The Blurb Roadshow hasn’t started but we’ve landed on European soil. It’s been ten years since I walked these streets. We were so jet-lagged all we could muster was a tour of the Rijksmuseum but even that was mostly wandering …
Creative: Blurb Tips 003 Paper Types
Economy black and white paper in trade book. Standard color paper in trade book. Proline Uncoated paper. Okay bookmakers, a bit of advice regarding paper types. So many people get hung up on paper type, and many folks end up …
Read: The Spectator Bird
Man this guy can write. The photography world has it’s share of what we will call shenanigans when it comes to the elite telling everyone else what is good or bad, but photography doesn’t hold a candle to the literary …
Yoga: Handstand to Up Dog
The one and only Jamie Hamilton performing a handstand to up dog on my patio. Yes, this really happened. Jamie is not only a wonderful artist, but is also a tightrope walker. Don’t believe me, here’s proof. He’s a strong …
Inertia 240
Now I’ve really done it. I’ve made another sample. Maybe I went too far this time? Haven’t you ever wanted a 240-page magazine that is so thick and heavy it kinda feels like a book? I wanted one, so I …
Dispatches: Steve Nalepa
I met Steve Nalepa back in the early 1990’s. I was prowling the streets of Los Angeles as a Kodak rep and Steve was publishing art books. I can honestly say I was lucky to have met him. A Yale …
Read: Chasing the Scream
The War on Drugs is one of those things I find fascinating/depressing from a variety of angles. We’ve probably all been singed by it at some point. Family members, friends, friends of friends, caught up, locked down, shut out or …
Creative: Blurb Roadshow
Shot this image ten years ago in Amsterdam RIGHT in front of my hotel. Leica M6, 50mm and Portra 400VC. Getting ready to depart on another leg of the Blurb Roadshow. On deck are Amsterdam, London and Sydney, back to …
Creative: Thirty-Six/Three
How great is this? A photo-essay in the mail, in postcard form. Two sets, one a single image and velum cover. The second a full essay. This production is brought to you by Wim Jansen in Hamburg, Germany. “Thirty-Six/Three” is …
just make pictures zine No. 07
This is not the first time I’ve featured Michael Jarecki’s Zine on this site, and I’m hoping it won’t be the last. This thing looks SO good. And the photographs, well, they are good too. This issue, number 7, features …
Read: All the Wild that Remains
As many of you know, I’m a man of The West. I love open spaces, and when I find someone who understand this region, and can write about it, well, I just about fall in love. David Gessner’s “All the …
Latin America Trade 5×8
I posted about the 8×10 version of this book here, but I didn’t show the original book which led me to the “massive” mini trade books in the first place. So here it is! I THINK this baby was lifted …