This week's
365 Book A Day featured items are:
Small Trades with photographs by Irving Penn.
"The Small Trades was Penn's most extensive body of work, and he returned to it over many decades, producing ever more exacting prints. Two hundred six unique images from the series are flawlessly reproduced in this book. In addition, the introductory essay describes the history and context of The Small Trades series and its importance to Penn's career and the history of photography."
Kamaitachi with photographs by Eikoh Hosoe.
"Kamaitachi (Aperture, October 2009), a classic and groundbreaking body of work, was originally released in 1969 as a limited-edition photobook of one thousand copies. A unique collaboration between photographer Eikoh Hosoe and Tatsumi Hijikata, the founder of ankoku butoh dance, the work documents their visit to a farming village in northern Japan and the improvisational performance that resulted, made with the participation of local villagers and inspired by the legend of kamaitachi, a weasel-like demon who haunts the rice fields and slashes those he encounters with a sickle."
Proud Flesh with photographs by Sally Mann.
"Exquisitely detailed, intimate, psychologically and emotionally intense, Proud Flesh engages territory most often inhabited by male artists portraying their wives and female lovers as Mann turns the camera to her husband of 39 years, Larry."
Seeing, Observing, Thinking with photographs by August Sander.
"Reproduced from rare vintage prints, this book presents a prime selection of August Sander's portraits, Rhine Valley landscapes, and nature studies. Complemented by Sander's famous 1931 radio speech "Seeing, Observing, Thinking", it serves as an exquisite manual to the photographer's oeuvre for years to come, "the essential Sander", so to speak."
Nollywood with photographs by Pieter Hugo.
"Much as he did with his previous book, the hugely successful The Hyena & Other Men, Pieter Hugo documents the intense and incredibly colorful world of Nollywood from an unusual angle. His images are staged representations of Nigerian film sets, featuring local actors who recreate themes and characters from Nollywood films: young men in military fatigues; witch doctors, healers and saints; hunters with their kill; prostitutes in their rooms."
Winter Stories with photographs by Paolo Ventura.
"In this luxuriously produced limited edition, Paolo Ventura invents an imaginative series of photographs depicting scenes from the memory banks of an old circus performer as he looks back on his life. What the performer revisits are not moments of great drama, but rather fleetingly recalled glimpses of an everyday life, "images that he had thought to have never seen, quick moments he unknowingly observed as he raised his eyes to the clock hung at the corner of the block.""
Georgian Spring: A Magnum Journal with Magnum photographs.
"In this volume, ten Magnum photographers turn their lenses on contemporary Georgia. Situated on the cusp of Russia and Asia, but with a European culture dating back to the 7th century BC, Georgia was forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1922. Its independence was restored in 1991, but it then suffered from civil war and a breakdown of its economic infrastructure. In the last decade, however, despite ongoing tensions in its relations with Russia, Georgia has mounted a spirited comeback."
Check the
365 calendar everyday for the new featured books or simply sign up for the
RSS feed!
All quotes from the publisher unless otherwise noted.
photo-eye Weekly Bestsellers
Auctions
photo-eye Gallery Staff Pick
