[ BOOK LIVES ] Concrete Mama by Ethan Hoffman & John McCoy
Ethan Hoffman and John McCoy first met as colleagues at the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin newspaper in 1977 and spent quite a fair bit of their rookie days covering the Washington State Penitentiary. (more…)

When it comes to photography books, there are some names that I find simply irresistible.
The first time I encountered Stephen Gill’s A Series of Disappointments, I had the feeling of deja vu. Like “wait, I’ve seen these before, why do they look so familiar?”
Published in 1974, Growing Up Female: A Personal Photo-Journal by Abigail Heyman can really be considered ‘ahead of its time’.
I first saw some of the images in this book in the 90s at the judging of a competition, and I remember the reactions of the judges very well.
It has taken me slightly more than a year to own The Heavens by Paolo Woods and Gabrielle Galimberti, but the wait is totally worth.