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15th Annual Photobook Exhibition | 2025

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The Griffin Museum recognizes the importance of photobooks. Distinct from the gallery aesthetic, photobooks offer their own visual language, often conducive to more narrative qualities and seriality than the standard on-the-wall format. We celebrate this form of artistry and want to see the photobooks our community is working on. Juried by Karen Davis, Curator and Co-owner of Davis Orton Gallery, and Crista Dix, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum, our 15th Annual Photobook exhibition will showcase 15-20 books in our Griffin Gallery during the summer of 2025.

The call for entry will open March 1 and close April 27, 2025. Submissions will be held on CaFE.

The 15th Annual Photobook Exhibition will be held this summer, opening July 1 through September 28, 2025. There will be associated receptions and artist talks all dates to be determined.

START YOUR SUBMISSION HERE

Eligibility and Details:

Entrants may submit up to three different titles that are self-published photobooks of any size, format, or style.

Photobooks will be juried by their overall quality. They will be judged on the basis of: book design including page layouts, text, cover; strength of the photography;  and emotional impact of the overall book. All judging is at the complete discretion of the gallery/museum and all decisions of the gallery/museum are final. Please include a page with a biography and artist statement with your entry. You will be able to submit up to three books for consideration.

All Submissions must be original works of authorship created by the photographer who submits the Submission

By entering, Contestant warrants that your Submission does not infringe any third party’s rights, and that you have obtained any necessary permissions from any third party to submit the Submission.

Once entered, all Submissions are final; no changes or edits may be made to your book.

The fee for submission of up to three books is $35. All submissions are through the CaFE portal. Link HERE to get started.

Once selections are made, the winners will send one physical copy of the photobook to the Griffin Museum, to be displayed in the Griffin Gallery from July to September of 2025 (at the museum’s expense). Winners will be given the option to donate the copy to the Griffin Library Collection to remain on the shelves for posterity.

We look forward to seeing your work!

About the Jurors:

Karen Davis, Co-owner & Curator, Davis Orton Gallery.

Karen is a teacher, gallerist and photographer. For over 15 years she taught Photography Atelier, a portfolio development course in the Boston area at Radcliffe Institute, Lesley University and, most recently, at the Griffin Museum of Photography. She now teaches Portfolio Development and Marketing for Fine Art Photographers and The Self Published Photobook Workshop ONLINE for the Griffin Museum of Photography.

Karen is co-owner and curator of the Davis Orton Gallery. She has been an invited reviewer of portfolios at the New England Portfolio Reviews, Photolucida in Portland OR, FotoFest in Houston TX and Critical Mass (online/Photolucida) and Magenta Foundation’s Fence project.

Her photographs are in the collections of the CPW, Kingston NY, the Lishui Museum of Photography (China), and the Houghton Rare Books Library, Harvard University, and can be seen at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).

Karen is a Critical Mass finalist and recipient of the CPW Artists Fellowship Award. Her word/image book, Still Stepping: A Family Portrait, was published in 2020. A second edition (2022) is available at The Spotty Dog Bookstore in Hudson, Inquiring Mind Bookstore in Saugerties NY, and the Davis Orton Gallery  website. Her photographs, photobooks and artist books have appeared in solo and featured exhibits throughout the country.

Crista Dix, Executive Director, Griffin Museum

Crista Dix has spent the last two decades as part of and surrounded by the creative community of photography, serving as the executive director of the Griffin Museum of Photography and previously as the owner of Wall Space Creative. With a passion for visual storytelling, Dix has dedicated her career to promoting and curating photographic artistry. wall space had locations in Seattle and Santa Barbara, showcased emerging and established photographers, fostering dialogue and appreciation for the medium. As the executive director of the Griffin Museum of Photography, located in Winchester, Massachusetts, Dix continues to elevate photographic narratives, offering a platform for diverse voices and perspectives within the art form. With a keen eye for innovation and a commitment to fostering community engagement, Dix’s leadership continues to shape the landscape of contemporary photography, inspiring creative artists and enthusiasts alike. Ms. Dix has written essays about photography, introducing creative artists work to a broader community. She has been a member of numerous panels and discussions on the craft of photography, juried creative competitions and has participated in major portfolio reviews across the country in cities like Houston, Portland, Los Angeles, Santa Fe and New Orleans.

