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What are your top photo books?

Written by Carla on January 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

I recently attended an opening and talk for the Kamoinge Group with member Collette Fournier. During her talk she spoke about an influential photography book in her life (more from her on that forthcoming, I hope!) so I wanted to implement a new feature on the blog. I’m asking artists and writers:
What are your top [...]

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Publish Your Photography Book by Darius Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson (Princeton Architectural Press, 2011)

Written by Carla on January 22, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Publish Your Photography Book. Darius D. Himes, Mary Virginia Swanson, March 08, 2011, 224 pages, 25 color illustrations, 50 b/w illustrations, 7 x 9 inches (17.8 x 22.9 cm), Paperback, ISBN 9781568988832, $29.95 (Not Yet Published, PRE-ORDER THIS TITLE (no credit card charge until the book ships)
From the publisher:
We live in the golden age of the photography book. [...]

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D.A.P. ’s new Los Angeles Showroom opening 1/29

Written by Carla on January 22, 2011 — Leave a Comment

For more details on the new showroom, visit the ARTBOOK blog: http://www.artbook.com/blog.html
Visit them at ART LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY January 28 – 30th at the Barker Hanger.

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Muzik Kinda Sweet by Pogus Caesar (Punch, OOM Gallery Archive, 2010)

Written by Carla on January 12, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Muzik Kinda Sweet. Pogus Caesar, Great Britain: Punch, OOM Gallery Archive, 2010, £30.
Where to purchase below, plus a link to an article:
http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/online_shop/made_in_birmingham/item/muzik_kinda_sweet/
http://punch-records.co.uk/shop/muzik-kinda-sweet-pogus-ceasar-signed-copy/ (their publishing partner)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Muzik-Kinda-Sweet-Pogus-Caesar/dp/0956674100
Article: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/pogus-caesars-muzika-kinda-sweet-2080071.html (be still my heart—they reproduce a photo of Grace Jones with this article.)

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Images of Black Modernism: Verbal and Visual Strategies of the Harlem Renaissance by Miriam Thaggert (Massachusetts, 2011)

Written by Carla on January 12, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Announcing the publication of a new book, Images of Black Modernism: Verbal and Visual Strategies of the Harlem Renaissance by Miriam Thaggert, ISBN: 978-1-55849-831-0, from the Univ. of Massachusetts Press:
Focusing on the years from 1922 to 1938, this book revisits an important moment in black cultural history to explore how visual elements were used in poems, novels, [...]

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  • Taking a Break May 18, 2012
    Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
  • What if there were no more art galleries? May 18, 2012
    6×6 – An Art Version of a Music Festival ABOUT THIS PROJECT What is 6×6? Beginning on September 8, 2011, our roaming gallery Baang and Burne Contemporary will present 6×6, (six by six) a series of six, back to back, one week only art exhibitions in New York City. 6×6 was created by artists, for artists. Essentially 6×6, is [.. […]
  • The Stoop Gallery Call for Submissions May 18, 2012
    The Stoop Gallery is currently accepting submissions for the upcoming show date and theme: Art. Science. Body: How art and science merge to create identity narratives. July 30, 2011 This week, Psychology Today published an article focusing on why African American women are less physically attractive than other women. The methodology of the research was not m […]