Title: Class of 2008

Photographer/s: Hana Miletic

Date of publication: 2012

Place of publication: Gent

Dimensions: 20 x 28 cm

Edition size: 200

Type of binding: soft cover, stapled, and envelope

Number of pages: 28

Type of paper: Munken print white and high gloss photo paper

Number of pictures: 2 x 28

Type of printing: risograph and photo prints

Printer: Théophile Calot

Publisher: Art Paper Editions (APE)

Designer: Jurgen Maelfeyt

ISBN: APE#019

Category: artist book

Price: 15 € + shipping

Summary: “Class of 2008 collects the graduation portraits of the 26 students who attended the Islamic High School in Zagreb during the academic year of 2007-2008. The publication title generically indicates an unnamed class at a specific moment in time. We rely on the image, and, above all, the sitters’ culture-specific attire, to roughly locate the setting. What makes these images so singular is the fact that the depicted adolescents were enrolled in the only high school for Muslims in the pre-dominantly Christian Croatian society. Most likely due to financial reasons, no other graduating class was ever officially documented up to this date. Miletic consciously favoured the Risograph technique, which is commonly used for high-volume digital printing, photocopying and distribution, and therefore a timely medium to voice and spread ideas on issues of politics, religion and identity. While the inside pages are coated in timeless and objective black-and-white shades, the cover adopts the color green for its centuries-long symbolic association with Islam. Enclosed with the yearbook is a blank envelope containing the current self-portraits of the same persons, which were selected and submitted by the subjects themselves. Printed on high-gloss photo paper and cut in various dimensions, these highly personal, casual and amateurish portraits reveal the degree of formality which determined the memory of the Class of 2008. In a striking contrast, the young women wore, without exception, the traditional hijab for their public image, while most chose to present and represent themselves veilless in the private sphere.”
Caroline Dumalin

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: 15/12/1982, Zagreb (HR)

Website: www.hanamiletic.com

Book link: artpapereditions.org/#APE-019Hana-MileticClass-of-2008

Donated by: Hana Miletic

Title: Hanami|Aoyama花見青山

Photographer/s: Keith Ng

Date of publication: July 2012

Place of publication: Tokyo, Japan

Dimensions: 187x249mm

Edition size: 500

Type of binding: hardcover

Number of pages: 80

Type of paper: Oji Paper New Age 90kg matte coated warmtone

Number of pictures: 42

Type of printing: 4 colour press

Printer: Kraan Inc.

Publisher: Leftover Press

ISBN: 978-0-9880377-0-0

Category: Artist Book

Price: ¥3,500

Summary: The title, Hanami |Aoyama 花見青山, refers to the tradition of hanami – literally “flower viewing”, where people gather and celebrate under cherry trees during blossom season, engaging in festive meals and bouts of drinking. Sakura (cherry blossoms), due to their relatively short lifespan, are seen to symbolize the fleeting nature of life, and often planted in cemeteries. This book is set in Aoyama Cemetery, which was a popular destination for such parties. But as the drinking and festivities overwhelmed the peacefulness of the cemetery, parties were outlawed in 2009.

The book takes as a starting point two readings of the homonymous Japanese word ukiyo. The first meaning of ukiyo is “floating world”, utilizing the kanji 浮, for floating. The second reading uses the kanji for sadness and sorrow 憂 to mean “sorrowful world.” Originally used to connote the carefree world of pleasure seekers depicted in Edo and Meiji era woodblock drawings (1603-1912), the two concepts of ukiyo are used here as catalyst to explore the delicate relation between freedom and role-play in society, while examining the politics of identity.
Resembling a performance piece, some maintain the role asked of them, while others are happy to abandon theirs.

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: 3.17.69, Hong Kong

Website: www.keithngnyc.com

Book link: http://www.keithngnyc.com/books3/index.html

Donated by: Keith Ng

Title: The Actor

Photographer/s: John Gossage

Date of publication: 2012

Place of publication: Washington, DC

Dimensions: 10″x8″

Edition size: 1000

Number of pages: 96

Type of printing: 43 duotype images

Number of pictures: digital

Publisher: Loosestrife Editions

Designer: John Gossage for The Co.of

Editor: Michael Abrams

Language: English

ISBN: 978-0-9753120-8-1

Category: Artist Book

Price: $55

Website: http://loosestrifebooks.com/

Book Link: http://loosestrifebooks.com/

Donated by: Loosestrife Editions

Title: She called me by name

Photographer/s: John Gossage

Date of publication: 2012

Place of publication: Washington, DC

Dimensions: 20″x17″

Edition size: 500

Number of pages: 36

Type of printing: 18 duotone images

Printer: OGP, Hong Kong

Publisher: Loosestrife Editions

Designer: John Gossage for The Co.of

Editor: Rockledge Publishing LLC. Michael Abrams

Language: English

ISBN: 978-0-9753120-7-3

Price: $100

Website: http://loosestrifebooks.com

Book Link: http://loosestrifebooks.com

Donated by: Loosestrife Editions

Title: Welcome To Springfield

Photographer/s: Michael Abrams

Date of publication: 2012

Place of publication: Washington DC

Dimensions: 8-3/4×7-3/4″

Edition size: 135

Number of pages: 156

Type of printing: 135 duotone illustrations

Number of pictures: digital

Printer: Ogp Hong Kong, China

Publisher: Loosestrife Editions

Designer: John Gossage and Michael Abrams

Editor: Alex Hau, and Michael Lok of OGP

Language: English

ISBN: 978-0-9753120-6-5

Category: Artist Work

Price: $60

Website: http://loosestrifebooks.com/

Book link: http://loosestrifebooks.com/loosestrife.html

Donated by: Michael Abrams

iPL Notes: This book won the FotoWeek DC Fotobook Competition 2012.

