Business
Corporate fashion, how gas stations might reflect what is going on in society, landfills, shooting ranges and intergalactic battles.
Gasoline
David Campany has collected images from the archives of several North American newspapers of gas stations from 1944 to 1995. Although generally considered lacklustre sites, Campany places them in something of a culturally indicative light. In an interview with George Kaplan, Campany suggests that the gas station provides “a good measure of what’s going on in society” due to their recurring presence in the news as sites of accidents or crimes.
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Executive Model
From 1992 to 1995, celebrated American photographer Ron Jude photographed businessmen in the financial districts of Atlanta, Chicago, New York and San Francisco, capturing the subtleties, mood, fashion and visual language of corporate America in the early 90s. Revisiting this amazingly powerful, yet delicate series with a renewed sense of urgency and relevance, Libraryman (Stockholm) have published this work for the first time in book form.
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The Patriarch's Wardobe
New York-based photographer and artist Nick Waplington’s book features paintings and photographs capturing landfill sites south of the city of Hebron – landscapes once acknowledged as Palestine. These works document the life of scavenging through landfill from Jewish Settlements, where each landscape depicted represents a disputed area.
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Adventures of a Japanese Businessman
An incredible book by José Domingo in which anything can happen: intergalactic battles, love stories, sinister encounters, or divine apparition. A hardcover edition with Nobrow’s usual print quality, Adventures of a Japanese Businessman is a hilarious, unique comic book delight.
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Useful Photography #11
Erik Kessels has collected images from various shooting ranges across the US to take a closer look at the variety of shooting targets that make up what is a strange, hilarious and somewhat disturbing visual language. The series of images asks the pertinent question of whether firearms are acquired for added protection or whether they simply contribute to more violence.
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