NIGHT PROWL: JOSHUA K. JACKSON'S “SLEEPLESS IN SOHO,” REVIEWED BY ROBERT DUNN
I love color photography. That’s all I shoot, and whenever I can get a rich explosion of color into a photo, I feel like I’m doing my job. I also love color shots at night. I often joke that I spend more time in Times Square (at least pre-pandemic) than any other New Yorker. The furious abundance of colors, the neon energy, the packed-in souls out for fun or at least diversion … pictures galore!
Which means that Joshua K. Jackson’s “Sleepless in Soho,” from Setanta Books, is right up my alley (or at least my narrow twisting street)….
VERMEER AROUND THE CORNER: A REVIEW OF “FOREVER SAUL LEITER” AND DOROTHEA LANGE’S “DAY SLEEPER,” BY ROBERT DUNN
What a sad and jubilant career Saul Leiter had! From some success shooting fashion (and fashioning his own groundbreaking color shots) back in the 1950s and ’60s, he went quiet as a photographer until 2006, when Steidl put out “Early Color,” in which we got one lovely, delicate, mysterious color shot after another. Every photo in the book was strong, and Leiter’s reputation was made. He was suddenly celebrated widely, and in effect he became an overnight Old Master of the photobook.