SeabirdSeabird is a book of moments observed by American photographer Bobby Doherty between 2014 and 2018. Doherty makes photographs that get to the point. At first glance, some of the photographs in Seabird feel gloriously oversimplified, objects and situations simmered down to their bare constituent elements; the clearest glass on the reddest tablecloth, the wettest dew on the softest leaf. Doherty is quick to embrace both the meaningful and meaningless of

James Barnor (born 1929) opened his first photography studio in Accra

we had welcomed our first child

where he gained employment as a technician

Published by Steve Lawrence and edited with Peter Hujar and Andrew Ullrick

he took photography evening classes at the London College of Printmaking and lessons with the Colour Processing Laboratory in Kent

resulting in images that both evoke and reimagine the conventional dynamics of art-historical portraiture

and in the new technology of Hollywood movies

conceptually

Montaña Roja (Red Mountain) by César Rodríguez is a portrait through both photography and poetry of The Mountain region of Guerrero

still lifes

He initially felt overwhelmed by the metropolis and its rhythm

This unique collaboration celebrates the unknown sides of a woman whose professional career ended in 1942 and who sought solace in making photographs in the shadows