Embedded Files
Jennifer White-Johnson (photos) + Kevin T. Johnson, Jr. (words)
Color digital printing with two Risograph duo-tone posters
Saddle-stitch, 10" x 13"
Publisher: Homie House Press (HHP)
From HHP: "KNOX ROXS is a publication that is advocating acceptance for the beauty of neurodiversity and breaking the stigma of racialized Autism through documentation and text that follows one very special boy; Knox, A 5-year old black Autistic child." See photos and learn more on Jen White-Johnson's site.
Eduardo Hernández Santos
10 black & white offset photos printed on Reich Shine (luminous mica coated, acid free paper)
Semi-concealed wire-o binding
Design and typesetting: Rebecca S. Neimark
Printer: Brodock Press
Publisher: Red Trillium Press
From Red Trillium Press: "Eduardo Hernández Santos made these photographs of [gay men, trans* persons, and cross-dressers] in the summer of 2005 at Havana, Cuba’s seafront wall.
"Taken together, the pictures in this book tell a remarkable story of human endurance and triumph. Hernández Santos presents his subjects not as passive players but as people who struggle (though more quietly than not) against discrimination even though such struggle is very risky."
https://redtrilliumpress.com/project/el-muro-the-wall/
Detail from El Muro [The Wall]
Detail from El Muro [The Wall]
Gatefold page 1
Detail from El Muro [The Wall]
Detail from El Muro [The Wall]
Each page has a "gatefold" that opens to reveal a hidden subject
Eric Thornton, photographer / www.ericthornton.nyc
Publisher: Homie House Press (from the beibi boi's series)
Accordion/concertina fold, 8 in. x 60in.
Color digital printing (bw + color images)
A Perspective on the Prototypes is a photo essay about the eight prototypes of the proposed US/Mexico border wall. At the same time, it is a critique of government structures, the complicity of architects and designers, and an examination of the "relationships of power exercised by white male photographers and their subjects. It is a journey that parallels as a critique on the American government by a white boy with a camera."
From HHP: "[This publication consists] of black and white as well as color images of California and Tijuana, shot on film with longitude and latitude coordinates. We added the coordinates to the images, because in doing so a majority of people will see it as a meaningless number sequence, thus reinforcing our idea of North and South as made up constructs."
Melissa Ann Pinney (photographer), Emma James Pinney Lehman (subject / words)
Self-published
Accordion-fold structure with digital printing
Original photos: chromogenic prints
From Melissa Pinney: "I made the first the Cellar Door picture in May, 2001, as a homage to the famous Alfred Steiglitz portrait of Georgia Engelhard. We had just celebrated Emma’s sixth birthday with a party in the backyard. Emma climbed up on the old cellar door; I was reminded of Steiglitz's photograph... and so it began."
Learn more from melissaannpinney.com
"Over the years, my mom persuaded me with various incentives to climb up onto the cellar door to take photos; I remember resisting and arguing with her every time. [...] I remember who I was when she captured every image and why I chose each outfit for the series."
"[...] I see the beginning of my love for sports that continues to this day; the comfort I felt as a “tomboy” skater girl at Montessori school; the intense pressure to act feminine and heterosexual at Catholic middle school; several stages in the battle against my eating disorder; and my slow acceptance of my lesbian identity. Individually, each Cellar Door image evokes touching memories, yet the beauty of my Mom’s vision lies within the series' collective power to reveal my personal growth and experience in a profound way." - Emma Pinney Lehman
Ginger Burrell (artist, designer)
Publisher: Midnight Moon Press, distributed by 23 Sandy Gallery
Coptic stitch with corrugated slipcase
Printed on Epson Premium paper with archival ink. Design and typeface mimic Ed Ruscha's artist book "Twenty six gasoline stations"
"A contemporary response to Ed Ruscha's seminal artist book 'Twenty Six Gasoline Stations'. 'Twenty Six Charging Stations' features photographs of electric car charging stations taken from the rural areas of Portland, Oregon, to the Central Valley of California, to the tech hubs in Silicon Valley. From underground parking garages at hospitals to suburban libraries, from shopping malls to truck stops, electric charging stations are interesting and mundane; democratic and elitist."
Screw post binding example: http://www.handmadebooksandjournals.com/create-custom-books/other-bookmaking-techniques/screw-post-binding/
Ginger Burrell, artist/designer
Publisher: Midnight Moon Press, distributed by Vamp & Tramp Booksellers
Screw post binding format, wrapped in white sheet
Printed on white vellum with laserjet and archival inkjet
"Un[Hood]ed examines the alarming audacity demonstrated by white supremacists in the United States. Once hidden under homemade white robes, today's alt-right members feel emboldened, empowered, and unafraid of the consequences of their racism. They no longer feel that they have to hide their identities. Un[Hood]ed looks at the direct and indirect messages from President Donald Trump to white nationalists. While he frequently claims ignorance of such a movement, his behavior and language tell another story."
As you page through the book, the vellum allows words to accrue, while also slowly revealing the photograph at the end.
Quotes and excerpts have been verified across multiple sources and, where possible, direct transcripts.
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