Boys Who May One Day Be Monsters: An Interview with Elizabeth Clark Libert
“I didn’t set out to make this work with the mission for it to be therapeutic. It occurred organically, step-by-step. An awareness would hit me that I’ve got shit I need to deal with here, and then again here.”—Elizabeth Clark Libert, in our interview on raising boys as a woman.
Who Owns Your Memories? A review of Olga Bubich's photobook The Art of (Not) Forgetting
Olga Bubich’s self-published book, The Art of (Not) Forgetting, brings together emotionally potent memories of around thirty Belarussians, collected through interviews. Through personal stories, the author interrogates individual and collective memory.
An Iconic Photographer’s Third Act A review of Stephen Shore's impressionistic memoir, Modern Instances
Stephen Shore’s new book Modern Instances: The Craft of Photography is an impressionistic memoir of anecdotes, reflections and influences by the iconic photographer and photographic educator.
A Distinct Cut A Review of Martin Kollár's Photobook After
Martin Kollár’s new book After is autobiographical, collecting images made for a project-in-progress with his partner, Mária Rumanová, who ended her own life in 2019, and editing them together anew.
What Fools These Mortals Be A review of Immortal by Maija Tammi and Ville Tietäväinen
In the new photobook Immortal: Lost Memoirs of Cornelia Dulac Concerning the Freshwater Polyp Hydra, authors Maija Tammi and Ville Tietäväinen give us a fictionalized account of true scientific studies of Hydra—a biological immortal.
Working Through Loss: An Interview with Photographer Alicja Dobrucka
“You have to be able to live with the work. Some images, if they reveal too much, you just don’t fancy living with them.”—Alicja Dobrucka, in our interview about her photobook, I like you, I like you a lot.
Unprepossessed: Zanele Muholi’s self-ownership
In the photobook Somnyama Ngonyama, South African visual activist Zanele Muholi creates an identity, performs an identity, dismantles an identity, confronts with identity.
Let Me Fall Again A review of Julia Borissova's photobook Let Me Fall Again
In her most recent photobook, Let Me Fall Again, photographer and bookmaker Julia Borissova presents a part-factual, part-imagined construction of the life of Charles Leroux, a professional jumper.