Sunday Zine Review #100: When Our Enamel Rots by Viktoria A. Lisbet

After more than a year and a half reviewing zines almost every Sunday, I've reached the 100th review! It's an exciting time and I guess 100 is a number that could be considered a milestone. 

There won't be more reviews for a couple of months after this one. I need some time to focus on my parallel projects (Future Positive), but I promise I'll be back with some great zines. Meanwhile, keep an eye on the Facebook Page for zine-related news!

When Our Enamel Rots by Viktoria A.Lisbet is one of the Pogo Books' publications I received months ago. Viktoria is an Austrian photographer currently living in the United States who likes to shoot highly-saturated images and what he describes as scenes of "slapstick erotica".

The book is a collection of all the scenes along with a selection of some of his personal images.  Viktoria's portraits are a mixture between candid and staged situations where the subjects are presented in a surreal manner, whilst his still life photography is random and direct.

When Our Enamel Rots is the second monograph that the Austrian photographer produced for Pogo Books last year. You can find more information about Viktoria's work in this interviews with No Thoughts and Kaltblut Magazine.

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Sunday Zine Review #99: 28 Pictures by Ye Rin Mok

Ye Rin Mok is a Korean photographer who has been living in Los Angeles since she was 12 years old. In this book published by SSE Project, Ye Rin Mok presents a collection of 28 photos which have a common element: the colour pink.

These photos were taken over the past few years and it was never Ye Rin Mok's intention to look for pink things although she says that pink is a very photogenic colour and that it automatically lifts her mood.

You can find more about 28 Pictures and Ye Rin Mok's work on the SSE Project's online shop.

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Sunday Zine Review #98: Keikoku by Karol Kaczorowski

Keikoku by Karol Kaczorowski is also part of the book series published by Fundacja Sztuk Wizualnych, which I talked about a couple of weeks ago here on the Sunday Zine Review.

Polish photographer Karol Kaczorowski developed this documentary series Keikoku during a stay in Japon. The word keikoku has different meanings in Japanese, and in this book Karol documents all these meanings in a beautiful collection of images.

Karol uses low light conditions to create mysterious and ethereal images which are a representation of his vision of Japan. Still life and landscape photographs of the streets and suburban areas of this country are combined with portraits of its inhabitants to create a very captivating (and intriguing) book.

You can find more information about Keikoku and see more images from the series here.

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Sunday Zine Review #97: Simple Partial Seizures by Helen Korpak

Simple Partial Seizures by Helen Korpak is one of the books that SSE Project sent me a few weeks ago.

Helen is a Finnish photographer, currently living and studying photography in Helsinki. Simple Partial Seizures is a series of photographs specifically shot for the SSE Project during the first months of 2012. 

These images are a reflection of what Helen was going through during this months, a mix between loneliness and pain. Helen refers to this period as strange times and says how she wanted to create a context where the more neutral photos from the book, like the flowers and portraits, would feel a bit gross and disturbing.

You can find out more about Helen on this interview with Dazed Digital and purchase the book on SSE Project's website.

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Sunday Zine Review #96: 25/25 by Bartlomiej Lurka

This is one of the two zines that Jakub brought from Wroclaw when he went to film a new project for Future Positive a few weeks ago. This publication is part of a series of books published by Fundacja Sztuk Wizualnych (Foundation for Visual Arts), an independent, non-profit arts organization dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of the visual arts in Poland.

25/25 is a project by Polish portrait and documentary photographer Bartlomiej Lurk. In 25/25, Bartlomiej analyses 25 years of his dad's life, documenting the objects that surrounded him to try to find out who he is and used to be. 

The book is a collection of photographs documenting all these objects that belonged to Bartlomiej's dad, including love letters, postcards and family photos taken before Bartlomiej was born. It also features the first doodles drawn by  Bartlomiej together with his dad.

You can find more about the project on Bartlomiej's site and purchase a copy of the book at Fundacja Sztuk Wizualnych's shop.