Laila Nahar | Night Rain Press

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Unfolding Color of Life: Old Dehli

We are thrilled to highlight Laila Nahar and her extraordinary books from her own press, Night Rain. Laila was selected for a highlight in the Griffin Museum 13th Annual Photobook Exhibition, and we are bringing her work back to highlight again for our 14th Annual exhibition, as well as showcase her incredible book Unfolding Color of Life: Old Dehli. We are pleased to have received a gift of Unfolding Color of Life for our Griffin Museum library.

Laila Nahar is a lens-based artist and book-maker in California, USA. She lived her life in stark cultural contrast, born and brought up in Bangladesh and eventually migrated to US in her late 20’s for pursuing higher studies in Engineering. Laila recently retired from the high-tech industry after 24 years to devote full-time for the passion of her life as a photo and book artist.

Living with the Tides
The Sundarbans

Laila is primarily a self-taught photographer and book-artist exploring belonging, memory, cultural and collective identity. She took documentary classes with Eugene Richards, Frank Espada, Amy Arbus, Keith Carter, Nevada Wier and Emin Ozmen (Magnum). Lately, she has become increasingly fascinated with hand-made photo book making and attended workshops with Elizabeth Avedon, Void Impromptu (Publisher), Melanie McWhorter, Center of Book Arts in NYC, Yumi Goto and Susan Kae Grant. 

Laila attended CODEX 2024 with seven of her handmade Artist photobook in 2024. Her handmade Artist photobook ‘Will you come to Rome with me?’ selected for the DUMMY AWARD24 shortlist. Her project ‘Unfolding: Color of Life – Old Delhi’ handmade artist photobook has been selected for the ‘13th Annual Self-Published PhotoBook Show’ (Nov-Feb23) in Davis Orton Gallery and Griffin Museum of Photography. ‘Unfolding’ also selected as one of best 55 photobooks in 2022 by Women and non-binary photographers on TheLuupe.com. Recently, it was selected as Honorable mention in “Back on the Shelf” FilterPhoto Book exhibition (Feb-Mar23) in Chicago. ‘I Have Been Here Before’ handmade photobook was selected for the ‘12th Annual Self-Published PhotoBook Show’ in Davis Orton Gallery and Griffin Museum of Photography (Feb22). This had been shortlisted in the Independent Category Lucie Photo Book Prize 2022; also, was reviewed in PhotoBook Journal and Thinkingaboutphoto. ‘Living With The Tides’ project is featured in the Inside-the-Outside magazine (Jan 2022).

In Stillness
The River, The Land and The People
housed in a handmade slipcase

Laila had solo exhibitions from ‘Memories from Bangladesh’ series in Steps Gallery (Arizona) and Nelson Gallery (California). Photographs from this series are in permanent collections of ASU and UCDavis photography Museums. Laila’s handmade artist photo books are in permanent collections of several University libraries including The Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, Boatwright Memorial Library, University of Richmond, Virginia and University of Colorado Libraries, Boulder. Photographs by Laila has been displayed in several group exhibitions by Viewpoint Gallery, UC Berkeley, PH21, PhotoPlace, Griffin Museum of Photography and the curated fridge.

See more of Laila Nahar‘s hand crafted works on her website and on instagram @naharlaila

14th Annual Photobook Exhibition

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The Griffin Museum is pleased to present its 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition. Curated by Karen Davis, Director of Davis Orton Gallery and Crista Dix, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum, the team selected 50 self-published photobooks to showcase during this summer exhibition.

Artists included in the exhibition (in alphabetical order)

Robert David Atkinson, Paul Baron, Adrien Bisson, Sarah Bossert, Anna Clem, Pamela Landau Connolly, Lee Cott, Barbara Dombach, Andrew Epstein, Joanna Epstein, Kevin Flynn, Steve Genatossio, Bill Gore, Joe Greene, Rohina Hoffman, J.W.Johnston, Helen Jones, Kevin B. Jones, Gregory Jundanian, Marky Kauffmann, Kay Kenny, Seymour Leicher, Susan Lirakis, Arrayah Loynd, Mara Magyarosi-Laytner, Fruma Markowitz, Larry Merrill, Ney Jose Mila, Colleen Mullins, Fern Nesson, Nancy Nichols, Camilo Ramirez, Mary Pat Reeve, Irene Reti, Sarah Salomon, Elliot Schildkrout, Lauren Shaw, Francine Sherman, Marc Sirinsky, William Mark Sommer, Sean Sullivan, Donna Tramontozzi, Lori Van Houten, Terri Warpinski, Thomas Whitworth, Caren Winnall and Eric Zeigler & Aaron Ellison.

