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this is hands down the sickest photo book of 2024. Jim is an ace photographer, I've followed his work for the past decade-ish. he and my mom also dated for a while which was odd and not a particularly important detail. but the images in this book are just fucking insane. the fact that they were shot within this millennium is beyond, they should be from 1927 or something. I like to imagine what it must have been like to embed with these boys and photograph their unique lifestyle, would just be so surreal in the greater context of the wild fundamental Mormon sect they were raised in. beautiful images, a very beautifully put together book, and all around a really good deep dive into a weird corner of america.
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This is a book of interviews with 12 pioneering artists who create photo books. It’s a long discussion about two of my deepest passions: photography and bookmaking. I found it because of the curator David Campany, and it is a must have for those who take their photography seriously. The most visceral interview is with the photographer Larry Clark, who talks about getting sued by the grandparents of a baby he photographed, leaving out pictures of sawed off shot guns, and his commitment to never making his friends look bad. There’s a lot of passages about book design, a range of photography styles, and the meaning of success. This book is a gold mine of insight, and I carry it with me like a bible.
Nov 15, 2022
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I recently revisited this book of photos by Michael Jang, an incredible photographer who’s been documenting life in California since the early 70s. Jang’s photos distinctively capture the sincere humanity that exists in San Francisco but is often overshadowed by today’s pervasive tech bro agenda. There’s something extremely tight about how he was able to capture high-energy situations––from parties at the Beverly Hilton to punk shows at the Civic Center Plaza––in a way that just feels so tranquil. As a Bay Area native, I deeply appreciate his work and hope you will too.
Dec 8, 2020
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Night Walk is one of my favorite photography books of the last decade. It’s an incredible document of the tumultuous Lower East Side in the 1980’s. Described as a “narrative of lost youth,” it incapsulates a raw energy in a specific moment in time. Rarely do I see still images so expressive, so intentionally chaotic but with an artistic authority. This book is a force, and it doesn’t have a lot of text which I love. Just purely moving imagery. The photos of the art scene resonate with me. It’s a reworking of the original book, Invisible City, which came out in 1988.
Nov 15, 2022
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it's really easy to be lazy and let something like a parsley leaf fall on the kitchen floor when I'm cooking and just ignore it. same goes for a tiny piece of foil if i'm opening some annoying package. but if you just take that spare millisecond to fucking crouch down and pick the damn thing up, you are just that much better for it. don't have to deal with it later, don't have to annoy your housemates or partner, and you're just being proactive about something even if very tiny. the cumulative effect has a really positive outcome and it gets easier as you go.
Sep 24, 2024
As a lover of PI.FYI/getting/giving unsolicited recommendations for all things, I recently started sending my google maps pins to people I see traveling to places I've marked a few things. What's better than getting a recco from somebody real and not some dumb watered down sponsored Time Out article about 'Top 5 most instagrammable places in Seoul' etc etc etc. Ew. Here's a list I made while working in London for a month. There is what I like to think a good range from obvious trendy wine bars down to things I stumbled past while ambling around. Plus I think that giving good travel recs gives good travel karma!
Sep 24, 2024
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Inner Totality is one of the best DJs, so pro at cross genre spanning mixes that suit meditation and chilling to home dinners up to dancefloor boppin, but this country mix is so fresh. Dude has selector skills in all genres its wild. His new band ddwy is also really cool and fun
Sep 30, 2024