For his project and book Classroom Portraits, Julian Germain has visited and photographed more than 450 classrooms in over 20 countries. We spoke with him recently about the project (one of our favorite books of 2012). See more here.
Above: Deneside Infants’ School, Seaham, County Durham, UK. Reception and Year 1, Structured Play. October 12th, 2004. © Julian Germain, 2012
“My pictures aren’t created from an idea–they’re usually something I’ve discovered.”
We talked with Michael Northrup about his book Babe, one of our favorite photo books of 2012.
Without further ado, it’s our list of the best photo books of 2012. Prime your holiday shopping lists.
Late-’50s Japanese detective style. Damn. Today: Marc Feustel on the perfect noir of A Criminal Investigation. Image: Yukichi Watabe courtesy Editions Xavier Barral/Le Bal.
Interview: Corey Keller, curator of SFMOMA’s Francesca Woodman show, whose catalog is one of our books of the year. Beautiful stuff—a fresh look at Woodman’s tragically brief oeuvre. Image: Space2, Providence, Rhode Island, 1977. Francesca Woodman/ © George and Betty Woodman
Today’s feature from our best books of the year list is Brian Ulrich’s Is This Place Great or What, published by Aperture. I had a great time chatting with Brian about shopping, Stephen Shore & losing your mind in the American Girl store. Image © Brian Ulrich.
Find out what the hell is going on in this photo in our interview with Corey Arnold. From one of our books of the year, Fish-Work: The Bering Sea. Image © Corey Arnold.
We’ve just published our list of the best photo books of the year. AKA my Christmas list in its entirety. So much great work.
I was lucky enough to check out Offprint in Paris this weekend. Here is a by-no-means definitive list of highlights, culled from what was a truly staggering amount of great under-the-radar work. Pictured: “The Dad Project” by Briony Campbell, from Oodee’s POV FEMALE LONDON series.
See the full gallery here.
I edited my own Daido Moriyama photo book this past weekend. Check out my report w/ photos and video from the very unique PRINTING SHOW NYC. Photo by Dan Bracaglia.