Author Archives: James Cockroft

Richard Billingham’s ‘ray’s a laugh’ is one of those photobooks that I always heard about and never thought I’d see, so when Mack announced a new printing, I jumped on it.

I picked up Francesco Saverio Colella’s ‘Foto Casti‘ to sort of fill out the shopping cart on publisher Skinnerboox website when I bought Paolo Zerbini’s Tagada. I was a bit intrigued by the premise, and the price was right…

Tagada collects Paolo Zerbini’s photographs of various carnivals and fairs in rural Italy, made on film in the 2010s. I picked it up sorta by chance after visiting the publisher’s website to order a different book—Francesco Colleta’s ‘Foto Casti‘—which was, itself, an impulse purchase made after seeing a review somewhere. Given my love of theme …

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I don’t know how or from where Piergiorgio Casotti & Emanuele Brutti’s Index G came on my radar. Jörg Colberg was my first guess, and if so, I find no mention of Casotti or Brutti or the title on his blog. It wasn’t @swerdnaekalb either, nor was it Charcoal Book Club…. Maybe it was something …

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Apologies. Unboxing and Flip-through videos are all gone and any links to them are broken. I know these were helpful and I apologize for any inconvenience.

I pulled Daniel Reuter’s Providencia off the to-review shelves largely based on the attractive spine (gold lettering against mottled/variegated grey :chef’s kiss:). I don’t remember the circumstances around acquiring it, and expect I bought it based on Jorg Colberg’s review. I encourage you to read Colberg’s take, as mine is likely to be much more …

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