ART+PHOTOGRAPHY SPRING 2013 Shadow & Light BILL BRANDT Thames & Hudson www.state-media.com BOOK SPRING 2013 | 1 THE BEST OF BRANDT FROM THAMES & HUDSON NORMAN CORNISH A SHOT AGAINST TIME The storryy of Norman Cornish’s prodigious career as an arrttist who converrtted his experience as a miner into compelling imagerryy has become justly famous. Born in 1919, in Spennymoorr,, Co Durham, Norman Cornish was apprenticed at the age of 14 at the Dean and Chapter Collierryy (also known as the Butcher’s Shop), and spent the next 33 years working in various pits in the Norrtth East of England. Without diminishing the harsh Bill Brandt realities of life and work during those years, his paintings create a sense Shadow and Light of time and place by depicting the lyrical qualities of his surroundings in Sarah Hermanson Meister which time is defeated. Foreword by Glenn D. Lowry ‘Fantastic … well-written Long before the Angel of the Norrtth, Cornish’s work was loved and and interesting’ admired as a symbol of the Norrtth East. For all that the mines have closed, Amateur Photographer his work continues to be an enduring testament to a community whose ISBN 978 0 500 544242 £34.95 spirit surrvvives triumphantly. Brandt Nudes A New Perspective Preface by Lawrence Durrell Foreword by Mara-Helen Wood Commentaries by Mark Haworth-Booth Essays by William Feaververr,, William Varleyy,, Michael Chaplin and Dr Gail-Nina Anderson 140 of Bill Brandt’s classic and dramatic nudes, brought together Paperback, 160pp with 134 full colour illustrations in one beautiful volume. 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Each sponsors tend to contribute to the ‘catalogue’ and every reproduction has to be sourced, an as part of the overall package. Additionally, the accurate high-res scan located and fees paid rapid growth of interest in photography, once JULIE CHRISTIE Echoes of a Vanished World where necessary. Not to mention the correct a decidedly niche market for publishers, has HOMER SYKES & NICK HACKWORTH National Theatre | BILL BRANDT, 1981 copyright information noted – especially when proved to be a lucrative and expanding arena. Photo50 London Art Fair BDC MICHAEL BIRT IVOR BRAKA & KRISTEN MCMENAMY A young photographer's rare interview at the home the voracious artists’ agencies are involved. At Especially amongst the image conscious youth Juergen Teller ICA of an enigmatic giant of 20th century photography the printing stage, only the highest quality press groupings. The biggest growth in the quality Read the full story on page 13 work can be employed because a painting that sector of print-on-demand services (like has incorrect colour values is Blurb.com) stems from self- not the painting it claims published photography titles. The to be. To be fair, digital ‘The book format book format is traditionally the printing, and the fine is traditionally means by which camera artists NEIL LIBBERT BOOK calibration this enables, has collect and present their images, Ossie Clarke Proud Chelsea the means by which ART & PHOTOGRAPHY somewhat eased the problem and it would appear that an ever of perfect colour. And it is camera artists expanding audience has emerged EDITOR BUREAU CHIEFS no longer a surprise to see willing to buy them. The dilemma Mike von Joel Lyle Owerko collect and present duo-tones superseded by faced by established publishers that [email protected] NEW YORK their images.’ Anne Chabrol four colour process in the attempt to straddle a traditional PUBLISHER reproduction of monochrome business model and the new Karl Skogland PARIS photographs. But even having produced a book internet world of downloads and tablets, is [email protected] David Tidball BERLIN on a quality paper stock (the price of which which way is forward. Until this is clear, the MARK KNOPFLER & KITTY ALDRIDGE EDITORIAL keeps fluctuating every six months) there is houses still producing beautiful, top quality art Reworked Rook & Raven Gallery ASSISTANT William Wright the matter of distribution. and photography books really do deserve our Caroline Harris SYDNEY applause, gratitude and support. KRISTEN MCMENAMY, [email protected] Elizabeth Crompton JUERGEN TELLER The Daily Telegraph reported recently that the MELBOURNE & STELLA MCCARTNEY DESIGN DIRECTOR number of UK bookshops has halved in the last This is the first Spring issue of our bi-annual ICA Tor Soreide SUSANNAH FIENNES & LAURA TENISON DISTRIBUTION six years and that, according to Experian, there BOOK supplement – free with STATE Echoes of a Vanished World & SUBSCRIPTIONS are only 1,878 left on Britain’s high streets. In magazine. By the very fact of their inclusion, SPECIAL FEATURES Julie Milne National Theatre Michaela Freeman 2012 some 400 shut down – and 600 towns each and every title reviewed here is warmly [email protected] [email protected] have no book shop at all. For art books, an recommended and a work of real merit. The actual shop is the key interface with the reader. next edition will be created in Autumn 2013. AD EXECUTIVE PUBLISHED BY Julie Milne State Media Ltd. 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