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Article: Photobooks Of Note 2018 - Tim Carpenter

Photobooks Of Note 2018 - Tim Carpenter

Photobooks Of Note 2018 - Tim Carpenter

Because I can’t control myself, here’s the baker’s dozen of my favorite photobooks of 2018, in alphabetical order. 

 

American Winter - Gerry Johansson

Cold and still and clear, like a Hemingway stream. I wrote on this one for the Charcoal Book Club: https://charcoalbookclub.com/collections/recent-books/products/american-winter

 

Domesticated Land - Susan Lipper

Yes, but just barely domesticated: the scorched earth and irradiating sun seem poised to take back what’s rightfully theirs. Nervy and unsettling.

 

Driftless - Jason Vaughn and Brad Zellar

Sometimes you don’t want to have to explain why a book burrows into your heart. You just want to rejoice, and let it be.

 

Good Sick - Jordan Baumgarten

It’s super-hard to avoid exploitation with pictures of people and places on the margins, but Jordan skillfully does so with dignity and what can only be called grace.

 

Halfstory Halflife - Raymond Meeks

Probably the book of the decade. This is the reason we make pictures.

 

Head of the Lion - Claudio Majorana

Sometimes you think a topic (here, teenage skateboarders) has been done to death and then some kid with a fresh perspective says “Hold on a second.” Looking forward to much more from Claudio.

 

The Heavens - Barbara Bosworth

I’ve always loved (and, moreover, needed) the way Barbara’s pictures remove the viewer from daily concerns while maintaining a rigorous concern for the real.

 

In the Vicinity - Ed Panar

Funny, wise, sincere. Just like Ed himself. Probably my favorite Panar book, and that’s saying a lot.

 

Looking up Ben James: A Fable - John Gossage

I wrote on this – one of the finest books by the master – for Photoeye: https://www.photoeye.com/best-books-2018/

 

The Portraits - John Myers

Massive thanks to RRB for getting these pictures out in the world in such a beautiful edition. Can’t wait for the next one.

 

Real Life Dramas - Mary Frey

Full disclosure: I wrote the text for this book. Fuller disclosure: Mary is the patron saint for anyone interested in what an intelligent maker can do when faced with an endlessly chaotic world.

 

Tulare: Scenes from California's Central Valley - Jake Longstreth

The kind of book you can just sort of get lost in; maybe you look at several or most of the pictures one time and the next you study a single one until it shares its mysteries.

 

Wood River Blue Pool - JoAnn Walters

These pictures get in under your skin and refuse to let go. Proof that some things are well worth waiting for. (But give us more real soon, please.)

 

Tim Carpenter is a Photographer who lives in New York, but most if his work is about Central Illinois, so that's gotta be hard. He is also one of the the 3 founding fathers of TIS books. Tim has a new split release with Nathan Pearce out on Deadbeat Club called "Still Feel Gone". Tim drinks WAY too many Coke Zeros in a day.

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Photobooks Of Note 2018 - Jake Reinhart

Photobooks Of Note 2018 - Jake Reinhart

I put together a list of five of my favorite photo books from 2018. These are books that I keep coming back to week after week, or that I’ve found to be inspiring or intriguing. Each book has a sh...

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Photobooks Of Note 2018 - Kris Graves

Photobooks Of Note 2018 - Kris Graves

1.) YAMOTFABAATA - Shane Rocheleau | Gnomic Book 2.) Good Sick - Jordan Baumgarten | Gost 3.) El Libro Supreme de la Suerte - Rose Marie Cromwell | TIS Books 4.) Wood River Blue Pool - Jo Ann W...

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