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Monthly Archives: April 2017
Seasons of Ceremonies: Rites and Rituals in Mexico and Guatemala
“This remarkable collection of photographs and scholarship brings together the mystical with the visual in a mesmerizing blend. In Frej’s skilled hands, the magic of photography and of Mesoamerican ritual conspire to transport the reader, not with voyeuristic diversion but … Continue reading
The Other World: Animal Portraits
This stunning new collection of photographs by Brad Wilson is inspired by the notion of the “authentic encounter,” that is, allowing the animal to reveal itself to us rather than imposing our subjective notions on it or on the picture. … Continue reading
Maya Ruins Revisited: In the Footsteps of Teobert Maler
Winner of twelve awards, including: 2022 Independent Press Gold Award for Photography 2021 Foreword Indies Gold Award for Best Photography Book & Honorable Mention for Best Coffee Table Book Silver 2021 IPPY (Independent Publisher’s Award): Photography 15th Annual National Indie … Continue reading
A Country No More:
Rediscovering the Landscapes of John James Audubon
In 2010, when photographer Krista Elrick began traversing John James Audubon country in search of the birds the nineteenth-century American naturalist observed, painted, and wrote about, she encountered scarcely a sighting. Instead, she found the lushly forested watersheds and waterways … Continue reading
In the Buddha’s Light: The Temples of Luang Prabang
This engaging memoir takes the reader on a journey into the heart of one of Southeast Asia’s most beautiful and enchanting small cities. Lush, exotic––and full of contradictions––Luang Prabang sits at the confluence of the Mekong and Nam Khan Rivers … Continue reading
New Beginnings: An American Story of Romantics and Modernists in the West
Santa Fe and Taos were among the most important national and international art communities during the 1920s and 1930s; this book explores their similarities, differences, and connections. Legions of American and European artists found new beginnings in the physical and … Continue reading
On the Path of Marigolds:
Living Traditions of México’s Day of the Dead
Photographer Ann Murdy has been documenting the celebrations around Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) in México for more than 20 years. A native of Los Angeles, she first started collecting Chicano art in the 1990s, and was … Continue reading
Where the Buffalo Roamed: Images of the New West
In this latest collection of photographs, taken over the last forty-five years, Joan Myers turns her lens to the contemporary American West. In so doing, she turns our conception of western landscapes and the life contained within them upside down, … Continue reading
Fire Ghosts
In the summer of 2011, in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico, a falling power line sparked a wildfire that burned 158,753 acres of forest. From their home in Santa Fe, 30 air miles southeast, photographers Patricia Galagan and Philip … Continue reading
Florida’s Changing Waters: A Beautiful World in Peril
Lynne Buchanan began photographing rivers to create artistic records of her connection with water and the lessons she learned from rivers about being in the present moment and aligning with the flow of life. The more time she spent photographing … Continue reading
Paul Pletka: Imagined Wests
Finalist for the 2018 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards! Born in San Diego in 1946 and raised in the American Southwest, painter Paul Pletka has created a body of work that owes much to the West of his childhood, and more … Continue reading
Working with a Publisher: Case Studies of Successful Photo Book Projects
Joanna Hurley with Andrew Beckham and Brenda Biondo Saturday, March 7 4:30-6:30 pm Location: CPAC Gallery, 1513 Boulder St. Denver Tickets: $10 members, $15 non-members Open to All *** LIMITED SEATING: Reserve your seat today! *** Publishing Your Photo Book: Case … Continue reading
HIP HOP: Portraits of an Urban Hymn
Since its inception in the 1970s, hip hop music and the culture surrounding it has become a hugely influential and popular musical form in America and around the world. Its popularity extends beyond the urban centers where it was born, … Continue reading
THE WORK OF ART: Folk Artists in the 21st Century
