Elizabeth Graves Photography
Books and Articles
Call Me, volume 3: November in Kyoto, June 2011. Volume 3 of "Call Me" continues the author's personal collection of EVERY phone photo taken since the phone was purchased. Set entirely in Japan, it includes photographs of fellow tourists taking photos, meal sets, train stations, hotel rooms, and other images that are concerned more with the experience of traveling in Japan than with the Japanese traditional design elements that dominated Under Autumn Clouds (a larger format book also available at Blurb by A.E. Graves: see below for a description). (To preview or purchase this book, click the link above.)
Call Me, volume 2: an early autumn, June 2011. Photographic memory is highly selective. This collection of 1,069 sequential, unedited images taken with an iPhone 1 in and around San Francisco continues the low-res visual journal where volume 1 left off, and includes reflections on the moments we choose to record. (To preview or purchase this book, click the link above.)
Call Me, volume 1: a phone photo journal, April 2011. The camera phone has changed the conventions of personal photography. Beyond documenting cocktail parties and canned poses to share on-line, the camera phone can provide an opportunity to explore photography subtly and quietly in day-to-day life.
This book is a collection of over 1,000 Apple iPhone 1 images, made during ordinary working days and casual explorations of San Francisco. Shown without retouching or other editing in the approximate order they were made, these quiet images suggest that a humble 2 megapixel phone camera can capture the joys of looking attentively at the details of plain days. (To preview or purchase this book, click the link above.)
Under Autumn Clouds: a Stormy November in Kyoto, July 2010. After 16 years, I returned to Japan during a tumultuous and challenging period of change in my life, and captured the elements of Kyoto that I most wished to remember. Rather than a catalog of key monuments, it is a compilation of small details and deep colors that most remind me of the best moments of my time there. (To preview or purchase this book, click the link above.)
Stanislaus: Two Walks in the Western Sierra Foothills, self-published photo essay, July 2009. This is a photo essay of infrared images made along the Stanislaus River in the Sierra Foothills. This edition is short and simple, beautifully printed by Blurb. (To preview or purchase this book, click the link above.)
AlternativePhotography.com : Art and Artists, Edition 1, by Malin Fabbri, released November 2006. Malin's latest book is an amazing work: two samples of work from each of 115 artists working in the "alternative processes," the primarily hand-coated emulsion processes that were invented long ago. These processes have characteristics that today's new products and digital media cannot match. For anyone who has ever wondered why an artist would want complete control of their photographic prints, right down to the characteristics of the emulsion, and what can be done with that level of control for artistic purposes, this is an encyclopedic art book that answers that question in 115 different ways.
Here is the editor's description:
Alternative Photography: Art and Artists, Edition I highlights the work of over 100 of today's most active photographers working with alternative processes. Discover how the different processes create a unique look in a print, and get an insight into how the processes function. Here you will find both information and inspiration. Artists introduce themselves, their work and why they chose the qualities of that particular process.
This is a high quality coffee table book, available in both soft and hardcover. It can be purchased from its page at the Lulu website (lulu.com/alternativephoto). Additional information is available from alternativephotography.com's profile of the book.
Like Sand From Orchids Lips: Limited Collectors First Edition, published by TCB Cafe Press/Cafe Andre, July 2006. "The joint themes 'Orchid Chic: Passion, Fashion & Orchids' and 'Sand: The Human Form in a Formless Medium' were interpreted by a pool of international photographers, and the resulting fine-art photography book is illuminating to the eye and the intellect." Elizabeth was a finalist in the TCB Cafe Press/Cafe Andre Juried Photography Competition 2005 in the category "Orchid Chic: Passion, Fashion & Orchids." Three of her images are featured as full pages in this limited edition coffee table book; one of her images adorns the rear cover.
Blueprint to cyanotypes - Exploring a historical alternative photographic process, by Malin and Gary Fabbri, May 2006. This high quality, glossy, heavily illustrated textbook describes the technical and artistic opportunities presented by the cyanotype process. The book provides all of the information required to begin using this non-toxic, archival, photographic printing process. Stellar and diverse examples of prints from a range of contemporary artists using cyanotype demonstrate how the process can be used to express ideas in a wide range of artistic styles. A full page reproduction of a cyanotype photogram represents Elizabeth's visual contribution to this first edition.
Review of Diffusion Magazine, Volume 1, published at alternativephotography.com.
Review of Brought to Light: Photography and the Invisible, 1840-1900, published at alternativephotography.com.
Vinegar-developed cyanotypes: Non-Toxic Midtone Contrast Control, May 2008, published at alternativephotography.com. The article provides comparisons between water and 5% white vinegar development on classic cyanotype formula prints.
Wet plate collodion studio rental in San Francisco, January 2008, published at alternativephotography.com. This is an interview with Michael Shindler of RayKo Photo Center regarding wet plate collodion facilities and the renewed popularity of this handmade process.
Vandyke over cyanotype: a combination process with special effects, Spring 2007, published at alternativephotography.com. "Impermanence can be interesting." An aging experiment on unfixed vandyke over cyanotype prints.
How to mount and mat a print for framing, October 2006, published at alternativephotography.com. This article provides general instruction on a simple way to mount and mat a print for framing.
Cyanotypes and Chocolate: a Match Made in San Francisco, July 2006, published at alternativephotography.com. This interview with an artist and chocolatier describes his documentary photography/craft project, in which his photographs of San Francisco local street signs and marquees are printed as cyanotypes and used to adorn gift boxes and tins.
How to Make an Elegant Photo Album, March 2006, published at alternativephotography.com. This bookbinding instruction article is an illustrated guide to creating a handmade photo album/portfolio with clean lines and metal post binding for displaying photographic prints.
The Kallitype Printing Kit - A great start, October 2005, published at alternativephotography.com. This article provides scans of Elizabeth's very first prints made using the Photographer's Formulary kallitype kit's three different developer recipes to illustrate what a complete beginner to the process can expect on their initial efforts if using paper negatives.
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