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Texte zur zeitgenössischen Fotografie und digitalen Bildkunst
von Sebastian Hau
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Schlagworte: Ellen Lupton, David Chickey, Mariken Wessels, Cat Tuong Nguyen, Petra Stavast, Wolfgang Scheppen, Fabio Barile, John Stezaker, Jacqueline Hassink
Ellen Lupton et al., ed., "Indie Publishing", Princeton Architectural Press 2008
If it is true what insiders claim, namely that public interest is shifting away from mass media to independent and small productions, then this book is both a good start and a helpful guide for artists who are producing their own books. Developed by a team of students and professors, it gives readers both confidence and an overview of small publishing houses and artist books. It also explains necessities such as ISBNs and marketing in the book trade and describes in short steps the use of InDesign and how to create hand-crafted artist books. And since this book itself originated from a workshop on book design, every page is a pleasure to behold, and excellent visual solutions are found for all types of difficulties. In recent years, niche products, at least on the photobook market, have gained the trust of buyers and now command more space on bookshop shelves. More and more, the independent nature of publications is inversely proportionate to the size of their publishing house.
www.papress.com/html/book.details.page.tpl?isbn=9781568987606
David Chickey et al., Ed., "Beaumont’s Kitchen", Radius 2009
A cookbook? No, this volume is more than that. Radius Books has published the best recipes of Beaumont Newhall who, in addition to being the first director of the photography department at MoMA in the 1940s, appears to have been an excellent cook for much of his life. As a book, this publication is a subtle ode to classicism and tradition, with tipped-in black-and-white pictures by a range of photographers from Ansel Adams to Edward Weston, with a refined variation of an old Baskerville type, and printed on heavy matte paper that has a creamy tint similar to recycled paper. The stories told about the thoroughly elitist circle of friends and the stimulating recipes make this book an enjoyable volume with photographic and culinary appeal. Overall, this production is a masterly achievement in publishing.
22.12.2009
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