The Work of Art examines the role of folk artists in the twenty-first century, recognizing their power as creative and socially responsible champions for global change, connection, and cultural sustainability. Through interviews with folk artists from Mali to Madagascar to … Continue reading
THE JUNGLE AT THE DOOR: A Glimpse of Wild India
The Jungle at the Door is inspired by Joan Myers’s encounters with jungles and animals in remote areas of India, and by Kipling’s Just So Stories, which she read, as many of us did, as a child. The Jungle at the Door is … Continue reading
RECONSTRUCTING THE VIEW: The Grand Canyon Photography of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe
Reconstructing the View, a four-year photographic project exploring the Grand Canyon, dramatically expands on Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe’s previous collaborations, resulting in a diverse body of work distinguished by its diversity, sense of humor, and power. Calling on a … Continue reading
DARK BEAUTY: Photographs of New Mexico
DARK BEAUTY: Photographs of New Mexico By Jack Parsons Introduction by Frederick Turner Originally published in 2011 by Hudson Hills Press and now available through George F. Thompson Publishing. Jack Parsons has been investigating the light, landscapes and cultures of … Continue reading
The Lost Christmas Gift Book-Signing & Exhibition Opening
In conjunction with the recent release of his new book, The Lost Christmas Gift, Andrew Beckham will do a book-signing at Collected Works in Santa Fe. The following day, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art will host an exhibition opening of the images and … Continue reading
THE LOST CHRISTMAS GIFT
Sixty years after his father left to be a mapmaker in the war in Europe, Emerson Johansson received a package that had been lost in the mail for decades. An exquisite book, lovingly handmade by his father, details an extraordinary … Continue reading
Reconstructing the View featured on photo-eye’s A Book A Day
RECONSTRUCTING THE VIEW: The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett & Byron Wolfe is featured on photo-eye’s Bookstore homepage today as the Book A Day for Friday, October 26, 2012. You can purchase a copy of the book here.
OCEANSCAPES: One View/Ten Years
OCEANSCAPES: One View/Ten Years By Renate Aller Essays by Richard B. Woodward and Dr. Petra Roettig An interview with the artist by Jasmin Seck Published by Radius Books Fall 2010 For over a decade Renate Aller has been photographing the … Continue reading
What would happen if Publishers banded together and “just said no” to Amazon?
Below is a post I made on the blog for Publisher’s Weekly about an article they wrote recently. Read the article here – then, my comments are below. What would happen if publishers–especially the major houses–banded together and “just said … Continue reading
How to Prepare an Artist Statement
How to Prepare an Artist Statement by Kate Ware and Joanna Hurley CENTER’s Portfolio Bootcamp, 9-24-11 Before you can write a cogent artist statement, you have to have a really well-thought-out body of work. So first we are going to … Continue reading
HELLAS: Photographs of Contemporary Greece
HELLAS reveals a Greece far more complex than the country captured in postcards of the brilliant, blue Aegean. It is an honest, at times unsettling appraisal of a land with a rich and chaotic history that is also the source … Continue reading
Saguaros
All books in the Selected Backlist have been produced, agented, and/or marketed by HurleyMedia.
Notes on the Artist Statement
One of the biggest problems I have seen consistently during the reviews that I have participated in over the last ten years is that many photographers do not know how to talk or write cogently about their work. (The other … Continue reading
HOOP
HOOP By Bill Bamberger Essay by Richard B. Woodward Forthcoming from George F. Thompson Publishing Basketball is the only major league and Olympic ballgame that was invented by North Americans. Its popularity in the U. S. is near mythic, matched … Continue reading
HIDDEN ALCATRAZ: The Fortress Revealed
HIDDEN ALCATRAZ: The Fortress Revealed Edited by Steve Fritz & Deborah Roundtree Preface by Peter Coyote Introduction by John Martini Afterword by Thom Sempere Published by University of California Press May 2011 Much has been written about Alcatraz—its infamous history … Continue reading
Everyday
All books in the Selected Backlist have been produced, agented, and/or marketed by HurleyMedia.
Desert Realty
All books in the Selected Backlist have been produced, agented, and/or marketed by HurleyMedia.
