I was unaware of Teju Cole before I listened to Jordan Weitzman’s Magic Hour interview with him. Full credit to that interview, I guess, by the end of it, I’d ordered his new book Blind Spot, as well as John Gossage’s pomodori a grappolo. https://youtu.be/FtOV7-JLDt0
Category Archives: Photobook
Unboxing ‘pomodori a grappolo’
I’m not quite sure what I can say about John Gossage‘s pomodori a grappolo. Professional photographers that I admire heap praise on Gossage’s work, on his seeing, so there must be something there, but after 4 trips through the 3, large books that make up pomodori a grappolo, I’m still not quite getting it. https://youtu.be/F1stvUoLyhw
Unwrapping ‘Jack Pierson’
I stumbled across this 2008 catalog from an exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in the Photography section of a Half Price Books, shelved incorrectly, shoved in between a couple of large Ann Geddes books and sortof pushed to the back, as if someone was trying to hide it. It was still in …
Unboxing Tiny Plastic Box – Volume #5
This year is just flying by. It’s already time for another issue of Tiny Plastic Box, Jon Wilkening‘s fun Pinhole 365 Zine!
Unboxing ‘Sex’
The 14 year-old me is thrilled to have finally found/picked up a copy of Madonna’s Sex book… The 39 year old me? Well… May God forgive me.
Unboxing Gloom
Gloom is Jacob Haupt‘s homage to growing up, struggling with adulthood and the myths we’ve been told about it, trying to balance the demands masculinity with the deep fragility inherent to us, while remaining jovial and positive and jokey throughout. It’s simultaneously hilarious and little bit heartbreaking, and I love it.
Unboxing ‘Highway Kind’
Highway Kind collects images from Justine Kurland’s 2007 -2014 travels around the United States in a customized Astro Van, first with with her young son, Casper, then alone. Interspersed throughout are 8 very short stories by Lynn Tillman, character sketches, mostly, that add a bit flavor. The photographs were culled from a couple of bodies of …
