My Favorite Photo Book Of The Day: “DYKES” by Emily Lipson 💖💖💖 link in bio @emily.lipson
Emily Lipson’s DYKES: Vol. 1 is one of the strongest contemporary portrait photography books I’ve seen in recent years. What makes the work so compelling is Lipson’s incredible sensitivity to faces, posture, gesture, and presence. The photographs feel both raw and highly refined at the same time.
There is a deep sense of trust between photographer and subject throughout the book, and that intimacy gives the portraits real emotional weight. Even across 220 pages, the work never loses its rhythm or visual tension. Every image feels carefully observed without becoming overly controlled.
The influence of fashion photography is there, but Lipson avoids empty stylization. Her subjects never disappear beneath aesthetics. The photographs remain grounded, human, and genuinely beautiful.
Designed by SJT Studio, the book unfolds slowly and confidently, allowing meaning to build through repetition, gaze, and atmosphere. A truly impressive debut monograph.
Pls join me for a very special conversation at Whitney Museum of American Art’s Whitney Biennial 2026. Link in bio⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’m deeply honored to speak about the incredible work of Mao Ishikawa alongside such inspiring scholars and curators. During the conversation, I will share how I first met Mao Ishikawa, how our photobook together came into being, and the conversations we shared in Okinawa when I visited her nearly 10 years ago.
The discussion will also explore photography, postwar Okinawa, Japanese photography history, representation, politics, and the power of intimate storytelling through images.
Sunday, May 31, 2026 2:00–3:30 PM
Floor 3 Theater Whitney Museum of American Art
With Joan Kee, Yasufumi Nakamori, Pauline Vermare, Drew Sawyer, and myself.
Special thanks to David at Dashwood Books for first introducing me to Mao Ishikawa’s work, to Alison at Alison Bradley Projects and Philo at Speciwomen for their warm support of my publication, and to Megan Heuer for organizing this event with such care and generosity. Most importantly I would like to thank you my team for making “Red Flower “ book with @session_press , design by @studiolin , production by @josmorreefinebooks and lithograph @colourandbooks
I would truly love to see familiar faces there.
@dashwood_books@alisonbradleyprojects@speciwomen@whitneymuseum@paulinevermare@nakamoriyasufumi
We’re excited to share Session Press new episode featuring Arturo Salazar and José Ruiz of Ediciónes Réplica, recorded during the ICP Photobook Fest in New York. Their full interview in bio⭐️⭐️⭐️ Book fair will start tomorrow @icp
Working between publishing, archival research, exhibition-making, and collecting, Réplica creates some of the most thoughtful and experimental photobooks today. Their projects emerge from years of investigation into forgotten printed materials, photographic histories, lobby cards, posters, magazines, and archives across Colombia and Latin America.
The conversation centers around their ICP “Book on a Wall” installation, Fuego Camina Conmigo — a collaborative project with La Burra Riso in Medellín built from thousands of surviving cinema lobby cards from the 1960s–80s. Originally intended to be destroyed after film screenings, these materials became the foundation for a publication exploring fire, cinema, memory, and the fragile life of printed images.
Thank you very much again to Arturo and José for their generosity and wonderful conversation. Special thanks as well to Eva Parra and Pasinee Pramunwong at International Center of Photography for their kind support and collaboration.
Replica Ediciones: @ediciones.replica
The founders
José Ruiz: @se_hacen_publicaciones /
Arturo Salazar: @arturosalazarg /
ICP: @icp
DP: @jamesmaherphoto@session_press
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My Favorite Photo Book Of The Day: Shyakyojin Nikki (diary of photo crazy) by Nobuyoshi Araki 💓💓💓 link in bio
“From monochrome days to color days — after Winter Journey, the complete landscape of 1991 as seen by the photo-crazed Nobuyoshi Araki.”
Here, Winter Journey refers to Araki’s final photographic story with his wife Yoko, who passed away in January 1990.
Beginning with a balcony photograph taken on January 1, 1991, and ending with a sunset seen from the same balcony on December 31, this book records Araki’s year through dated photographs of his beloved cat Chiro, fragments of Tokyo, celebrities, women, and countless encounters from day to day.
The photographs begin in monochrome and gradually shift into color toward the end of the year. Yet the transition never feels entirely optimistic. The endless movement through the city, social encounters, and constant photographing almost seem to conceal grief rather than resolve it.
What makes this book so moving is that ambiguity. Rather than simply documenting recovery after Winter Journey, it captures photography itself becoming a way to continue living.
For our ninth episode, we bring you a warm and candid conversation with photographer Daniel Arnold, joined by Pia Paulina Guilmoth and Jerry Hsu, following the release of his latest publication You Are What You Do (Loose Joints). Pls check the full conversation in bio⭐️⭐️⭐️
The discussion was recorded in Dashwood Books, New York, tracing the path of how they first met and the shared sensibilities that connect their work across different approaches to image-making.
Daniel speaks about the central role of light in his photography—how it shapes not only what we see, but how a moment is felt. Moving between his commercial assignments and his deeply personal street work, he reflects on the tension between making images for clients and following an instinctive, documentary-driven practice rooted in everyday life.
Pia and Jerry each selected their favorite photographs from Daniel’s work, opening a thoughtful exchange on editing and perception. Jerry was drawn to a quieter, more restrained image—one that holds its intensity through subtlety—while Pia responded to a photograph of flowers, recognizing a different kind of sensitivity and presence within Daniel’s gaze.
The conversation also touches on the evolution of Daniel’s recent book—how its title emerged organically through the process, and what it means to edit work in close dialogue with a publisher. Together, they reflect on the delicate balance between intuition and structure when shaping a body of work into a book.
Looking back on the COVID period, Daniel shares how his relationship with New York City deepened, describing the act of photographing the streets as something close to a daily prayer—a way of staying attentive, grounded, and present in a time of uncertainty.
Special thanks to David Strettell (@dashwood_books ), Daniel Arnold, Pia Paulina Guilmoth, and Jerry Hsu for their openness and generosity.
Thumbnail photo by Anh Nguyen
Daniel Arnold
"You Are What You Do"
Loose Joints, 2025
@arnold_daniel@internetfamous@p_guilmoth@minhanhnguyenn@jointsloose@dashwood_books@session_press