About Karen Davis –

Karen Davis is a teacher, curator, photographer, and photobook artist. For over fifteen years,
from 2009 to 2024, she was co-owner/director of Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY, where she exhibited photography, mixed media, and photobooks of emerging, mid-career, and established artists. She has been an invited reviewer of portfolios for the New England Portfolio Reviews (NEPR), Photolucida in Portland, OR, FotoFest in Houston, TX, and Critical Mass (online/Photolucida).
Karen taught “Photography Atelier,” a portfolio development course at Radcliffe Institute, Lesley University, and the Griffin Museum of Photography from 1999 to 2014 and co-taught “Making Art in Two Languages: Word and Image” at Radcliffe Institute, New England School of Art and Design, Lesley Seminars, Tufts ExCollege, and the Griffin Museum. Since 2015, she has taught online for the Griffin Museum, “Portfolio Development and Marketing Your Fine Art Photography” (PDMFA), and “The Self-Published Photobook Workshop” (SPPW).
Karen’s photographs are in the collections of CPW, Kingston, NY, the Lishui Museum of Photography (China), and the Houghton Rare Books Library, Harvard University, and can be seen at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). Her photobook, “Still Stepping: A Family Portrait” was featured in the photoblogs, “What Will You Remember?”, Lenscratch, and Elizabeth Avedon’s Journal. Her photobook, “The McCann Family,” was selected by blurb as a “Staff Pick.”

Barbara Peacock | American Bedroom

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One of our featured artists books during our 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition, Barbara Peacock’s celebrated American Bedroom is showcased here. Produced by Kehrer Verlag, American Bedroom is an intimate and personal survey and portrait of America at it’s most private and vulnerable. This series, started in 2017 and continuing into 2023 shows the private spaces in a public way, we feel as if we are part of the families that inhabit the space.

Barbara Peacock has also been selected as the Arthur Griffin Legacy Award Winner in our 30th Annual Member’s Juried Exhibition on the walls of the Griffin Museum from June 20 – July 28, 2024.

My interest lies in the poetic resonance of ordinary subjects. I photograph the commonplace, working-class Americans, unseen, unheard, beneath notice, and yet the very fabric of our nation. I am passionate, but not sentimental about America as evident in my monograph Hometown. I am drawn to the quiet magisterial beauty of people and pursue to make the ordinary extraordinary. With this project, I illustrate my love and influence of painting. When I was a child, I watched my mother paint by window light and as a result, I am drawn to painting and interior light. American Bedroom is a cultural and anthropological study of Americans in their private dwelling: the bedroom. The nature of the project is unguarded portraits of individuals, couples, and families that reveal the depth of their character, truth, and spirit as well as America at this time in history. The images are paired with poetic and pithy quotes from each subject and are full of subtle details that invite us to contemplate the idiosyncrasies of each enigmatic life. The scope of the project is the entire United States.

About Barbara Peacock –

Barbara Peacock is an assignment photographer and director living in Portland, Maine. She studied fine arts at Boston University School of Fine Arts, and photography and filmmaking at The School for the Museum of Fine Arts / Tufts University. She began as a street photographer and gradually became an assignment lifestyle photographer and director. Her commercial clients include Disney, Nickelodeon, French’s, Arm & Hammer, Stride Rite, Merck Pharmaceutical, Tylenol, Wells Fargo & Toyota. Editorial clients include People, Newsweek, Real Simple, Family Circle, Oprah, Family Fun. In 2016 she published Hometown –1982-2015 – A thirty-year photographic project of the small town where she grew up and continued to live as an adult. Published by BazanPhotos Publishing, Brooklyn NY. Printed in the USA by Puritan Capital. Her current project, American Bedroom- reflections on the nature of life is a cultural and anthropological study of Americans in their private dwelling; their bedrooms. It encompassed the entire United States and took seven years to complete. Published by Kehrer-Verlag & Printed in Heidelberg, Germany, and released in Europe 2023 – to be released in the US in May 2024. Since starting American Bedroom in 2016, Barbara has won the Getty Editorial Grant, the Women Photograph/Getty Grant, three LensCulture Awards, four Top 50 Critical Mass Awards, and was named one of the Top 100 Photographers in America 2020. She founded a non-profit organization ‘The Nightingale Project’ that teaches art and photography to needy children. The program travels with a mix of adults and high school students. Journeys so far have been to Haiti, Cambodia and New York.  

