New Releases – Daylight Books

BOOK INFO Paper Over Board, 7 X 9 1/2 In. / 128 Pages / 40 Color PhotographsISBN 9781942084372List Price: $45.00Sarah Tulloch: ObjectImage is a poignant approach to the physical material of a photograph and a re-imagination of it into new forms.ObjectImage roots itself in album collections of the artist and others that are linked to the social tradition and history of documenting family. Through collage, Tulloch maintains a thread between past and future with her ability to form new connections within the image composition. The work continues to evolve, including through its usage of contemporary newspaper images. Tulloch's use of photomontage allows her to refocus the media, recompose the image and ultimately to rediscover and repurpose the photographic subject.Sarah Tulloch holds a First Class honors degree from the Bristol School of Art and a Design and Distinction, Master of Fine Arts from Newcastle University. She concentrates on a close-range investigation of found photographs as both objects with specific material qualities and images in themselves. Her book, published by Daylight Books, is supported by the Arts Council England. Tulloch has been exhibited by Plus Arts Projects, the Mayor's Parlour, London, Baltic 39, and MIMA Emerging Curators. View Details

Sarah Tulloch: ObjectImage

Sarah Tulloch

BOOK INFOFlexibound, 8 X 10 In. / 144 Pages / 100 Color PhotographsISBN 9781942084341List Price: $50.00Either Limits Or Contradictions is a photo book by Nick Meyer about the pace of life, death, and the passage of time.Told in three chapters, Either Limits or Contradictions captures feelings of self-discovery, enjoyment, and death. Nick Meyer takes the viewer on the ebb and flow that makes up life. His visual narratives examine and confront the anxiety and eventuality that, because we all were born, time will pass, and so will we. As if the camera is an extension of his hand, Meyer's images are candid, honest, and universal.Nick Meyer received his BFA from MassArt in 2005 and his MFA from California College of the Arts in 2008. He is the recipient of the Pace Gallery Award and the Barclay Simpson Prize. He is represented by Uprise Art in New York. View Details

Either Limits or Contradictions

Nick Meyer

BOOK INFO Paper Over Board, 11 X 11 In. / 116 Pages / 60 Color PhotographsISBN 9781942084334List Price: $45.00Impossible is Nothing documents China as a rising power struggling to integrate capitalism into a communist system.During a decade of rapid economic growth, American photographer Priscilla Briggs traveled along the eastern seaboard of China. Impossible is Nothing explores various facets of Chinese society, within the context of a communist system that engages in "capitalism with Chinese characteristics." These photographs examine constructed Chinese realities of luxury and status, with the West serving as a model for capitalist consumerism. Portraits, still-life images, and urban landscapes are woven together to create a lyrical ode to the optimism and imagination of contemporary China.Priscilla Briggs is a lens-based artist who investigates global representations of capitalism and consumerism. Her work has been exhibited internationally, most recently in the Landskrona Photo Salon in Sweden, the Minneapolis International Film Festival, the DeVos Museum in Michigan, and many more. View Details

Impossible is Nothing: China's Theater of Consumerism

Priscilla Briggs

BOOK INFO Paper Over Board, 10 X 7.5 In. / 112 Pages / 50 Color PhotographsISBN 9781942084327List Price: $45.00 Portsmouth, documents the deindustrialization of the small, Appalachian river town of Portsmouth, Ohio. Portsmouth: Collected Saturdays is a volume of images that show the hardships of deindustrialization, floods, and crime in Portsmouth. Ken D. Ashton's photographs show the other side of Appalachia, with its fair share of unsuccessful socioeconomic undertakings. Through the scope of Portsmouth, Ashton portrays the macro effects of deindustrialization on small-town America. Ashton investigates the urban landscape, finding signs of depopulation and exploring how its influence affects our thoughts, actions, and imaginations. Ken D. Ashton's photographic work explores urban neighborhoods that experience transition as well as communities that have remained intact. For over fifteen years, Ashton has worked on Megalopolis, a photographic encyclopedia of communities from Washington, DC to Boston, MA. View Details

PORTSMOUTH: Collected Saturdays

Ken D. Ashton

BOOK INFO Paper Over Board, 10 X 10 In. / 112 Pages / 45 ColorISBN 9781942084310List Price: $45.00What Is Left Behind features photographs of items at estate sales that explore themes of memory, mortality, and cultural history.Norm Diamond has visited countless estate sales, photographing objects that evoke sadness, humor, and ironic commentary on our cultural history. The articles defy conventional expectations: a science project from 1939; a century-old letter from a rejected lover; a complete collection of Playboy magazines. Poignant photographs of these possessions reveal clues about otherwise unknowable people. These items take on lives of their own, both in these photographs and in the idea that they will now move on to new owners.Norm Diamond is a fine art photographer with a previous career in interventional radiology. His work has been shown at the Houston Center for Photography, the Davis Orton Gallery, and the Griffin Museum of Photography. In 2015 he was named a finalist in the 2015 Photolucida Critical Mass competition, and his work has been featured on Lenscratch, Slate.com, PDN, and aCurator. View Details

What is Left Behind: Stories From Estate Sales

Norm Diamond

BOOK INFOPaper over Board, 13 X 11 In. / 196 Pages / 152 Color Photographs / 18 InsertsISBN 9781942084365List Price: $50.00 In ARAMCO: Above the Oil Fields, Ayesha Malik delivers a personalized account of life within Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, a gated community originally created as a home for American employees of the Arabian American Oil Company (now known as Saudi Aramco). This small town houses the world's wealthiest company, which also owns the world's largest crude oil reserves. In 2018, as part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 plan, the public sale of a percentage of the company is expected to be the biggest IPO in history, valued at around $2 trillion. Malik shares the surprising warmth, familiarity, and timelessness of this 22-and-a-half square-mile place that so many Aramcons call home. Malik's photographs provoke conversation about the perception of and preconceived ideas about a home that is neither fully Saudi nor fully American -- a home unlike any other.Ayesha Malik divides her time between New York City and Saudi Arabia working on self-directed photo projects. Her work has been featured in Time Lightbox, VICE Magazine, Le Monde's M Magazine, The New York Times, Refinery29, and Offset, amongst others. View Details

ARAMCO: Above the Oil Fields

Ayesha Malik