A while ago I designed an Annual Report for the Chinese Medicine Registration Board of Victoria and as they did not have any money for photography I offered to take some for free. I was fortunate enough that Vlado Krstevski, a Chinese medicine practitioner, allowed me to visit his clinic. I was in heaven – he had bookshelves full of jars filled with traditional Chinese medicine. You can imagine my delight as I delved into the landscapes of healing properties.
We all know that publishing a book is hard, but self publishing and then having a third of their stock misplaced/lost by their courier is even harder. “Conditions” by Andrés Marroquín Winkelmann gets introduced by Alec Soth “One of the best part of being a photographer is having an excuse to get lost. Andrés Marroquín Winkelmann’s excellent new book, Conditions, gives readers their own chance to do so.”
“Conditions examines what it means to choose one’s own way of life. It portrays people who lead a free and independent life, and who have to learn how to cope with freedom, to find their own unique way. Conditions shows pictures of people who long to be socially accepted without having to conform, people who are ‘on the road,’ searching, hoping and doubting.”
“Conditions” by Andrés Marroquín Winkelmann
Hardcover
26x21cm | 10.2×8.2in
128 pages
56 full color plates
Edition of 300
Limited Edition Box: 20
Edited by Adam Bartos
with an Essay by Dr. Jörg M. Colberg
Buy one or two and pass them on
When I saw the images of Elise Boularan I though I was in a french film. Her story telling allows us different kinds of pleasures and has all the energy and sensation arising from contemplation.
How often do you get to go with your parents on their honeymoon? Jure Kastelic did just that and recorded the voyages of the past.
Refugees are worldwide problem that shouldn’t stop at any nation’s borders, so when I received an email by Sara Forrest I was more then interested to have a look at her images. She shot her series “New roots for refugees” only a couple of weeks ago where she concentrated on a group of female refugee farmers and their families (from Somalia, Burundi, Sudan, Burma, etc.) who have been resettled in an urban section of Kansas City, Kansas in the United States. Her purpose of the project was to create awareness for refugees new to the US, to focus on urban agriculture and community based markets and to highlight the beautiful and enduring spirits of these female refugees. Her images are perfectly exquisite still life’s and her colors present us with the essence of vulnerability.
I am just thrilled. I got to know Joost a tiny bit over emails after he subscribed and in the process I learned he was a big ipad fan… so I asked him to tell me about his experience with UYW. I have been looking into making UYW ipad friendly, but hmm can’t really afford one at the moment… so he made this for me. Thank you Joost – I am touched. It gives me a great indication how it looks and what I need to change. It is amazing and I am often blown away by technology and how fast it moves. In 1989 I started a typical typesetter apprenticeship with lead type and no computers…. Do you have any idea how long it took to change the smallest thing? Forever.