Sue Michlovitz | Breathe in Water

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Sue Michlovitz’s beautiful hand made book, Breathe in Water, is one of the four featured artist books highlighted in our 14th Annual Photobook Exhibition in the museum this summer. Michlovitz’s pays careful attention to detail in this stunning monograph, designed by Michlovitz and Caleb Cain Marcus of Luminosity Lab. The book and special editions are available in our Museum Shop here.

The look, sound and smell of bodies of water are prominent in my visual and tactile memories—calm waters invoke a blend of relaxation while revealing memories, reflecting on where I am in my life. Turbulent water stirs up my angst, creating a tension to pull through and restore calm. Visualization of water and breathing techniques are my preferred methods of meditation, which take me back to those reflective times. These feelings are the source of inspiration for my collection ‘Breathe in Water’.

Time spent by and in bodies of water have held importance and significance in my life—ranging from days teaching swimming and canoeing. I gain solace from kayaking in Midcoast Maine region to vacations by mountain lakes and ocean beaches.

This body of work is presented in a series of large scale archival pigment prints and as a fine press book.

About Sue Michlovitz –

Sue Michlovitz is a visual artist working in photography, book arts/artist books, and mixed media. Exploring abstract forms to create her color photographs, her art shows scenes that may go unnoticed by others. Michlovitz is also a physical therapist (hand specialist), was a university professor, and a textbook author/editor. Her clinical practice, medical mission and community outreach volunteerism in Guatemala and on the Navajo Nation required astute observation skills of movement patterns and interpersonal interactions, skills that feed and influence her artistic expression.

Michlovitz’s photographs have been shown at the State of the Art Gallery (Ithaca, NY), Camden Public Library (Camden, ME), Arts in the Barn at Cushing Historical Society (Cushing, ME), Cove Street Arts (Portland, ME), Photoville 2022 & 2023 (Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA), Maine Jewish Museum, (Portland, ME), Rockport Public Library (Rockport, ME), Blue Raven Gallery (Rockland, ME), and The Parsonage Gallery (Searsport, ME).  Her books have been displayed at the Michael Good Gallery (Rockport, ME) and the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts (Portland, ME). Her handmade book Arts Muse was featured in the Griffin Museum of Photography virtual exhibit in Photography Book Initiative, Fall 2021.

She serves on the Board of Trustees of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) and is a member of the MidCoast Maine Book Arts collective.

Michlovitz earned a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Media Arts at Maine Media College, Rockport, ME and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Orthopedic Physical Therapy at MCP-Hahnemann University (now Drexel University), Philadelphia, PA. She lives in Camden, ME.

See more work from Sue Michlovitz on her website and follow her on Instagram on @s_michlovitz_photo

Carole Glauber | Personal History

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We are pleased to highlight Carole Glauber’s Personal History published by Daylight Books.

Personal History records the lives of my sons, Ben and Sam—a span covering 30 years. I used a 1950’s Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera for this work, which I tried by chance, and discovered I related to the soft colors, the imperfections, and the transcendent quality of the image. At centerstage are my sons who we can watch mature from an early age to becoming young men.  

This is a book for everyone, for young children to see, discuss, point and identify; and for parents and grandparents to reflect and connect to their lives and experiences. It is also a book for collectors, photobook enthusiasts, photographers, and for thinkers and writers.  

About Carole Glauber –

Carole Glauber is an internationally exhibiting, award-winning photographer and photo-historian, based in Israel since 2017. She has a B.S.Ed in History and a M.Ed. and is the author of two books: Personal History (Daylight Books) and Witch of Kodakery: The Photography of Myra Albert Wiggins 1869-1956 (Washington State University Press).

Her photographs have been exhibited in the United States, Israel, Europe, China, and Australia including PH21 Gallery in Budapest, ValidFoto in Barcelona, Head on Photo Festival in Sydney, Festival Pil’Ours in France, Muza House in Ra’anana, Israel, and The Center for Fine Art Photography, Blue Sky Gallery, ASmith Gallery, Soho Photo Gallery, the Griffin Museum of Photography, and the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum  amongst others in the United States.

