Photos from Dog Days Bogotá
Minneapolis-based photographer Alec Soth is fast at work at becoming a modern master. Since his big splash at the 2004 Whitney Biennial and the appearance of his sensational debut book, Sleeping by the Mississippi (Steidl, 2004), Soth has been a steady contributor for numerous glossy magazines and his languorous landscapes and still-waters [...]
Category Archives: Books
Alec Soth’s Rich Imaginary World
March 17, 2010 – 9:16 am
Photographs by David Schoerner
March 14, 2010 – 11:13 am
David Schoerner’s new limited edition book by Hassla, entitled Photographs, is now available for pre-order through the Hassla site and is shipping in mid-April.
Emmeline de Mooij at Capricious
March 5, 2010 – 8:49 am
Capricious Space is presenting Dutch artist Emmeline de Mooij’s first solo show in the United States. De Mooij is a Dtuch artist who works between Amsterdam and New York. Her work consists of installations, photographs and performances. The exhibition at Capricious will include site-specific sculptural installations, photos, collage and screen printing. She will also be launching her [...]
Zach Galifianakis Interviews John Wray
February 24, 2010 – 1:15 pm
In what may be the best book trailer ever, Zach Galifianakis interview John Wray about his book, Lowboy. Video after the jump.
I Miss You When You’re Not Here
February 21, 2010 – 5:04 pm
In her ongoing search for fragility and truth, Dossier contributing editor Spela Kasal photographs everything from emerging models to still-life scenes. The resulting images land somewhere between fashion and fine art, and as of this Tuesday, February 23, they will be on display at Ofr in Paris. The solo exhibition, titled I Miss You When [...]
Peter Straub Reading Tonight at Book Court
February 19, 2010 – 9:55 am
Peter Straub will be at Book Court tonight reading from his new book, A Dark Matter (currently #17 on the Times Best Seller List). I went to a reading at Book Court a few weeks ago and I have to say, there’s something really nice about being read to. Plus literary events feel like a [...]
The Music of Bruce Weber
February 1, 2010 – 10:44 pm
Legendary fashion photographer Bruce Weber is full of music. Witness the jazzy, balletic expressionism of his pictures, the soulful fabric of his films—including the Chet Baker bio Let’s Get Lost—and you see it. Listen to his cherubic, Zen giggling and you can hear it. Talk to him for five minutes and you get a concert [...]
When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother
January 28, 2010 – 10:27 am
Poet Melissa Broder is releasing her first book of poetry February 7 through Ampersand Press, entitled When You Say One Thing But Mean Your Mother. Publishers Weekly just reviewed it and said, ”This debut from Broder…is as funny and hip as it is disturbing…These poems are also quirkily compassionate…sexy, and at times even gross…Throughout, Broder searches for a [...]
Sol & Luna by Vivianne Sassen
January 27, 2010 – 11:29 am
Libraryman Co. is releasing its 11th book, Sol & Luna, by Amsterdam-based photographer Viviane Sassen. It’s a collaboration with Stockholm based men’s clothier Our Legacy. The book is a series of imagery centering around ideas of androgyny and beauty. It’s printed in an edition of 300 numbered copies and is available through the Libraryman website.
