Robin Titchener

Art Photobook Reviews
Leaving and Waving by Deanna Dikeman
I was so rooting for this to be the winner of the Mack First Book award for 2020, when the publisher announced the list and posted teaser...
Distress by Zara Carpenter
I first got to know about Zara Carpenter when (not that) Martin Amis from Photobook Store suggested that her husband, photographer Rikard...
At a glance - The Hidden Blood (Red Edition) by Nozomi Iijima
There were two versions of the book, the first which was termed the “trade edition”, and this one “The Red Editon” which was produced to...
At a glance - New Orleans ~ Fifty Photogaphs by George Dureau
1985 - GMP Limited edition of 100 signed, numbered and slipcased copies. New Orleans native Dureau was an accomplished painter, sculptor...
At a glance - Wild by Ren Hang
As some of you will know, I post a book daily on Instagram. However, my frustration at the unpredictability of its algorithm has me...
Out Of The Darkness by David Nissen
To discover that French photographer David Nissen has his background in cinematography comes as no surprise once you submerge yourself in...
The COVID year - Three books looking at London in lockdown
I don’t think it an understatement to say that 2020 was a year unlike any other, and even now as we approach spring of 2021 the...
The Boys by Rick Schatzberg
"Born in 1954, we grew up together on Long Island. Originally from adjacent suburban towns, we merged into one group when we met up in...
Nature Boy by Brad Rimmer
Should we ever go back? A month or so ago I encountered a book in which it’s creator observed, recorded and indeed cherished the...
Zaido by Yukari Chikura
How do you review a book which has already had so much written about it? My answer is not to try. You surrender to its magic and allow it...
Photobooks of 2020 for Photobook Store
From Zaido by Yukari Chikura In a year quite unlike any other, I was so happy to find that the amount of stunning and original work...
Asakusa by Ronin de Goede
Ink, karaoke and brotherhood ~ Personal wanderings Why is it that just the word Yakuza is enough to conjure images of cool? Effortlessly...
The Locusts by Jesse Lenz
"Don't go far.....and be back for dinner ! " Growing up in a small provincial town in England in the early seventies, seems to be a...
Tsukiji Shijo by Daniel De Francisco
The sense of tradition and heritage is one that is common to us all. There are places and events that form the cornerstones of our lives,...
Chrysalises by Guillaume Tomasi
epiphany “a moment of sudden insight or understanding.” There are times in everyone’s lives when there is a moment of clarity. A...
Melaina Chole by Cristiano Volk
What makes us human beings? Not what us work but what makes us the complex unique individuals that we are. The very concept of organic...
Prologue by Kamil and Urszula Sleszynski
From a male perspective it’s “only nine months.“ From a male perspective this is what women were created to do. From a male perspective...
Sang Noir by Elie Monferier
1 The Hunt I have to stay very still and very quiet. This is the chase. I can hear my heart pounding in my chest....so thankful its only...
Fordlândia 9 by JM Ramirez-Suassi
Utopia, rubber and dreams of madness. 1. Fordlândia - The Place In the 1920's American industrialist Henry Ford embarked on an...



