Title: The Secret History of Khava Gaisanova

Photographer/s: Rob Hornstra

Contributors: Arnold van Bruggen

Date of publication: February 2013

Place of publication: Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dimensions: 200 x 270 mm

Edition size: 1100

Type of binding: Paperback

Type of paper: Newspaper

Number of pages: 352 pp + 32 pp insert

Type of printing: 107 colour photographs

Number of pictures: Newspaper printing

Printer: Rob Stolk & Dijkman Offset

Publisher: The Sochi Project

Designer: Kummer & Herrman

Editor: Rob Hornstra & Arnold van Bruggen

Language: English

Category: Photography / Documentary / Caucasus / Russia

Price: 34 euro

Summary: Khava Gaisanova lives in Chermen, a village in the heart of the North Caucasus. In 2007 her husband disappeared, like so many men in the North Caucasus disappear without a trace – kidnapped, arrested or simply executed and buried in anonymous graves. The unstable North Caucasus described in this book lies on the other side of the mountains from Sochi. In The Secret History of Khava Gaisanova, a grim picture unfolds of the region hosting the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: 1975, Borne

Website: www.thesochiproject.org

Book link: https://www.thesochiproject.org/shop/product/54/

Donated by: The Sochi Project

Title: GOLGATHA

Photographer/s: Alexander Binder

Contributor/s: Christophe Szpajdel (Logo)

Date of publication: Fall 2012

Place of publication: Montréal, Canada

Dimensions: 20,5 x 25,5 cm

Edition size: 250 copies (First edition)

Type of binding: Perfect binding

Number of pages: 56

Number of pictures: 39

Publisher: Blackdot, Montréal

ISBN: 978-0-9877991-4-2

Category: Zine

Price: $20

Summary: Alexander Binder decided to embark on a mystic journey to the Holy Land in 2011. The photos document his pilgrimage to the buildings and places, where saints and apostles have had their spiritual awakenings many thousand years ago. And these sites still unfold a power which you can literally feel in his images …

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: 31 October 1976, Black Forest

Website: www.alexanderbinder.de

Book link: www.alexanderbinder.de/Golgatha-Zine

Donated by: Alexander Binder

Title: California Vernacular

Photographer/s: Liz Kuball

Date of publication: February 5, 2013

Place of publication: Los Angeles, California

Dimensions: 9″ x 6″

Edition size: 250

Type of binding: Premium Matte 100# Text, Saddle Stitch

Number of pages: 80

Type of paper: Premium Matte 80# Text

Number of pictures: 60

Type of printing: Digital

Printer: Smartpress

Publisher: Liz Kuball

Designer: Clifton Burt

Language: English

Category: Zine

Price: $25.00

Summary: California Vernacular is all about the Southern California landscape and what it is to live in the land of golden dreamers. This 9-x-6-inch, 80-page zine, designed by Clifton Burt, includes 60 full-color photographs and has been published in an edition of 250. Each copy is hand-numbered and signed.

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: 1973, Washington, D.C.

Website: http://www.lizkuball.com

Book link: http://www.lizkuball.com/shop

Donated by: Liz Kuball

Title: Así duele un verano

Photographer/s: Raúl Hernández

Date of publication: December 2012

Place of publication: Madrid

Dimensions: 170 x 240 mm

Edition size: 100 copies, all numbered

Type of binding: Soft cover

Number of pages: 72

Type of paper: Fedrigoni X-PER. White 90gr

Number of pictures: 47

Type of printing: Digital

Publisher: Blackmountain

Designer: Martha Kaputt

Editor: BlackMountain & Siete de un Golpe

Language: Spanish

Category: Photobook

Price: 15€

Summary: Así duele un verano tells the experiences during a summer in Bristol and some trips around West UK.

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: 1988. Madrid, Spain.

Website: http://raulhernandezarchives.com/

Book link: http://blackmountainbooks.com/

Donated by: Raúl Hernández and Martha Kaputt

Title: Universal City

Photographer/s: Mathieu Lambert

Date of publication: October 2012

Place of p: Montreal, Qc

Dimensions: 5 1/2 ” x 8 1/4 ”

Edition size: First edition of 50.

Type of binding: Saddle stitch

Number of pages: 20

Type of printing: 12

Number of pictures: Digital

Designer: Mathieu Lambert / Claudie Grenier-Coté

Language: English

ISBN: 978-2-924075-02-9

Price: $5

Summary: The photographs have been taken in 2011 in the backlots of two major entertainment companies, Warner Brothers Company and Universal Studio, Burbank, CA.

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: 1986, France

Website: http://www.mathieulambert.dr

Donated by: Mathieu Lambert