Rayon Vert explores portraiture, the sometimes intimate interaction between photographer and sitter, the little moments in between, as the model twists, uncomfortable from sitting so long, or moving into a different pose, or staring blankly into space in a mixture of boredom and impatience. With it, Senta Simond has given us a glimpse of what …
Category Archives: Photobook
Walker Evans – ‘American Photographs’
Walker Evans’ American Photographs is one of those seminal photobooks that belongs on every photographer’s bookshelf, full stop. There’s not much more to say about it, really.
Tony Fouhse – ‘After the Fact’
In After the Fact, Tony Foushe attempts to capture “the feelings of anxiety that lurk behind the facade of the everyday… to our increasing uncertainty and fear and to the changing political and physical climates that we find ourselves in these days.” I think he succeeded.
Noah Waldeck – ‘Instant Winter’
Winter is a strange concept. Up in central Illinois and out on Long Island, it’s obvious: clouds roll in, cold winds blow, snow piles up and gets bulldozed into disgusting grey mountains that persist well into the spring. But down here in Texas, and depending on the year, there might not be much difference in …
Edward Conde – ‘Layover’
In late 2017, Edward Conde got stuck in an airport terminal for seven hours and he made the best of it, shooting a Lomography LC-A 120 camera as he walked around.
Masahisa Fukase – ‘Ravens’
Masahisa Fukase’s Ravens is a classic of the photobook genre and was recently reissued by Mack. The narrative is a little bit frightening, a little bit forlorn, a little bit mysterious, and incredibly beautiful and moving.
Masaki Yamamoto ‘Guts’
Guts is Masaki Yamamoto’s first book, and it’s a viceral, unnerving, gorgeous, and deeply personal portrait of his family, and their life together in a one-room apartment.
