Reviews Archive

  • The Lighting Cookbook by Jenni Bidner

    The Lighting Cookbook by Jenni Bidner

    The first thing you notice about this book is the style. It was first published in 1997 and the photographs and even the layout look quite old fashioned compared to more recent books. Because it does not appear to have been updated since there is...

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  • Reviews of ‘Leeds 2008′ (Alastair Thompson)

    Reviews of ‘Leeds 2008′ (Alastair Thompson)

    As part of the expansion of the website we are starting to do reviews of photo-related items – including  books and exhibitions. To try and promote the work of those contributing we are planning to review Photobooks and magazines produced by the membership – so...

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  • Motherland by Simon Roberts – Bank Street Arts, Sheffield

    Motherland by Simon Roberts – Bank Street Arts, Sheffield

    The photographs of Britain’s Simon Roberts from his series Motherland are, paradoxically, both bleak and raw and yet almost distressingly pleasing to the eye and a kick to the brain… Have a look at www.motherlandbook.com and, even on-line, the work leaves you cold, on this scale,...

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  • Annie Leibovitz – A Photographer’s Life 1990-2005

    Annie Leibovitz – A Photographer’s Life 1990-2005

    'a book that will inspire and probably not just sit on a bookshelf but live on a sturdy table to be regularly perused'

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