Mark Alice Durant
Confessions of a Working Class Artist
Publication date: 24 November 2026
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Confessions of a Working Class Artist
Publication date: 24 November 2026Photobooks
Mark Alice Durant makes a point of noting that his new book is neither a sociological study nor a manifesto. Still, Confessions of a Working Class Artist is quite a lot of things, including an autobiography, a celebration of art in general and photography in particular, and even a collection of advice (sort of) for aspiring creatives, interspersed with aphoristic commentary on life as an artist of humble origins.
Confessions is written in an episodic style, mixing personal anecdotes of shame and revelation, sociopolitical observations, and stories from fellow working-class artists. Durant also writes about some of the biggest influences on his artistic (and political) views, from the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to the French painter Gustave Caillebotte to the American filmmaker Maya Deren.
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Confessions is written in an episodic style, mixing personal anecdotes of shame and revelation, sociopolitical observations, and stories from fellow working-class artists. Durant also writes about some of the biggest influences on his artistic (and political) views, from the Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke to the French painter Gustave Caillebotte to the American filmmaker Maya Deren.
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About the book:
Text by Mark Alice Durant
ISBN 979-8-9899602-6-2
Book and cover design: Guenet Abraham
Published by Saint Lucy Books (November 2026)
Gatefold cover / 8.5 × 6.5″ / 192 pages / 29 illustrations
Lauren Shaw
Traces of Impermanence
Publication date: 22 September 2026
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Traces of Impermanence
Publication date: 22 September 2026Photobooks
Marking Lauren Shaw’s return to photography after two decades of making documentary films, this new photobook is a poetic contemplation and embrace of life’s constant change. Through uncompromising pictures of herself, Shaw boldly faces her own aging while observing nature’s cycles of birth, bloom, and decline and seeing “the quiet promise of renewal” in every moment.
Shaw documents her body yielding to the natural progression of time—its scars, bruises, and marks revealing resilience, vulnerability, and the record of a life lived. These are juxtaposed with poetic images from the natural world that explore the interplay between beauty and imperfection, growth and decay, each shaping and deepening the presence of the other and evoking the rhythms that govern all living things.
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Shaw documents her body yielding to the natural progression of time—its scars, bruises, and marks revealing resilience, vulnerability, and the record of a life lived. These are juxtaposed with poetic images from the natural world that explore the interplay between beauty and imperfection, growth and decay, each shaping and deepening the presence of the other and evoking the rhythms that govern all living things.
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Photographs by Lauren Shaw
ISBN 978-1-969303-07-4
Essays by Lucy R. Lippard and Terry Tempest Williams
Design by Takaaki Matsumoto
Published by MW Editions (22 September 2026)
Hardbound, 96 pages, 61 color photographs, 10 × 10“
Susan kae Grant
Night Journey
Publication date: 22 September 2026
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Night Journey
Publication date: 22 September 2026Photobooks
This new photobook by the lens-based artist Susan kae Grant is a haunting collection of whimsical dreamscapes—(re)constructed from her childhood memories and dream explorations, carried out at home and in a lab.
Divided into seven chapters, Night Journey comprises some 90 black-and-white photographs taken—or, the way Grant puts it, made—over the past two and a half decades, starting in 2000.
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Divided into seven chapters, Night Journey comprises some 90 black-and-white photographs taken—or, the way Grant puts it, made—over the past two and a half decades, starting in 2000.
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Photographs by Susan kae Grant
ISBN 978-1-969303-05-0
Essay by Deborah Willis with Mecca Brooks, and Trudy Wilner
Design by Takaaki Matsumoto
Published by MW Editions (22 September 2026)
Clothbound with jacket, 164 pages, 89 photographs, 9.25 × 12“
Press:
Colossal
L'Œil de la Photographie
121 Clicks
Dan Nelken
HeadStrong: The Women of Rural Uganda
Publication date: September 2026 (EU), October 2026 (US)
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HeadStrong: The Women of Rural Uganda
Publication date: September 2026 (EU), October 2026 (US)Photobooks
Dan Nelken’s new photobook is a compelling collection of portraits celebrating women of Northern Uganda working hard to provide for their families. Most of the sitters for this graceful series have lived a harsh life affected by the civil war, subsequent insurgencies, and struggling economy.
Some of the women were abducted by insurgents when they were kids or were internally displaced because of the hostilities. Many had to drop out of school and started to work at a young age. Most are mothers toiling to buy food and clothes for their children, and pay school fees. But none abandon hope for a brighter future.
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Some of the women were abducted by insurgents when they were kids or were internally displaced because of the hostilities. Many had to drop out of school and started to work at a young age. Most are mothers toiling to buy food and clothes for their children, and pay school fees. But none abandon hope for a brighter future.
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Photographs by Dan Nelken
ISBN 978-3-96900-240-7
Foreword by Dr. Stella Nyanzi
Essay by Ber Anena
Stories & Essay by Beatrice Lamwaka
Design by Caleb Cain Marcus, Luminosity Lab
Published by Kehrer Verlag (September 2026)
Hardback
120 pages, 61 color illustrations, 9.45” × 11.81”
Press
Blind magazine
The Guardian
Professional Photographer (PPA) magazine
Caleb Cain Marcus
A Thousand Rectangles
Exhibition dates: May 30 – July 26, 2026
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A Thousand Rectangles
Exhibition dates: May 30 – July 26, 2026Exhibitions
An award-winning book designer, Caleb Cain Marcus has long promoted the making of books as an art form in its own right. This summer, he furthers his philosophy through an actual art exhibition — A Thousand Rectangles: On Design and the Expression of Art — hosted by the Griffin Museum of Photography from May 30 - July 26, 2026.
To explore the nature of his medium of choice, Cain Marcus deconstructs and dissociates some of his studio’s products from their original form and purpose. By doing so, he creates pieces that celebrate the enduring beauty and magnetism of books, as well as their power to inspire.
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To explore the nature of his medium of choice, Cain Marcus deconstructs and dissociates some of his studio’s products from their original form and purpose. By doing so, he creates pieces that celebrate the enduring beauty and magnetism of books, as well as their power to inspire.
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About the exhibition:
Caleb Cain Marcus, A Thousand Rectangles: On Design and the Expression of Art
May 30 – July 26, 2026
Reception and Artist Talk: Friday, 26 June 2026 5:30-7:30 pm
Griffin Museum of Photography📍67 Shore Road, Winchester, MA
List of works:
01. Ideas Rise from the Ashes, 2026. Single-channel video
02. Breaking Design Systems, 2026. Book confetti, glass jars and cork
03. Identity Erased, 2026. Books and paint
04. An Archive of Practice, 2026. Printed pages from designed books, floating frames
