[ BOOK LIVES ] The Americans by Robert Frank
The Americans by Robert Frank Aperture ISBN 0893810339 Imagine my joy getting a letter from Aperture two decades ago, saying that they have found boxes…
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[ BOOK LIVES ] A Certain Alchemy by Keith Carter
A Certain Alchemy by Keith Carter University of Texas Press ISBN 978-0-292-71908-8 There is something simple and magical about selective focusing.
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[ BOOK LIVES ] Party: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetong by Cristina De Middel
Party: Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetong by Cristina de Middel RM/Archive of Modern Conflict ISBN 978-8415118671 Using words from Mao’s Little Red Book and ‘ideologies’…
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[ BOOK LIVES ] Chiapas: The End of Silence by Antonio Turok
Chiapas: The End of Silence by Antonio Turok Aperture ISBN 978-0893817725 Published in 1998, Antonio Turok’s Chiapas: The End of Silence is a documentation of an area considered…
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[ BOOK LIVES ] Paris by Andreas H. Bitesnich
Paris by Andreas H. Bitesnich Room5Books I’ve been an admirer of Andreas H. Bitesnich’s photography for many years, having encountered his Travel book in a…
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[ BOOK LIVES ] Zimbabwe: Your Wounds Will Be Named Silence by Robin Hammond
Zimbabwe: Your Wounds Will Be Named Silence by Robin Hammond Actes Sud ISBN 978-2330012786 Let me assure you first that my reason for writing about Robin…
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[ BOOK LIVES ] Combing for Ice and Jade by Kurt Tong
Combing for Ice and Jade by Kurt Tong Jiazazhi Press ISBN 978-988-14575-8-5 Half way through Lulu Wang‘s The Farewell a few days ago, I told myself that this…
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[ BOOK LIVES ] A Criminal Investigation by Watabe Yukichi
A Criminal Investigation by Watabe Yukichi Editions Xavier Barral ISBN 978-2915173826 Pray tell: Why would anyone publish a book like this?
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[ BOOK LIVES ] Minamata by W. Eugene Smith
Minamata by W. Eugene Smith Alskog-Sensorium/Holt, Rinehart and Winston ISBN 0-03-013631-8 Minamata by W. Eugene Smith was a very instrumental book in my growth as…
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[ BOOK LIVES ] Woh Yuhng – Photographs from the Hong Kong Protests 2019 by Lam Yik Fei
Photographs from the Hong Kong Protests 2019 by Lam Yik Fei brownie publishing ltd ISBN 978-988-77971-6-6 Born in Hong Kong in 1986, photographer Lam Yik Fei was only…