Brian Kanagaki’s Golden Persimmons

A moody, sparse but engrossing book by the US-based photographer

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 …

Guy Bourdin’s “Nature Magique” Book

A stunning, limited edition tome of the legendary photographer's lush images

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 …

The Next Major Shift for Photoshop

After dominating the photography software industry for years, Adobe Photoshop is undergoing a reawakening. Initially spurred by the release of Apple’s iPad 1, the company is now focused on transitioning the program to become much more touch-friendly and on-the-go for a new generation of users growing up the in era of tablets. They’ve discontinued previous iterations of Photoshop iPad apps and are now focusing on …