Her book Personal History has received six international medals including a silver medal from the PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris and three gold and bronze medals from the Budapest, Tokyo, and Moscow International Foto Awards. Her photography honors include PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris, the International Photography Awards, the Tokyo International Foto Awards, the Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, the Pollux Awards, the Mobile Photography Awards, PHmuseum, and the International Krappy Kamera Competition in the Soho Photo Gallery in New York City.

She is the recipient of a Peter E. Palmquist Photographic History Research Fellowship, a Winterthur Museum Fellowship, an Oregon Humanities Research Fellowship, and numerous grants for her photographic research. Her books and photographs are in many libraries and collections including The British Library, the Rijksmuseum, Victoria & Albert Museum, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Harvard, and Brandeis University libraries. She continues her studies and teaching of History of Photography and making photographs of her experiences and observations based on her curiosity and sense of spontaneity.

Glauber currently lives and works in Ra’anana, Israel

See more of Carole Glauber’s work on her website, and on instagram @carole_glauber

Jake Benzinger: Like Dust Settling in a Dim-lit Room (Or Starless Forest)

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June is photobook month at the Griffin Museum! To celebrate, we’re hosting an online exhibition of Like Dust Settling in a Dim-lit Room (Or Starless Forest) a book project by artist Jake Benzinger. jakebenzinger.com/monograph

Artist Statement

Like Dust Settling in a Dim-lit Room (Or Starless Forest) constructs a liminal world that explores the intersection of reality, dream, and memory. Through photography, this body of work functions as a mirror, a reflection of my inner psyche and an investigation of identity, relationships, the domestic, and the natural world.

This process, with its focus on the self, is rooted in an attempt to heal. The exploration of ordinary locations, places devoid of people and often characterized by the presence of flora, have functioned as a refuge in my personal life. By frequenting these places, I began to see them as sets, utilizing them to construct my visions. I imbue them with fragments of the people, places, and memories that inhabit my subconscious.

I fail to find stability in the societal constructs of home and family; so I seek to create it in the natural world. Through the dislocation of these places and the infusion of nature into the domestic, this work constructs a fleeting world that lives in ambiguity. This space is familiar yet still foreign; it is a constructed world that visualizes my deepest desires and greatest fears.

About

Jake is a photographer and book artist based in Boston, MA; he received his BFA in photography from Lesley University, College of Art and Design in Cambridge, MA. His work explores the intersection of dreamscape and reality. Through the dislocation of spaces, in both nature and the domestic, he weaves together imagery to create a world that exists in the liminal, investigating themes of duality, longing, identity, and the natural world.

Jake is currently a teaching assistant at Maine Media College and Workshops and has recently had work featured by Lenscratch and Fraction Magazine, alongside exhibiting in the greater Boston area. His most recent body of work, Like Dust Settling in a Dim-Lit Room (Or Starless Forest), was recently self-published as an edition of 50 hardcover books.

Dust Settling in a Dim-lit Room (Or Starless Forest) can be purchased at jakebenzinger.com/monograph

Perfect bound, hard cover, self-published monograph

Spring 2023
1st Edition of 50
56 pages

Things That Look Like the Moon(but are not the moon)

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Statement
A lighthearted look at ordinary (and not so ordinary) objects that look like the moon.
Soon to be a handmade artist book in a limited edition of 125, offered on Kickstarter, fall 2021.

It all started last year, with the gift of a 3-D printed LED nite lite in the shape of the moon, combined with a love of still-life photography and the desire to create a limited edition, hand-made artist’s book. I started shooting the nite lite, and
wanted to add other moon images to the set, but didn’t find other moon models that worked. Then, as sometimes happens, I came up with the title:
Things That Look Like the MOON (but are not the moon) and that led to images of balls of string, cantaloupes, killer space stations, sports equipment and more. I couldn’t go anywhere without seeing things that look the moon! This body of work is the result.

