reviewed by George Slade Memphis, Tennessee. A lovely, mid-summer glow graces an alley between utterly banal buildings in a photograph titled 'Bill's Twilight.' Even without this tip of the hat, and a back-matter acknowledgment to 'friend' William Eggleston, Christian Patterson's first major monograph pays significant and worthy homage to the Memphis-based master...

reviewed by Phil Harris Lee Friedlander's windows to the world have been coming at us at a steady clip for about five decades now, a series of news bulletins from the under-mapped monochrome continent, Friedland...

reviewed by Charles Dee Mitchell Michael Farris, the constitutional lawyer who fought hard for the legislation that has allowed the homeschooling movement to flourish across America, founded Patrick Henry College in 2000...

reviewed by George Slade Several of Fazal Sheikh's monographs have appeared in a trim size, about 8 inches tall by 6 inches wide, and a modest thickness that makes them seem almost like pocketbooks — items one could easily tote on a long journey. The unassuming dimensions of these books, however, belie the profundity of the images they contain...

reviewed by Stephen Hahn George Tice is best known as a photographer of urban scenes, chiefly in New Jersey, mainly with a large format view camera, and entirely in black and white. Several of these aspects come together in Ticetown, a book comprised of just over three dozen images, some picturing remnants of historical Tice family effects...

reviewed by Charles Dee Mitchell Geert van Kesteren's Baghdad Calling begins with the kind of roll call of depressing figures we have come to associate with the current Iraq War: Over 120 armed groups are operating in Iraq. At least 4 million Iraqis have left the country. Since the U.S. occupation began, 209 journalists have been killed in the fighting or executed by insurgents...

an election day interview by Will Steacy Will Steacy and Zoe Strauss spent much of their Election Day together in their mutual home town of Philadelphia, visiting polls, shooting photographs and recording the following interview...