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Accidentally Wes Anderson
Book Review
July 4, 2024
Accidentally Wes Anderson is a phenomenon that went viral around 2017 and materialized into a book with a foreword by the man himself. It is a study of colour and composition but maybe not so much of a travel guide.
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Moscow Dayze
Read the Entire Non-Fiction Book About My “Time” Travel to Russia
March 13, 2024
Moscow Dayze was independently published as a hand-made 74-page photobook in 2021. All physical copies are sold. This article re-introduces the book in a new light and offers it as a free download to GOLD members (also available as a limited-edition download on Etsy).
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Pedestrian Detroit
An Offline Photobook Encounter
January 16, 2024
I bought my copy of Pedestrian Detroit at my favourite coffee shop down the street from home. They serve what I think is the best-tasting brew in town and often feature creative works from the community artists for sale. Pedestrian Detroit was laid in a small stack in front of the counter with a note that they’re sold on a donation basis.
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Between Here and There
Book Review
August 11, 2023
Between Here and There is a new zine by Steve Rydz. It’s a body of photographic work I connected to deeply without a word read.
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Photography Through the Pandemic
A Book Review and Introspective
May 25, 2023
Photography Through the Pandemic is a community photo book created by Holly Gilman and produced by 35mmc (Hamish Gill). It is dedicated to John Whitmore, who passed away unexpectedly as this book was being put together.
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Between Blocks
Book Review
May 20, 2023
Between Blocks is a collection of Polaroid frames filled with flowering plants of Vancouver, printed to scale across 100 pages in softcover, perfect-bound — limited to 500 copies.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dessert First!
Book Review
February 10, 2022
A colourful, loosely bound by an elastic string photobook about desert life by Hanna Quevedo.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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La Floraison
Book Review
May 6, 2021
18-page perfect-bound full-colour booklet wrapped in a folded cover featuring brilliant flowers on film.
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