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Sunday Zine Review #95: The Good News by Maia Ruth Lee

The Good News by Maia Ruth Lee is the is the second zine from the parcel SSE Project sent me (you can have a look at the first zine here)

Maia Ruth Lee is a Korean artist although she spent 13 years of her life in Kathmandu, Nepal, and she's also the founder of independent publishing collective Chillzine. The Good News is mainly a collection of her photographs, although there's also space for some illustrations and collage-style images.

Maia photographs her adventures and creations (rock sculptures, a supermarket trolley filled with what it seems to be candy floss...) in a way which is intriguing and really appealing, making the viewer want to find out more about her inspirations and the ideas behind her work.

You can find more about The Good News on the SSE Project's website.

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Sunday Zine Review #94: A Sense Of Someplace

A Sense Of Someplace is a publication created during Lindsay Perth's residency with NHS Forth Valley here in Scotland. Lindsay Perth is an artist and photographer who's still doing her residency work, dividing her time between the artist's practice and collaborative work with patients, members of the public and staff.

A Sense Of Someplace came from her desire to create something tangible and engaging from the collaborative part of her residency. This publication features a series of photomontages created as a result from the collaboration between Lindsay and the patients of Clackmannanshire Community Healthcare Centre’s Mental Health Resource in Sauchie and members of mental health support organisation Reach Out With Arts in Mind.

The photomontages were made from anonymous holiday and family 35mm slides, which were combined with other slides to create new images and stories. These photomontages are supported with essays by Alison Brough (Arts Psychotherapist), Susannah Ramsay, Tom Steele (Director of Strategic Projects and Facilities at NHS Forth Valley), Malcolm Dickson (Director of Glasgow-based gallery Street Level Photoworks) and Lindsay.

You can find more information about the project on A Sense Of Someplace's website.

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Sunday Zine Review #93: Nous Magazine 01

If you follow the Sunday Zine Review, you probably know that I love first issues of magazines. It's always great to see new publications emerging and especially seeing how many of them are focusing on niche topics.

This is the case of Nous Magazine, a magazine featuring creative work orbiting mental illness such as depression and anxiety. The first issue has been a result of a crowdfunding campaign and it features the work of over 40 contributors who are familiar with these illnesses, as well as with the main topic for this issue, insomnia.

The Insomnia Issue presents poetry, prose, photography and illustration pieces on an A5 format and printed in two inks. Most of these pieces deal with insomnia, depression and anxiety from a personal point of view whilst others are external interpretations of these illnesses.

Thanks to the crowdfunding campaign, Nous Magazine is available in assorted cafés, bars and venues in Manchester. You can find more information about it on Nous Magazine's website.

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Sunday Zine Review #92: Small Town Stories by Emma Ahlqvist

Today's first review is Small Town Stories by Emma Ahlqvist. Emma is an Illustration graduate from Edinburgh College of Art who started working a few weeks ago at the digital marketing agency where I used to work until last week.

Emma is from Sweden and this comic book is composed of three short stories all set in a small Swedish town: Amerika, Girls Play Ball and The Subject.

I must admit that I'm not a huge comic reader, but Emma's storytelling ability and sense of humour make Small Town Stories a really enjoyable zine. The characters from the three stories are great and I wish they were even part of some bigger stories - maybe in the future!

Small Town Stories is available to purchase at Emma's website along with other comics and zines.

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Sunday Zine Review #91: I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away by Sannah Kvist

SEE Project is an online gallery and publishing house based in Seoul, South Korea. They recently sent me a few zines to review, after having collaborated with them for the zine festival they organised a few months ago called Zine Pages, where Girls on Film was exhibited.

The first zine I've decided to review is I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away by Sannah Kvist. Sannah is a Swedish photographer who is also a train driver! Taken its title from the lyrics of The National's song "Slow Show", this photo zine documents Sannah's life during this last year.

What first attracted me about the zine was the warm colours and the use of light in Sannah's photos. After flipping through its pages, I checked her website and saw that it is something quite recognizable in her work.

With all the beach images, sunset moments and yellow tones, I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away is the perfect photo zine to welcome June!

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