Read: Our Paris

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What a wonderful little book about personal, Parisian vignettes tinged with the sadness of losing one’s partner. Coming from someone who just talked his way out of returning to Paris for what I believe is the twelfth time, reading about …

Creative: Return to Sender

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“You spend money like water,” she said with a hint of disgust. But I don’t. Other than that, it was a perfect statement. Mezcal skies, punchy, contrast at level ten. Pedal stroke and the burn of minimal oxygen. Legs and …

Read: Fossil Men

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What could be better than blowing up the origin of man? Kermit Pattison’s “Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind” is a combination of exploration and anthropology with a bit of Mad Max and …

Dispatches: Sarah Leen

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Sarah Leen is a pioneer, mentor, editor, consultant, board member, advisory council member and someone who went from the art department to the journalism department. She was the first female winner of College Photographer of the Year which in turn …

Read: Windows on the World.

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I read Matteo Pericoli’s “Windows on the World: Fifty Writers, Fifty Views” in roughly one hour while I was sitting in a sauna, but the impact of the book will last far longer. Let’s talk process. In the photography world, …

Dispatches: Lori Grinker

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Fortunately for all of us, Lori Grinker is hard to categorize. Photojournalist, documentary photographer, conceptual artist, collage artist, installation artist, filmmaker and bookmaker whose work walks a fine line between reportage and fine-art. She has been a full-time working photographer …