PHOTOBOOKS OF NOTE 2019 - TIM CARPENTER
Chris Adler A.K.A. R. Knife: Scratch the Earth
This ambitious book could have been too clever by half. That it’s such a delight is a real achievement.
Michael Ashkin: Were It Not For
How do you keep something this deeply sophisticated from feeling flashy or fussy? You got me.
Matteo Di Giovanni: I Wish the World Was Even
I wrote on this terrific book for photoeye: http://blog.photoeye.com/2019/07/book-of-week-tim-carpenter.html
In which Brad takes on the well-covered subject of Berlin and makes it all his own.
Jenia Fridlyand: Entrance to Our Valley
Full disclosure: I’m one of this book’s publishers. Full disclosure: It’s wonderful.
John Gossage: Should Nature Change
Even after all this time, the great idiosyncratic vision never fails to astound.
So much lyrical grace in just a handful of pictures. Exquisite.
Nathan is the singular poet of the place I love the most.
Sheron Rupp: Taken From Memory
Both long-awaited and a fresh revelation. Perhaps my most-shared book of the year.
Felipe Russo: Garagem Automática
I looked through this just once in Paris; it stuck with me that hard.
Nico Silberfaden: Camila San Pedro
Tender and brief: Nico’s restraint is pitch-perfect in both content and form.
Mike Slack: Walking in Place 2: Berlin
Begging your pardon, I lift from Kerouac: “Mike, you got eyes.”
This one will take me a while to figure out. I like that. Also: beautifully produced.
Doran Walot: When I Let Myself Feel, All I Feel Is Lousy
A funny, strange, off-kilter little gem of a book. I’m keen to see more from this kid.
As much I enjoy puzzling out why Terri’s pictures beguile me so, I prefer just to sit back and enjoy.
Gotta keep the boss-man happy. Just kidding: Clint’s book is nostalgic in just the right way – wistful but never maudlin.
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. His new book "Christmas Day, Bucks Pond Road" is mandatory... and you will see it mentioned on many lists coming up.
