This Week In Photography Books: Louie Palu

by Jonathan Blaustein OK. I know last week’s column was a little tough. Missing teenagers, presumed dead. Nothing funny about that. So maybe you turn up this morning hoping for something lighter. A joke maybe? How’s this one: Why did the chicken cross the road? To get away from all the assholes who keep telling […]

This Week In Photography Books: Alejandro Cartagena

by Jonathan Blaustein I quoted Joseph Goebbels in my college-entrance-essay. It’s true. Of all the strange things I’ve told you about myself, I bet that one tops the list. Hard to believe I was accepted anywhere at all, dropping Nazis into my text. If I remember correctly, I mentioned his theory that with respect to […]

This Week In Photography Books: Kris Vervaeke

by Jonathan Blaustein I took my daughter into pre-school on Friday morning. For once, I wasn’t late. What a relief. One step down the industrial-carpeted hallway, and I was hit in the face with the smell of puke. Vomit. Throw-up. Call it what you will. The odor was intense, like a kung fu stuntman awaiting […]

This Week In Photography Books: Berhnard Fuchs

by Jonathan Blaustein I was riding in the car with my son, just the other day. He recently turned 7. As we approached my old studio, which I left in 2013, he let out a big sigh. It was demonstrative, that sigh. Weighted. “I miss your old studio,” he said. “I miss the good old […]

This Week In Photography Books: Nicolo Degiorgis

by Jonathan Blaustein I once made fun of the Chinese government. It’s true. You can look it up in the APE archives. I was defending Ai Weiwei, when he was unfairly incarcerated, and I said some rather indelicate things. These days, the evil enemy de rigeur is ISIS, or ISIL, depending on which acronym you […]