Photograph by Kenneth Josephson from his History of Photography series. It appeared on the cover of exposure 21:4, the quarterly journal of the Society for Photographic Education, in 1983.Josephson studied under Aaron Siskind, Harry Callaghan and Minor White and taught at Art Institute of Chicago for over 35 years before retiring in 1997. He is probably best known for his 'pictures within pictures' . The Art Institute had a retrospective of his work in late 1999.There is also a nice set of book imagery in Josephson's later series titled Chicago (88-4-246), 1988-2003.
Picturing Independents
Opening today in The Cooley Gallery at Reed College in Portland, Oregon is the U.S. debut of "New and Used" an exhibit of photographs by Marc Joseph. Joseph traveled across America photographing "the spaces and objects of independent book and record stores". Steidl has recently published these photos in the book version of "New and Used". The book is accompanied by "a set of essays, short, fiction, and poetry by contemporary writers and musicians" who relate their own " used and new experience". Contributors include Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth fame, Eileen Myles, Jonathan Lethem, Shelley Jackson and Stephanie Snyder,...
Book Design Meets Album Design
Here is the dust jacket design for the new book "The Scientist as Rebel" by the seminal scientist Freeman Dyson: and here is the cover design for the American release of "Is This It" the 2001 debut album by the influential New York band The Strokes: A visual marriage of two distinct disciplines, united by an image of particle collisions.How is that for a new relationship in the arts.Music to my eyes!Thanks to Joseph at The Book Design Review for the lead
Ducks and the Winter Palace
We end the year with Part 3 of Book Patrol' s celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the Guild of Book Workers Exhibition.From the Retrospective Exhibition:Carol J. Blin. Frieda Firzenmeyer, Carol J. Blinn, illustrator, Once Upon a Time Book Six. Warwick Press, 1992. 23 x 15.5 x .5 centimeters. Case binding covered in full Keyari paper with printed paper label on front cover. In this story, Carol’s alter ego, Frieda Fitzenmeyer, immortalizes the flying adventures of a duck named Buddy and her side-kick Percy. Blinn is the proprietor of the Warwick Press.From the Contemporary Juried Exhibit:Susan Collard. Winter Palace. Portland,...
A New "Low" in Bookbinding
Here is one that gets into the Bookbinding Hall of Shame on the first ballot.The title of the book is:Laws of Washington Territory Enacted by the Legislative Assembly, Tenth Biennial Session, 1885-86The spine says:Image courtesy of Michael's Books Bellingham, Washington