New Releases – Daylight Books

Book Details: HardcoverISBN-13: 9781954119239112 pages; 65 Photographs10 x 10 inches$50 US *Books will ship in JuneThe Poetry of Being expresses the artist's response to the fragility and perseverance of nature through photographs and haikus. Images of what was, things still hanging on, the effects of climate change, and the cycle of life make up this ever relevant monograph. The book’s quadtone printing process mimics the original photographs’ platinum palladium prints evoking a sense of beauty in their darkness and underscoring the importance of connecting with the environment to find hope in challenging times. Lynne Buchanan is an award winning photographer who has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in museums and galleries across the United States, as well as in Athens, Greece.Pradip Malde is a photographer, Guggenheim Fellow, and Samuel R. Williamson Distinguished University Chair and Professor of Art at the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.James Lenfestey is a recipient of several Page One awards for excellence, and has published two collections of personal essays, seven collections of poems, edited three poetry anthologies and co-edited Robert Bly in This World, University of Minnesota Press. View Details

The Poetry of Being

Lynne Buchanan

Book Details: HardcoverISBN-13: 9781954119208124 pages; 90 Photographs10 x 10 inches$50 US*Books will ship in JuneDreaming California spans twelve years of color photographs made in Southern California and is the sequel to Susan Ressler's 2018 monograph Executive Order: Images of 1970s Corporate America (Daylight, 2018). Once again, Ressler is looking at power relationships: the haves and have nots, political unrest, injustice and inequity; not only in the Golden State (California) but the US, and by implication, the world at large.Susan Ressler is a renowned artist, author, and educator who has been making social documentary photographs for nearly fifty years. Her work is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Library and Archives Canada, and many other important collections.Larry Lytle is a noted artist, author, curator and lecturer in art at California State University Channel Islands. Lytle has been a contributing writer for Black & White magazine for the past 10 years.Mark Rice is an award-winning author and professor of American Studies at St. John Fisher University near Rochester, New York. Dr. Rice specializes in the history of photography, 20th-century American culture, and transnational American studies. View Details

Dreaming California: High End, Low End, No End in Sight

Susan Ressler

Book Details: HardcoverISBN-13: 9781954119215128 pages; 45 Photographs8 x 10 inches$50 US *Books will ship in JuneHinda Schuman documents life after prison for two women, Linda and Concetta. Done Doing Time illuminates their courage and determination to walk past the dealers, to reunite with family to overcome the obstacles stacked against them. As Concetta and Linda work towards their individual goals, they have welcomed Schuman into their homes, shared their lives and their extended families. Both women have faced real tragedy and upheaval, but remain true to their own hearts. Hinda Schuman is an award-winning documentary photographer, photojournalist, and educator. Magdelena Solé is an award-winning social documentary photographer, and teaches photo workshops and lectures internationally. View Details

Done Doing Time

Hinda Schuman

Book Details: HardcoverISBN-13: 9781954119246128 pages; 80 Photographs9.5 x 9.5 inches$50 US*Books will ship in JuneI Burn But I Am Not Consumed brings together photographs and an archive collated by photographer Alicia Bruce and the residents of Menie, Scotland. The project documents sixteen years of Donald Trump’s impact on the coastal Scottish community from 2006 until present day. Alicia Bruce is an award-winning, working-class photographer, community collaborator, educator, and activist based in Scotland. Her photography sits between documentary and staged imagery focusing on communities, environments and human rights. Alicia Bruce is a member of the collective Women Photograph.Karine Polwart is a multi-award winning Scottish songwriter and musician, as well as theater-maker, storyteller, spoken-word performer and author.Lesley Riddoch is a Scottish radio broadcaster, activist and journalist who lives in Fife. Louise Pearson is a curator of photography at the National Galleries of Scotland. View Details

I Burn But I Am Not Consumed

Alicia Bruce

Book Details: Hardcover ISBN-13: 9781954119222 112 pages; 50 Photographs 7 x 9 inches $50 USForeword by Elinor Carucci*Books will ship in JuneGirlhood: Lost and Found explores the experience females face growing up and growing old in a world full of preconceived notions of what it means to be a woman. Lost objects coupled with intimate portraits of the artist and her daughter mirror one another, examining the desires women abandon to conform to unrealistic ideals in our culture, often losing sight of their identities as they maneuver society’s stereotypes. The discarded items offer the opportunity to reflect on what unreasonable expectations both the artist and the female collective can also leave behind, providing a chance to rediscover who they were before they learned how they were seen by the world. A group essay included in this publication shares thoughts from a variety of women ranging in age from 13-81 years old, including artist and filmmaker Laurie Simmons, renowned actor and musician Jill Hennesy, 2018 Guggenheim Fellow and educator Rania Matar, founder of wellness platform MWH Melissa Wood-Tepperberg, the artist’s daughter and son, Luna and Sergio Riva, and many more. Jamie Schofield Riva is a documentary and fine art photographer based out of New York City. Elinor Carucci is a Fine Art Photographer with work included in many solo and group exhibitions worldwide as well as publications internationally. Her work is in the collections of MoMA, The Jewish Museum, the Brooklyn Museum and many others. She was awarded the ICP Infinity Award, The Guggenheim Fellowship and NYFA in 2010, and published four monographs todate. Carucci teaches at the graduate programs of photography at School of Visual Arts and is represented by Edwynn Houk Gallery. View Details

Girlhood: Lost and Found

Jamie Schofield Riva