PhotoBookWeekly: Robert Adams (signed), Viviane Sassen, Andrea Modica, Joel Meyerowitz & Robert Shore, Daniela Keiser, Thomas Locke Hobbs

plus Men Untitled: An Interview with Carolyn Drake led by Britland Tracy! [View this email in your browser]( [photo-eye] PHOTOBOOK WEEKLY December 23, 2023 GIFT CERTIFICATES --------------------------------------------------------------- Need a last-minute holiday gift? Give a photo-eye gift certificate! - Available in any amount - Emailed instantly to recipient - Never expire - Valid for in-store and online bookstore orders [GIFT CERTIFICATES]( BESTSELLER --------------------------------------------------------------- Eden Robert Adams Signed copies available! In the fall of 1968, Robert Adams, a college English teacher, found himself inexplicably drawn to photograph a nondescript area south of Colorado Springs whose most notable feature was a truck stop off the interstate. This pivotal early series was re-edited to include previously unpublished pictures from the period. First published in 1999 and long a rarity, Eden has now been made available again by Steidl. [Order Eden or read more]( [View the full list of best sellers]( PRE-ORDER --------------------------------------------------------------- Phosphor Viviane Sassen From her early African-inspired work to her more recent experiments in interventionist techniques, Viviane Sassen has gained international acclaim for her striking, dynamic images that explore a range of themes and subjects — from identity, gender, and the body, to race, fashion, and the environment. This retrospective book brings together both well- and lesser-known works and includes pieces from her recent series, Paint Studies, in which early photographs are reimagined with ink and painterly marks, and Venus and Mercury, a collection of exquisite photomontages based on the history of the Palace of Versailles. [Pre-Order Phosphor or read more]( Catholic Girl Andrea Modica Selected as one of the [Best Books of 2023]( by [Claire Cichy](. "My hope for every young photography student is that there comes a point when the need to do the work overrides the desire to do well in school. This happened for me in earnest when I was in graduate school in 1984. I liken this moment to a first kiss; you get only one chance, and with some luck it’s not squandered..." — Andrea Modica [Order Catholic Girl or read more]( INTERVIEW --------------------------------------------------------------- Men Untitled An Interview with Carolyn Drake "Recipient of the 2021 HCB Award, Carolyn Drake levels her gaze on myths of American male power in her newest photo-book and accompanying exhibition, Men Untitled, which opened at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in September. Portraits of men encountered and often befriended read like past-their-prime Renaissance statues, if Michelangelo had put David out to pasture for forty years before gently bending him over on all fours. Evocative objects whose symbolic relevance extend generations serve as punctuating double-entendres. The cultural reckoning at play is both visceral and encrypted. I had the pleasure of meeting Carolyn at her book talk in Paris and engaging in the following conversation." — Britland Tracy [Read the Interview]( [Order Signed copies of Men Untitled]( ARRIVING SOON --------------------------------------------------------------- A Question of Color Joel Meyerowitz & Robert Shore An early advocate of color photography, Joel Meyerowitz has impacted and influenced generations of artists. For fifty-eight years, the master photographer has documented the United States’ ever-changing social landscape. During the late 1960s, Meyerowitz carried two cameras: one loaded with monochrome stock, the other with color. Just how, when, and why American fine art photographers switched from black-and-white image-making, prized within the gallery system, to color photography, once seen as the preserve of tourist photography, has been the cause of much debate. [Order A Question of Color or read more]( NEW ARRIVALS --------------------------------------------------------------- Blue Links Cyanotypes Daniela Keiser Daniela Keiser is a concept and installation artist, who already has very considerable experience of working with aspects of image science, photography, collage, and language. The starting point for her project was Keiser’s long-term interest in the cyanography that was invented 1842 and soon put into practice by Anna Atkins (1799–1871), one of the first women to make a name as a photographer. Keiser has breathed new life into this process from the early days of photography. In a multi-step sequence, she creates cyanotypes from found photographs and digital shots of her own. [Order Blue Links or read more]( L.A. Vedute Thomas Locke Hobbs Standing on the property line between two apartment buildings with adjacent driveways, Thomas Locke Hobbs was reminded of a Renaissance painting, The Ideal City of Urbino, where the illusion of space is achieved when receding lines that establish spatial relationships converge at a central vanishing point. It inspired his book L.A. Vedute, a documentary study of domestic architecture in Los Angeles. The work presents the way shared spaces recede to a common vanishing point, largely unpopulated and deserted, akin to movie sets where the actors have disappeared. Through metaphors of alienation, Hobbs exposes a city in conflict and coexistence. [Order L.A. 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