by Paul Graham (2020)
A1 - The Great North Road' was Paul Graham's first book, published in 1983. Despite the UK having a vibrant photographic scene at the time, there were only handful of monographic books - Chris Killip and Martin Parr had one each - and no dedicated publishers or distributors. Graham had to self-publish A1, but as the first colour book, it had a startling impact on British photography. Uniting the tradition of social documentary with the fresh approach of new colour, A1 - The Great North Road was transformative on photography in the UK and paved the way for a new generation of British colour photographers to emerge, from Nick Waplington to Anna Fox, Richard Billingham to Tom Wood.
William E. Jones
The photographs of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Photograph Collection form an extensive pictorial record of American life between 1935 and 1944. This volume publishes 157 rejected or 'killed' images submitted to the collection by photographers. The author uses these images to raise questions of why images would be 'killed' and to suggest that our present society would benefit from a similar photographic record of American life.
Joel Sternfeld
Accompanied by text from Ian Frazier and Douglas R. Nickel, this collection functions as an in-depth look into the breadth and growth of Sternfeld's art.
John Carter
"For millions of Americans, Solomon D. Butcher’s photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier. His images from western Nebraska constitute the most extensive photographic record of the generation that settled the Great Plains. Their faces are imprinted on our minds: jaunty bachelors and earnest husbands (Civil War veterans of both armies), spinster sodbusters, determined mothers, cowhands, farmhands, and former slaves––all in search of land of their own. This first book devoted to Butcher and his photos presents a unique visual chronicle of that epoch, firmly establishing Butcher's place in frontier photography.In a substantial introduction, John E. Carter traces the variegated career of this Virginia-born photographer who was himself an immigrant to the Nebraska plains. Combining critical analysis with biography, Carter situates Butcher in western history as well as in the history of photography and assesses his achievements in both. Exploring the nature of Butcher’s works and their scope, content, and significance, Carter offers a perspective for evaluating the historical evidence found in his work and new insights into the evolution of Butcher’s style and subject matter."--Book jacket.
Roger Gastman, Darin Rowland, and Ian Sattler
"The idea that one's work could travel across the country reaching new audiences on a daily basis attracted so many writers that today freight train graffiti is a vibrant and growing art movement all on its own. This book is the definitive history of this exciting and distinct branch of the larger urban art form. Until now there has been almost no written insight into the vast subculture of freight train graffiti, a movement so massive that it can no longer be ignored." "As dazzling as the art it celebrates, Freight Train Graffiti is jam-packed with 1,000 full-color illustrations and features in-depth interviews with more than 125 train artists and writers. Hundreds of never-before-seen photographs span the decades of the style's evolution, and the authoritative text from an all-star team of authors provides unprecedented perspective on the phenomenon, including the first ever written history of monikers."--BOOK JACKET.