Brian Kanagaki’s exhibition was one of the highlights of the recent Independent Photography Festival in London. There, the US-based photographer and musician showed works from “Golden Persimmons,” his new book just out from Perryman Press. Kanagaki’s beautiful images—shot in black and white—have a soft, enigmatic vibe; as if they were stills from a film you never watched. They range from the graphic pattern of a …
Drew Smith (former editor of The Good Food Guide) has delved deep into all things oyster-related with his beautiful new hardcover “Oyster: A Gastronomic History (with Recipes).” From the delicacy’s ancient history (did you know Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” incorrectly has her sailing ashore in a scallop shell, when it should have been an oyster shell?) to exciting recipes, etiquette, tools and more, this book …
Legendary French photographer and painter Guy Bourdin has a body of work that’s taken on its own life since his passing in 1991. Bourdin’s style of provocative, sensual and cheeky images are at once familiar and engrossing, and a new, highly covetable book “Nature Magique“—published by Jane&Jeremy—explores the theme of nature through his extensive and lush images. Transcending fashion photography and portraiture, Bourdin’s images straddle …