At least I’d like to say it all started last year, but my relationship with the moon goes much further back! The moon was big in the 1960’s and I was little. I remember being on an airliner (the kind with propellers, that you climbed up a stairway to get into) for the first time, in July 1969. My parents and I were flying to Rochester NY to visit Eastman Kodak. The pilot came on to announce that Apollo 11 had launched for the moon! Two firsts the same day, air travel for me and space travel for everyone. I remeber my father telling me that when I grew up I’d be able to travel in space as easily as we were traveling in the air that day. So far I don’t have the money to fly around in Jeff Bezos’ new rocket ship but you never know! As you can see in the photo above of my six year old self, I went Trick or Treating dressed as the moon that fall. I don’t have that costume but I do still have the lunar orbiter and lander cutouts that I’m holding in the picture. So I’ve been facinated by the moon for a long time.

book dummy

The Book’s First Mockup

To set the images in a book format, I am starting simply. MOON is to be modest in size at 6.5” square and will contain ten images and text on approximately 30 pages. In the spirit of Anna Atkins’ Photography of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions (1843), MOON will be printed photographically using a classic cyanotype formula (no ink involved). The images were shot on 4×5 Kodak TXP. The negatives to print the covers, endpapers, text blocks and other graphics will be created in PhotoShop, using the Futura Medium font, and output onto Pictorico OHP film, which will also be contact printed using cyanotype. For more info about the bookmaking aspect of this project go to The MOON at  redbarnletterpress.com

As of this writing (August 2021) the images have been chosen and a concertina binding has been decided upon. That way MOON can be experienced as a hand held book or as a sculptural object. Papers have been tested and Hahnemuhle’s Sumi-e is the winner, hands down! Sumi-e is a heavy tissue, brite white, strong and slightly translucent. I’m working on cover graphics and copy now. The goal is to create a prototype book in November and have examples of presentation materials ready by December 2021. MOON is to be offered with the option of a presentation case, a single editioned 10×8” print or a full set of ten prints. When everything is set, MOON will launch on Kickstarter.

Bio
David Sokosh is a photographer living in Claverack, NY. He creates photographs using the 19th Century processes of Cyanotype and Wet-Plate Collodion (tintype) and makes artist’s books by combining letterpress printing with Cyanotype.  HIs current projects include: “Things That Look Like the MOON (but are not the moon);  “Objectified in the Time of Covid” and “John Rogers in the 21st Century, Contemporary Issues Seen Through a 19th Century Lens”.

Raised in Bethel, Connecticut by two amateur photographers, Sokosh began taking pictures at an early age. He holds a BA in Photography from WCSU. He moved from Connecticut to Brooklyn, NY in 1989.

Sokosh worked as a client liaison at Kelton Labs from 1989 to 1998. During that time he had the honor of working with Lillian Bassman, Steven Klein, Brigitte Lacombe, Helen Leavitt, Mary Ellen Mark, Mark Seliger, Lou Stettner, and many others.

He created photographs with the Polaroid Transfer process and received a number of grants from the Polaroid Corporation, culminating in a 20×24-studio grant and inclusion in their permanent collection. A study of the relationship between power lines and architecture was published as the book “Provincetown Lines”. His reportage series “Gay 90’s” at Underbridge Pictures in DUMBO Brooklyn was part of the Magnum Festival. His tintypes appeared in The New York Times accompanying the story: This Just in from the 1890’s

Sokosh was the director of  Underbridge Pictures which specialized in both vintage and contemporary images of architecture, exhibiting painting and photography.  

He founded Brooklyn Watches in 2008, building men’s wristwatches using a combination of vintage and newly made components.

He moved to Claverack, NY in 2015.

Most recently his images have been included in: Time Lapse-Contemporary Analog Photography at Shelburne Museum; Views of Antiquity Shaping the Classical Ideal at the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, FL;  Mortals, Saints & Myths at Carrie Haddad Gallery; the Member’s Show at the Center for Photography at Woodstock and Members Project(ions) at the Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA

His work is included in the Pfizer collection; the Kinsey Institute; the Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg, FL; Shelburne Museum and many private collections.

Sokosh is represented by Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY

View David Sokosh’s Website

12th Annual Self-Published Photobook Show

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This year the 12th Annual Self-Published Photobook Show had one call for entry which will result in live exhibitions at Davis Orton Gallery plus a live exhibition at the Griffin. There will be an Online Catalog as well.  The Griffin Museum exhibition will be live in the Atelier Gallery at the Griffin. The Griffin will link the exhibition to its Photography Artist Book Initiative on-line gallery as well.

The jurors were Karen Davis and Paula Tognarelli. Karen Davis is the Curator/Co-owner of the Davis Orton Gallery. Paula Tognarelli is the Executive Director & Curator of the Griffin Museum of Photography as of the jurying period.

