Win a copy of Kenneth Josephson’s The Light of Coincidence

A FlakPhoto Giveaway

Hey book geeks! I’m teaming up with the University of Texas Press to give away 7 copies of Kenneth Josephson’s new retrospective, The Light of Coincidence, this week. This is a beautiful book from a fascinating photographer and a perfect addition to your collection. Who wants it?

About the book

Kenneth Josephson is one of the foremost conceptual photographers in America. Since the early 1960s, when institutions such as MoMA privileged photography in the documentary mode, Josephson has championed the photograph as an object “made,” not taken, by an artist pursuing an idea. Using innovative techniques like placing images within images and including his own body in photographs, Josephson created an outstanding body of work that is startlingly contemporary and full of ideas about the nature of seeing, of “reality,” and of human aspirations, and about what it means to be a human observing the world.

The Light of Coincidence is the definitive, career-spanning retrospective of Josephson’s work and one of the few volumes ever published on this major artist. Josephson has worked in series over long periods of time, and the book beautifully reproduces representative selections from every series, including Josephson’s best-known Images within Images. Lynne Warren places Josephson’s art in historical context, from his early studies with Aaron Siskind and Harry Callahan at the Institute of Design and with Minor White at the Rochester Institute of Technology, to his mature work, which shares affinities with that of conceptual artists such as Cindy Sherman and Ed Ruscha, to his shaping influence on generations of students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he taught for over thirty-five years. Preeminent photo historian Gerry Badger’s foreword confirms Josephson’s stature as an artist who has explored “in a thoroughly creative and complex, yet accessible, way, the perhaps narrow but infinitely deep gap between actuality and image.”

How To Win

Deadline is Saturday, April 23 at 11:59 p.m. CDT.

Submission is easy — I’m showing images from the book on @FlakPhoto IG this week. Watch for this work at instagram.com/flakphoto and, when you see a Josephson picture, tag a photography friend in the comments for a chance to win. (You can find them at hashtag #FlakPhotoGiveaway and enter as many times as y’like.) Submission is FREE and all are welcome to participate. I’ll draw 5 random commenters to win on Sunday, April 24.

This too: You can subscribe to University of Texas Press’ email newsletter for a chance to win. UT Press will draw 2 random winners from the new new subscriptions on Monday, April 25.

I’d love for more people to hear about this — please share with photography friends, students, and colleagues. Good Luck!