Iris Wu’s zine in the calm of your arms is a love song. And like all love songs, there is a wide spectrum of emotions exposed within; passion and joy, revelation and restraint, uncertainty, and of course, pain. In form and content, in the calm of your arms, purposefully revels in duality. Wu’s zine is […]
Maria Kapajeva: Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear
Maria Kapajeva describes her book, Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear, as a piece of fabric. While photobooks are often equated to modes of sequential art such as films, graphic novels, or comic books, Kapajeva pushes this logic one step further by including textile arts in this genre. It is beneficial to understand textile arts in […]
Magali Duzant: The Moon and the Stars Can be Yours
Should I stay in New York City? Will I find happiness? Will I find love that lasts? Is there luck in my future? Should I continue to make art? These are just a few of the central questions posed in Magali Duzant’s book The Moon And Stars Can be Yours : Notes on Subway Psychics. […]
Melissa Catanese: Voyagers
Melissa Catanese’s book Voyagers (published by The Ice Plant) has been a constant on my desk this spring. I often read Voyagers as a warm-up, either before reading long form non-fiction or before I begin sequencing my own photographs. Some days I just leave the book open on my desk to catch an occasional glimpse […]