Conventional Wisdom: Fetish Con

Photographer Arthur Drooker shares an inside look at S&M in his series on convention attendees

Where photographer Arthur Drooker has gone, we’ve followed. We were in awe of the openly eccentric and colorful BronyCon, but his latest venture into the world of convention attendees delivers an entirely different wow factor. This next stop—en route to a photo book titled “Conventional Wisdom“—takes the deeply personal and ties it down, smack dab in the spotlight. Welcome to Fetish Con, a place for …

Open Book: Taj Forer of Daylight Books

We interview the co-founder and editor for the first of our three-part series on small publishers ahead of the NY Art Book Fair

Like so many businesses today, the publishing industry is facing new challenges due to rapidly changing technologies. With the New York Art Book Fair taking place on 20-22 September, we chatted with three art book publishers about how they do what they do—and why they do it. Our first discussion is with Taj Forer, co-founder and editor of Daylight Books, a non-profit organization based in …

Interview: Elliott Erwitt

The iconic photographer's book "Kolor" spans over 50 years of historic color images

Even if you are not familiar with his name, you’ve seen his photography. Elliott Erwitt’s work captures historic moments, famous faces and breathtaking landscapes. For over 50 years the NYC-based photographer has been amassing culture defining imagery. Now, his first book of color photographs, the appropriately titled and bearing a nod to George Eastman—”Kolor“—graces bookshelves. Published this month by teNeues, “Kolor” features 240 photographs selected …