Patrick Dougherty, a renowned sculptor, utilizes sticks to create structures that resonate with their surroundings, while photographer James Florio captures this art and the landscape. Their collaborative book, Sticks, showcases sixteen projects through Florio’s striking photography and explores the relationship between sculpture and photography. Continue reading Exploring Patrick Dougherty’s Art Through James Florio’s Lens
Using camera lenses made of Arctic ice, Tristan Duke’s ongoing, experimental photographic project, Glacial Optics, explores our current moment of climate crisis. This volume includes essays by Lucy R. Lippard, Mark Cheetham, William L. Fox, and Brandee Caoba, with a foreword from Michael Govan, as well as the artist’s field notes and research chronicling the unlikely history of ice lenses. Continue reading Tristan Duke’s Glacial Optics: Art Meets Climate Science
Russell Hart’s “As I Found It. My Mother’s House” is a visual narrative portraying the impact of dementia on memory. Through intimate black and white photographs, Hart reflects on his mother’s identity and the significance of personal objects, evoking shared human experiences. Continue reading As I Found It. My Mother’s House by Russell Hart
“WATERWORKS” by Stanley Greenberg is an expanded edition showcasing New York City’s hidden water systems, featuring 362 photographs and detailed maps. It highlights over 400 sites and serves as a field guide for exploring this largely unnoticed infrastructure. Continue reading Waterworks: A Deep Dive into NYC’s Water Supply
Dallas Crow’s “Against Time and Money” is a poignant photo book exploring life’s fleeting nature, emphasizing the value of time over money. It urges reflection on our relationships with these concepts, capturing quiet moments that highlight present living amid distractions in contemporary society. Continue reading Ephemeral Currency: A Review of Dallas Crow’s ‘Against Time and Money’
Let Me Sow Love by Roger Richardson presents a compassionate portrayal of a struggling American community in Middletown, New York. Through documentary-style photography, Richardson captures themes of love, faith, and uncertainty, offering an intimate reflection of the community’s realities without polemics, ultimately fostering emotional connection and mindfulness during turbulent times. Continue reading Let Me Sow Love: A Tender Portrait of American Life
Clark Winter’s “Here to There: Photographs from the Road Ahead” showcases nostalgic and insightful images of cars across decades and cultures. His photography captures the intricate relationships between people and automobiles, transforming each scene into a stage for universal human experiences related to travel, adventure, and connection. This is Winter’s first photography book. Continue reading Looking Back at Photographs from the Road Ahead
This sprawling, unique visual history of New York City’s queer spaces documents the evolution of Manhattan’s dynamic landscape over the course of a century, spanning from 1920 to 2020. New York’s LGBTQ+ history is everywhere, but rarely is it visibly documented. Aside from current venues and a handful of landmark plaques, important queer spaces from the city’s past have otherwise been forgotten about, or remain … Continue reading Queer Happened Here: 100 Years of NYC’s Landmark LGBTQ+ Places
Eric Bennett’s upcoming release, “MOMENTS of Quiet Wonder,” launches in February 2025 from Kozu Books. This zine is part of an annual series showcasing intimate and abstract photography, reflecting Bennett’s belief in the beauty present in everyday moments. It aims to inspire careful observation of the world’s details and includes both classic and new works. Continue reading Eric Bennett’s Moments of Quiet Wonder
Hannah Altman’s book, We Will Return To You, showcases 71 color photographs that meld Jewish folklore with contemporary settings, using natural light to evoke emotional depth. Her exploration of cultural memory and storytelling through striking visual narratives bridges the past and future. Continue reading Hannah Altman’s We Will Return To You: A Visual Journey
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