Author Archives: Russet Lederman

About Russet Lederman

Russet Lederman is a media artist, researcher, and Japanese photobook collector who lives in New York City. She has taught media art theory and practice at Pratt Institute, Parsons The New School for Design and is currently a faculty member in the MFA Art Criticism & Writing program and MFA Computer Art department at the School of Visual Arts, New York City. Lederman has received awards and grants from Prix Ars Electronica and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Let’s Pretend! The Contemporary American Photobook

Posted on April 23, 2013

Most of the boxes that hit my doormat come from Japan, but more recently with the approaching sneak preview of the 10×10 American Photobooks project, which I am co-organizing with Matthew Carson and Olga Yatskevich, I’ve been receiving a lot … Continue reading →

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Collaborations in Japanese Photobooks: Shuji Terayama, Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno

Posted on March 11, 2013

Photobooks by their very nature are collaborative endeavors. On their most basic level they involve a photographer and a printer. More often than not, they also engage a collaborative dialogue with a designer. During the 1960s in Japan, as traditional … Continue reading →

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10×10 American Photobooks Seeks Funding for its Publication

Posted on March 1, 2013

We need your help to fund the 10×10 American Photobooks publication – support the campaign by clicking this link. 10×10 is going to Tokyo in 2013! 10×10 is taking 100 contemporary American photobooks to Tokyo this year and we need … Continue reading →

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Shomei Tomatsu (1930 – 2012)

Posted on January 7, 2013

It was announced earlier today that acclaimed postwar Japanese photographer Shomei Tomatsu died in Okinawa on December 14, 2012. Tomatsu was a founding member of the influential Vivo photography collective in 1959 and mentor to successive generations of younger Japanese … Continue reading →

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The Photobook: Turn the Page Please

Posted on December 17, 2012

Recently, I’ve been struck by the different ways that photobooks are being presented in exhibitions and reading rooms. In the past, it was really simple to distinguish a venue by the manner in which a photobook was encountered. If the … Continue reading →

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Hidden Dangers: Japanese Photobooks in the Shadow of Fukushima

Posted on October 23, 2012

No stranger to the horrific health consequences caused by nuclear radiation, the Japanese people were plunged into a state of national uncertainty and fear on March 11, 2011 when a devastating earthquake and tsunami severely damaged northern Tohoku and its … Continue reading →

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New Yorker Magazine highlights 10×10 Japanese Photobooks

Posted on September 29, 2012

Maria Lokke of the New Yorker interviewed several 10×10 specialists and shared their comments in yesterday’s Photo Booth blog. ICP’s Deirdre Donohue and Christopher Phillips offered insights into their selection process. Check out the complete article at http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2012/09/10×10-japanese-photobooks.html#slide_ss_0=1

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10×10 Japanese Photobooks Reading Room – September 28-30 from 3-9 PM

Posted on September 28, 2012

Please join us this evening from 7 – 9 PM at the opening reception  for the 10×10 Japanese Photobooks Reading Room. ICP – Bard MFA Studio Space 24-20 Jackson Avenue, 3rd Floor, Long Island City (Across the street from MoMA … Continue reading →

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10×10 Reading Room (Day 10): Akio Nagasawa / BLD Gallery

Posted on September 27, 2012

10×10 Japanese Photobooks As part of 10×10 Japanese Photobooks, a pop-up reading room of 100 Japanese photobooks at the ICP-Bard MFA Studios from September 28-30, 2012 and an online resource space at Photo(o)lia, Monsters & Madonnas features one 10×10 reading … Continue reading →

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10×10 Reading Room (Day 9): Kunihiro Takahashi / Tosei sha

Posted on September 26, 2012

10×10 Japanese Photobooks As part of 10×10 Japanese Photobooks, a pop-up reading room of 100 Japanese photobooks at the ICP-Bard MFA Studios from September 28-30, 2012 and an online resource space at Photo(o)lia, Monsters & Madonnas features one 10×10 reading … Continue reading →

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