PHOTOBOOK, an annual competition, was open to photographers in the United States and abroad who have self-published a photobook.  There are growing options available for self-publishing a book such as on-demand (blurb, lulu, magcloud, etc.); small run offset or web printing/publishing firms, binderies. If they have been hand-made/bound, they must be available in multiples of at least 25.

Entrants were able to submit up to three different titles that are self-published photobooks of any size, format, or style.

The photobooks were  juried by their PDFs. They were judged on the basis of: book design including page layouts, text, cover; strength of the photography;  and emotional impact of the overall book. All judging was at the complete discretion of the gallery/museum and all decisions of the gallery/museum were final.

All submissions had to be original works of authorship created by the photographer who submitted the submission.

The Davis Orton Gallery will break the photobooks into 2 exhibitions. Photographers with last names beginning with A through K will run at Davis Orton Gallery from November 20 – December 5, 2021.

Photographers with last names beginning with M through W will run at Davis Orton Gallery December 5 – December 19, 2021.

The Griffin Museum’s Photobook exhibition will be January 6 – February 27, 2022 in the Atelier Gallery.

Here is a link to the online catalog.  The link will open to Davis Orton Gallery catalog page.

The 43 photobook photographers listed below and in the catalog are alphabetically listed by artist’s last name. All proceeds from the sale of the books go directly to the artist. On the catalog page click the name of the photographer to learn more about each artist. Click the website links to see photographers’ websites. Click “To Purchase” in the catalog  for purchase info or to be directed to the purchase site. Photographer is responsible for all aspects of his/her book except when others are credited. Prices listed in the catalog do not include shipping or taxes, if applicable.

The exhibiting photobook authors in the exhibitions are listed below.

All Book information is listed in the catalog link.

Debra Achen, Stephen Albair, Stan Banos, Gary Beeber, Bruce Berkow, Mike Callaghan, Nicholas Costopoulas, Maureen Drennan, Melissa Eder, Mark Faber, Jake Foster, Samantha Goss, Joe Greene, Anita Harris, Timothy Hearsum, Samantha Herbert, Judi Iranyi, Doug Johnson, Kevin B. Jones, Kate and Geir Jordahl, Matthew Kamholtz, Stella Kramer, Philip Malkin, Andy Mattern, Forest McMullin, Meryl Meisler, Linda Morrow, Laila Nahar, Fern Nesson, Donna Oglesby, Robert Paheco, Robert Palumbo, Betty Press, Keron Psillas, Renato Rampolla, Joanne Ross, Patricia Scialo, Ron Snider, Benjamin Tankersley, Sal Taylor Kydd, Julia Vandenoever, Thomas Whitworth and Sharon Wickham

Sue Michlovitz: Aqua Muse

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Statement
In Aqua Muse, Sue Michlovitz has used her images of water to represent the creative inspiration and mysteries within the medium. Water provides both solace and excitement for her being. She has selected the accordion structure to express flowing of water. Within the accordion structure, she has sewn in four signature inserts of water scenes in varying color palettes. The book has 30 original digital photographs printed on Hahnemuhl Photo Rag Duo using archival inks. This book was made with the design assistance of Eliot Dudik, during a two-week workshop at Maine Media Workshops & College, July-August 2021.

sue's bookThrough an artist book, Michlovitz expresses her images in a form that can be viewed, and handled, two essential sensory experiences for me. The viewer can turn pages at their own pace and have space and time to absorb the content, leave it open to study when walking by the table. The printed book form is particularly potent as an alternative to the world hyper-stimulation, computer screens and superfluous movement. She creates a physicality of experience within the presence of images, including the sound and feel of turning pages. Click video to left.

 

Bio
Sue Michlovitz is a visual artist living in Camden, Maine. Her interests as an artist are in photography and book arts. Her work often shows scenes that may go unnoticed by others.

She has shown her photographs at State of the Art Gallery ( Ithaca, NY), Camden Public Library (Camden, Maine), Arts in the Barn, Cushing Historical Society (Cushing, ME). Two of her books, Breathe in Water andWe Were Told to Be Quiet are currently being shown with the Mid-Coast Maine Book Arts Group at the Michael Good Gallery (Rockport, ME)

In May 2021, Michlovitz completed her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Media Arts at Maine Media College, Rockport, ME.

View Sue Michlovitz’ website.

 

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