Colin Pantall on Thomas Sauvin’s Quanshen
China – The Shiny Black Book
China – The Shiny Black Book
Netherlands – The everyday lives of two gender dysphoric teenagers, pictured by the documentary photographer Willeke Duijvekam. Mandy and Eva are girls, even though they were born as boys. Willeke
Pakistan – Massimo Berruti’s long-term assignment in the Swat valley, in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtonkhawa, is keeping up with the daily life of the Lashkars. Lashkars are civilian militia
USA – W. Eugene Smith’s The Big Book is a very interesting and unusual three volume set that includes a two volume facsimile of the maquette (book dummy) developed by
Ireland – Paul Gaffney sent me his lovely book, We Make the Path by Walking. It’s a gorgeous book that creates a narrative path by following the paths created by people walking.
Turkey – Taksim Calling is an unconventional poster book that contrasts spontaneously taken iPhone pictures of the Gezi protests by Frederic Lezmi with idealized and oversized vintage postcard-images from Taksim