Big shout out to Nathan Pearce and his “Midwest Dirt”. The book is a fine gem, consisting of images made and sequenced with a sincerity that depicts a rural American town and its inhabitants in southern Illinois. Without exploiting or simplifying the character of place by resorting to the ever-cliche’ lawless or hopelessness of small […]
January 26, 2015 – 7:26 pm
Happy to discuss Trying to Find the Ocean a bit in-depth with Kyle Seis, for Wavepool.
December 10, 2014 – 10:05 am
Jungjin Lee’s photographs are an indelible experience. Mack is courageous in taking on the task of reproducing her large-scale, hand-made prints (from rice paper with applied emulsion). She is a seamless master in executing metaphorical imagery. Her work is not blasphemous, extroverted photographic pictorialism, but the work of a spirited, interior-working artist. Her books “Thing” […]
November 10, 2014 – 9:29 pm
I’m pleased to announce signed copies ofTrying to Find the Ocean will be available for sale at Le PhotoBookFest in Paris this weekend, Nov. 14-16, in tandem with Paris Photo. Be sure to visit L’Ascenseur Végétal’s pop-up bookshop of great books. Tell Claude, I sent you! He will have several photographers present doing signings, as […]
October 2, 2014 – 12:40 pm
I’ve spent a few inspiring sittings this week with Michael Ashkin’s just released “Long Branch”, published by A-Jump Books. Michael signed copies at the NY Art Book Fair on Saturday. The book is exactly the photographic dose I needed at the moment. The tonal quality of the images, consistent the whole length, is rendered perfectly […]
September 11, 2014 – 12:20 pm
A local newspaper, the Bucks County Herald, spoke with me last week about self-publishing and Trying to Find the Ocean. The Summer saw great sales after releasing my book in June. I’m pleased TTFTO has been shipped to many parts of the globe. Much thanks to everyone who purchased a copy and showed interest in […]
I’m pleased to have my book featured on Lenscratch. Much gratitude goes to one of photography’s saints – Aline Smithson, for sharing with her world-wide audience. Many photographs from the book accompany the article. Thanks for looking. View full feature at LENSCRATCH
Trying to Find the Ocean now resides in the extensive collection at Indie Photobook Library in Washington D.C.. IPL’s website offers thorough information on a diverse array of independently published photobooks, while also touring their collection to venues nationally, making the books tangible to the public at large. I’m happy to be in their mix. […]
The Afterword essay from Trying to Find the Ocean by Mark Alice Durant has been posted. You can read the full essay here. – AFTERWORD
Thanks so much to all those who purchased my book in the first month of its release. There will be 20 signed copies available in Arles, France next week at Les Recontres d’Arles photography exposition. Sincere gratitude goes to L’Ascenseur Végétal book store for featuring Trying to Find the Ocean at their table. I wish […]
