Stories from 5b4
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Huge Art and Photobook Sale in Chelsea, NYC
5b4 &bull Sep 27, 2011
When: Friday September 30th, Saturday October 1st from 10am to 5pm each day AND Sunday October 2nd from 12 to 5pm.Where: 526 West 26th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues in Chelsea, Manhattan. Studio/Room 507 on the 5th floor. Many… Full Story »
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Five books in a suitcase
5b4 &bull Aug 21, 2011
While in Europe a couple months ago for the Rencontres d'Arles festival I found quite a few interesting items and as I look over them I see my tastes have drawn me to almost as many non-photobooks as photo-related ones. As I speak to other photobook obsessives I find a common denominator - it is harder and harder to find… Full Story »
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Yesterday's Pictures #4 by Gunther Karl Bose
5b4 &bull Jun 26, 2011
Longtime readers of 5B4 will know I have continuously sung the praises of the Institut fur Buchkunst in Leipzig. The quality of the books they publish, most often by their students and instructors, have earned a special place on my… Full Story »
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Drawings on a Bus, 1954 by Ellsworth Kelly
5b4 &bull Jun 20, 2011
After the Kassel festival I suffered from a bit of photobook burnout. The festival is growing to a decent size but 4 twelve hour days looking and talking about books can send even the most dedicated to seek a break.… Full Story »
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L.A. Women by Joachim Schmid
5b4 &bull Jun 14, 2011
One of the foundations of Joachim Schmid's work is the thought that there are way too many photographs in the world already so why not put those that exist to some intelligent use. At least, let us look at them a second time and contemplate their existence, or recontextualize them and… Full Story »
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A Criminal Investigation by Watabe Yukichi
5b4 &bull Jun 9, 2011
Many of you have wondered if 5B4 is dead. The answer is no, I needed a two month break. Not because I am too busy publishing (I always keep myself very busy) but because I was having trouble finding things… Full Story »
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Tea, Coffee, Cappuccino by Boris Mikhailov
5b4 &bull Apr 9, 2011
Writing in the foreword to his 1996 book Am Boden (By the Ground) Boris Mikhailov states; The fourth year of change. Not much has been reorganized, but a lot has changed. I already notice the tendency towards a "new" society, a deterioration in the quality of life for most people and… Full Story »
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d.a. levy Electric Greek Poems by Jon Beacham
5b4 &bull Apr 4, 2011
My love of typography especially that adapted by great designers like Jan Tschichold and others has led to an appreciation of the concrete poets working from the 1950s onward. These were poets who refused to think of words as mere… Full Story »
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Topics:
- IBM
- LED
- photo card
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Films by Paul Graham
5b4 &bull Mar 31, 2011
The debate years ago on whether film was "better" than digital ruffled a lot of feathers. The old guard held tight to their precious rolls fearing for their eventual disappearance. The argument was framed in technical details but the simple fact is, it is photography either way and making a… Full Story »
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Archeologie de la Mine by Didier Vivien
5b4 &bull Mar 16, 2011
I cannot read French so I am probably missing some of the nuances of Didier Vivien's Archeologie de la Mine published by Marval in 1994 but it is compelling both in its photography and layout.Archeologie de la Mine is about… Full Story »
