"IN OSAKA" by Yamasaki Ko-Ji

So it happened: the >book is out<<.
Yamasaki Ko-Ji is a photographer from Kobe, Japan. He documents his daily life with pictures taken mostly in Osaka, where he has a day job. His work is truly unique for these days: all film, almost all in black and white, all printed in darkroom. He is not very well connected to the online photography community of today. He has a site all right: http://yamasakiko-ji.tk/ , but he is not on Flickr or Facebook, so his work is not widely known, but for those interested in the style of "Provoke" movement (Takuma Nakahira, Daido Moriyama etc) he is important as one of the keepers of the flame. I love his work. My style is very different but his pictures have influenced me deeply and that is why I published his book.

This post is a quick review of the book from the publisher's -- mine -- point of view.

TOY WORLD by Victor Ginzburg

I published this book of photographs for my friend Victor Ginzburg.
He is an avid photographer; this is the book he was working on since 2005 and it is very unusual piece, at least for the modern photography book: all film, all square, all color. So, what is it, this book? Well, it has 82 pages and 72 photographs and almost no text in it, and it is clearly an art book, but can it be narrowed to more specific genre or school of photography? Asking myself this question, I had to admit that while I love this book immensely, I do not have the ready answer, at least not the verbal one. It is easier to limit the field by saying what this book is not: while many photographs in the book will qualify as a street photography, the book itself is not. Likewise, while author has traveled the world and many photographs where taken far from New England where he lives, is not about travel. Also it isn't a book about his family and friends despite the fact that many of the photographs are picturing his family and his friends.
So yes, I do not have the full and complete answer...still, I can point to the few clues:

- the color is very important for the book. As a black and white, it would not exist.
- the photography as art often has something of painting's legacy. This one has a lot of it.
- it is centered around humans and sure qualify as human-interest photography.

All in all, it is beautiful piece of art and I happy to have my copy.
The book is not expensive and can be had for ~$20 shipped to US location, see here:

http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/502656

To help you decide, here are the few pages from the book:

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"PHOTO+PAPER" magazine is out of print!

The street photography magazine "PHOTO+PAPER" / "ФОТО+БУМАГА" is out of print! It is quarterly (I am hoping!) publication primarily aimed at the street photographers themselves. Each issue of the magazine has 2 edition -- English and Russian; i.e. it is essentially bi-lingual. The Russian version is the original publication; English one is a translation.

The first issue is presenting works of 12 street photographers from Poland, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary and USA, 24 photographs total.
The price is $10.50+S/H and the production quality is very good.
You can preview the magazine, download free digital copy and order paper version at: http://darkslidepress.magcloud.com

The printing quality is very good, both color and B/W. See more pictures of the actual magazine's copies I received in »this gallery.

There will be a group on flickr for the authors to suggest pictures for the publication. The title of the group will be "FOTO+BUMAGA". I'll let your know as soon as it is done. It is done.

See also the site for all my publishing activities (books etc):
http://DarkSlidePress.com

PHOTO+PAPER: new street photography magazine

I started publishing a street photography magazine on http://magcloud.com It is quarterly (I am hoping!) publication primarily aimed at the street photographers themselves. Each issue of the magazine has 2 edition -- English and Russian; i.e. it is essentially bi-lingual. The Russian version is the original publication; English one is a translation. Today, I'm celebration the first issue (Russian version). The English will follow in a few days. This issue is presenting works of 12 street photographers from Poland, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Hungary and USA, 24 photographs total. The price is $10.50+S/H and the production quality is very good. You can preview the magazine, download free digital copy and order paper version at: http://www.magcloud.com

See also the site for all my publishing activities (books etc):
http://DarkSlidePress.com