On The Sony Litetime
"The digits stay gold." Sony's 1972 Digimatic Litetime, a flip clock born from a camera shutter, and the late-night signal that rocked a hundred thousand watts from the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp.
Published in The Sunday Find
On Jeff Beck's Truth
"Everyone on this record was at the beginning of something." Jeff Beck's 1968 debut, the Mobile Fidelity pressing, and the session that invented Led Zeppelin before Led Zeppelin existed.
Published in The Sunday Find
On Graciela Iturbide
"I find her pictures otherworldly and mystic, deftly transposed from the subconscious ether. The photographs ask me to look again and again, to reassess the many layers of what I think I have seen or remembered. With each visit I am rewarded with something new, and for the moment another small wonder untwined."
Published in The Elizabeth Avedon Journal
On Tom Baril's Botanica
"This week in my classes we looked at the mighty Tom Baril and his two masterfully produced books – Botanica, published by Arena Editions in 2000, and Tom Baril, his seminal monograph published by 4AD in 1997. Both titles are lush and decadent, rich tri-tone reproductions of his gorgeous, gorgeous prints alongside elegant typography, each seductively designed and simply perfect."
Published in The Elizabeth Avedon Journal
On Sheila Metzner & The Fresson Process
"The Fresson print is a lush, secretive and exclusive process akin to the carbon print, first shared with the French Photographic Society in 1899 by Théodore-Henri Fresson. In the 1950s two of his sons opened a shop in Paris and evolved the process to render color. They continue today with the inventor's grandson and great-grandson now producing these distinctive prints. Rich and tactile with a soft elegant palette, they feature grain and texture that echoes the presence of a pointillist painting."
Published in The Elizabeth Avedon Journal
On Rinko Kawauchi's Illuminance
"I was introduced to Rinko Kawauchi's work by filmmaker and photographer John Decker. I love this book, for its unexpected structure and deceptively simple presentation. I find her images, and elegant palette a pure, clean sugar high – just gossamer and considered. This book makes me smile, and I can feel the colors long after I have set it down."
From The Best Photography Books of 2011