[ BOOK LIVES ] Uncovered by Thomas Allen

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Post published: July 11, 2020
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This is what happens when you combine two of your big loves into one big project, in the case of Thomas Allen, photography and books. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] Telex Iran by Gilles Peress

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Post published: July 11, 2020
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This book, and this image above in particular, really blew my mind away when I first saw it in my school library.

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Spooks – The Book

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Post published: July 3, 2020
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Spooks

"No one is safe. You've just reminded me that I should close the blinds at night."

Laura Watilo Blake, Cleveland-based awardwinning photographer

To Watch and Be Watched

On an assignment in South Asia almost two decades ago, I ‘accidentally’ made some ‘sensitive’ pictures at a political rally, and incurred the wrath of the local authorities. (more…)

Unphotographable

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Post published: July 2, 2020
Post category:Asia Books Personal Projects Singapore Singapore Projects

Unphotographable

Your looks are laughable,
Unphotographable,
Yet you’re my favorite
work of art

My Funny Valentine
by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart

Every artist has his own city. Mine is Singapore. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] Chiapas: The End of Silence by Antonio Turok

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Post published: June 30, 2020
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Published in 1998, Antonio Turok’s Chiapas: The End of Silence is a documentation of an area considered by many to be at the cultural crossroads for the Americas. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] The City by Mitch Epstein

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Post published: June 30, 2020
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I have many books by Mitch Epstein and it is not something I am shy to declare publicly. (more…)

[ BOOK LIVES ] Max: Photographs by Max Vadukul

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Post published: June 30, 2020
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I had always been tempted to say that Max Vadukul is not as well-known in this part of the world but I know that it would be wrong to assume that because he is seldom mentioned, he is not known.

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[ BOOK LIVES ] Beginnings: 1975 by Ishiuchi Miyako

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Post published: June 30, 2020
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Ishiuchi Miyako is one of four Japanese image-makers to have been awarded the Hasselblad Award.

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[ BOOK LIVES ] Outside the Dream: Child Poverty in America by Stephen Shames

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Post published: June 27, 2020
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When this body of works by Stephen Shames was being judged for the Kodak Crystal Eagle Award for Impact in Photojournalism at Pictures of the Year, there was a lot of silence and sighing in the audience. (more…)