss half of the images and all of the story. It’s one of the more unique book designs I’ve seen.
Rosalind Fox Solomon – ‘Liberty Theater’
Rosalind Fox Solomon is one of my favorite photographers. Her ability to move between various communities, her access to people from all manner of backgrounds, and her ability to get open, honest expressions and gestures is incredible. I have two of her previous books with Mack, THEM (2014) and Got to Go (2016), so when I heard …
