reviewed by Richard Gordon Agape. Yes, why not start there. Let us begin with unconditional love. In my forty some years of looking at photographs and books, this has not been the first word that pops unbidden into this Jew's mind. Midway through my first look at Home, agape came to mind among cascading layers of emotions and thoughts. I've never used that word in conversation or print (unless for some long forgotten college paper) before now. Rachmonis, yes — for you Lutherans, Yiddish for a broad sympathy...

reviewed by Richard Gordon Barbara Crane for obvious (and not so obvious) reasons, is one of the few working photographers who can honestly be compared to Harry Callahan. Among the near-endless virtues of Callahan as a photographer was his quest to explore the plastic picture possibilities of camera-made photographs — a cornerstone of Crane's own distinguished career.

The photographs in this book celebrate not only flesh and heat made visible, but also the eternal human comedy of desire...

reviewed by Richard Gordon Writing this review for Brought To Light has been simmering on my back burner for too long. Since I finished reading the first volume of Janet Browne's beautifully written, "magisterial" biography of Darwin yesterday—Happy Birthday Charley—with the airwaves full of Darwiniana...

reviewed by Melanie McWhorter Indie Publishing: How to Design & Publish Your Own Book, the newest title edited by Ellen Lupton for Princeton Architectural Press, has already proven to be wildly popular — indeed, it's already in its second printing, the first sold out almost immediately upon release...

From Larissa Leclair Lisa Kereszi's first monograph, Fantasies, interweaves images of the empty interiors of strip clubs with photographs of new burlesque dancers to create a narrative in between the environment of a fantasy and the expression of one...

reflections on the edition history from Richard Gordon Almost a year ago today, I was asked to contribute a few thoughts for a forthcoming—now passed—exhibit of "vintage" prints from the original edition of Mary Ellen Mark's Ward 81 at the John McWhinnie Gallery at Glenn Horowitz Books. In 1977, I worked as a freelance printer for Mary Ellen, initially hired to make the prints, which eventually were used for making the first edition of the book and for exhibitions...

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...