Books and ‘Zines
28 Self-Published and Traditional Print Reviews
Notatki Poznańskie/Poznań Notes
Book Review
January 20, 2023
Poznań Notes is a visual journey through a Polish town during various seasons and moods. The images are often gritty with contrast, soft on focus, and dreamy (almost surreal) in nature.— Dmitri.
Shooting Film
Book Review
July 11, 2022
This book is mostly good, though it certainly isn’t perfect. Best suited for beginners with realistic expectations from a 200-page print with lots of full-colour illustrations.— Dmitri.
665
Book Review
April 12, 2022
A review of a limited-print photobook, 665, by Sol. Shot on long-discontinued film across North America’s beautiful parks.— Dmitri.
Dessert First!
Book Review
February 10, 2022
A colourful, loosely bound by an elastic string photobook about desert life by Hanna Quevedo.— Dmitri.
Analogue Photography in the XXI Century
A Guide to Film Photography in Lithuanian
February 1, 2022
Film photography is an international pastime. Analogue cameras have been making the day for those who live in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania, Africa, and elsewhere. Film isn’t just an English-speaking world thing, it is a global phenomenon that’s been on the rise for years.— Dmitri.
After Exposure: A Cyclopedia of Broken Cameras
Book Review
November 24, 2021
I learned about this book from Stephen Dowling’s website while he was helping me promote my own publication a few months back.— Dmitri.
Yukon by Northern Light
Book Review
November 9, 2021
I found this book for $2. 50 at a thrift store. A 6½×10” 78-page hardcover filled with full-page colour photographs from the Canadian wilderness. Written by Wayne Towriss and published in Yukon by Studio North Ltd. in 1983 and printed by D. W. Friesen and Sons Ltd.— Dmitri.
Working in Black & White
A Local Library Loan (Book Review)
October 3, 2021
Overall, I found the book to be useful and an easy read. Though I would certainly expect more if it was republished in the 2020s.— Dmitri.
Light and Film
Book Review
September 14, 2021
Light and Film is one of those well-produced large-print hardcover lookbooks. But what I think really makes it valuable is the learnable material it is filled with.— Dmitri.
City by the Sea
Book Review
August 4, 2021
City by the Sea is one of those books that manages to surprise and inspire to be more daring with every page turn.— Dmitri.
Wellington
Book Review
July 15, 2021
A book by Madeleine Ostoja that explores life in New Zealand’s capital through film in black and white square print.— Dmitri.
Safe Distance
Book Review
June 14, 2021
In his book/zine, Steve’s high-contrast monochrome photographs offer a view of the things that look slightly out of place — amongst the ordinary. — Dmitri.
Bad Dreams
Book Review
May 16, 2021
Bad Dreams is narrated in the first person by a character who has a reoccurring nightmare that follows him through the waking world.— Dmitri.
La Floraison
Book Review
May 6, 2021
18-page perfect-bound full-colour booklet wrapped in a folded cover featuring brilliant flowers on film.— Dmitri.
Auslöser
Magazine Review
April 25, 2021
An Ango-German magazine with fantastic design featuring interviews of notable film photographers and their works.— Dmitri.
Analog Forever
Magazine Review
April 13, 2021
Analog Forever is an annual magazine that collects works, stories, and interviews of select film photographers. It is a well-put-together, superbly designed, and meticulously curated publication that undoubtedly gives film photography a good name. The magazine is fairly priced at $30 for around 150 pages of quality colour print though the shipping, being $20 to Canada, adds a bit of a strain on the wallet.— Dmitri.
Optiko
Book Review
February 10, 2021
Optiko is a community project that culminated in a Kickstarter campaign back in 2017. The book is a diverse pool of eighty-seven peoples’ work that spans 276 thick, colourful pages. I have a numbered copy: 10/150. My book, same with everyone else’s, features a full-page ad for Analog.— Dmitri.
2Sic 2Spurious
Book Review
January 21, 2021
2Sic 2Spurious is a whimsical collection of photographic mistakes in a stylish square package. This book is a community collaboration featuring works by David Allen, Virgil Roger, Alex Purcell, Adam James, Marisa Mouton, Stig Starr, Jason Self, Moni Smith, PJ De Jesus, Steve Brokow, Maite Pons, Simon King, Julián Péter, John BackEastPhoto, Tim Dobbs, Jeremy Calow, Ashley Williams, Lilly Swartz, Matt Parry, Hamish Gill, Gordon Boddington, Martin Siegal, Lorraine Healy, and Sina Farhat.— Dmitri.
Small Wonders
Book Review
January 20, 2021
I got into photography about eleven years ago when I bought my first DSLR to film this skate video for a friend’s sponsorship pitch. Having completed the project, I started experimenting with stills as I scoured Flickr and 500px for inspiration. The images that did it for me were often close-ups of the little natural phenomena you’d find in a forest.— Dmitri.
Shanghai Streets
Magazine Review
January 18, 2021
This book features a number of mini photo stories, highlighting Lee Webb’s life adventures in one of the largest cities in China.— Dmitri.
