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Memorare (Second Printing) by @brian_mcswain is now available for purchase on our website (link in bio).

Made in a limited edition of 50, each copy comes with a signed pigment print. Shipping will commence next week.

Memorare is a book of photographs by Brian McSwain made between Florida’s coasts from 2015-2021. Inspired by McSwain’s mother and her enduring faith during her life, the images capture the splendor when one allows the world to reveal itself.

Depictions of storm clouds, dragonflies and sugarcane fields weave together a narrative from the eyes of the lone traveler. From morning light through evening shadow, one can gather from McSwain’s pictures the restorative values inherent in the landscape.

Standard Edition (Second Printing)

8.7 inches x 12 inches
Signed Pigment Print (8.5 inches x 11 inches)
Softcover, Perfect Bound
70 pages, 44 b/w plates
ISBN 978-1-7369863-0-1
Edition of 50
*Ships Internationally by @smogpress

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5 months ago

Join us at the LA Art Book Fair. In addition to our catalog of books, we will be showcasing monographs from three friends:

Black Woods
@takashikato
210 x 297mm
Soft Cover, Japanese Stab Binding
Self-Published | Edition of 100
Signed

EXHAUST
@zachcallahan
9in x 8.25in
Soft Cover, Smyth Sewn
Self-Published | Edition of 400
Comes with signed print

Doldrums
@briankanagaki
10.33in x 12.5in
Hardcover, Clothbound
@softcopy | edition of 400

@printedmatter_artbookfairs
ArtCenter College of Design
South Campus
950 S. Raymond Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105

@tallpoppypress x @smogpress
Table: B14 by @smogpress

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Smog Press is pleased to present our 7th monograph: ‘Democratic Vistas’.

‘Democratic Vistas’ is a collaborative monograph that chronicles unpublished work from Tim Carpenter and Jason Lee from 2008 - 2019.

The project is inspired by Walt Whitman’s 1871 book of the same title, in which Whitman’s visionary lyrical prose confronts post-Civil War America and beckons its soul. Lee and Carpenter fostered a kinship while making work in rural America, with Lee working primarily in Oklahoma and Carpenter in Illinois, and they started sharing ‘vistas’ with each other, each photograph informing the next.

‘Democratic Vistas’ is a culmination of those informal conversations. Whitman’s poetic America is weaved through the roads and homes photographed by Carpenter and Lee.

“I’ve always tried to stay the course of honestly documenting what I see as I see it and finding some kind of appreciation for this American landscape. That’s been the driving force for me from the beginning.” - Jason Lee

“It’s very important to me to think about the distances, the edges, the focal planes – it’s the formal differences that are meaningful to me and how I’m positioning myself against the world. How I feel about the world is manifested in the pictures.” - Tim Carpenter

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Standard Edition:

9.25 inches x 10.25 inches
Softcover, Smyth Sewn
72 pages, 55 b/w plates
978-1-7369863-7-0
Edition of 400

Special Edition:

Signed Copy of ‘Democratic Vistas’
2 x (8 x 10 in) Archival Pigment Prints (Printed and Signed by Artists)
Edition of 15, with 4 AP’s

@timcarpenter
@jasonlee

(Link in Bio) by @smogpress

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We are pleased to share a limited edition reprint of our first monograph ‘Memorare’ by @brian_mcswain . Available exclusively at the LA Art Book Fair, each copy comes with a signed and editioned print.

For those that cannot make the fair, ‘Memorare’ will be available for sale online in the coming week.

Memorare
8.7 inches x 12 inches
Softcover, Perfect Bound
70 pages, 44 b/w plates
8.5in x 11in Pigment Print (Signed)
Edition of 50
55$ USD

@printedmatter_artbookfairs
@brian_mcswain
@smogpress by @smogpress

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@smogpress and @tallpoppypress are teaming up for this years LA Art Book Fair!
Join us at @printedmatter_artbookfairs @artcenteredu this Thursday through Sunday in the photography section - table B14 featuring new and out of print releases by:

@odetteengland @mattdunne @timcarpenter jasonlee @marisa.mu @brianmcswain @christine.c.w @aymankaake @jordanbaumgarten @amywoodwardphoto @_lindamoses @nemiroj @danielericweiss @zachcallahan @takashikato @briankanagaki

ArtCenter College of Design
South Campus
950 S. Raymond Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105
Fair Hours:
Thursday, May 7
Opening Night
6–9 PM, $30

Friday, May 8
11 AM – 7 PM, $8

Saturday, May 9
11 AM – 7 PM, $8

Sunday, May 10
11 AM – 6 PM, Free by @smogpress

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A very limited second printing of ‘Where You Were When’ by @taylortgalloway has been added to our online inventory. All copies come signed / editioned. Please follow the link in the bio for purchase!

Made over the course of three days driving through Pennsylvania and Ohio, Where You Were When is a meditation on escape and yielding to the present moment.

Galloway incorporates symbols in his photographs to construct a legend that maps the subconscious across an emotionally charged landscape.

‘Someone once told me a body in motion has a chance.

I walked back to New Philadelphia to test the odds.
When your family is praying for you it makes you
want to believe in God. There was
twenty years of fog floating above the street.

So ripe I could fall off a tree, caught by the current and
taken out of town.’

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Standard Edition:

8 inches x 10 inches
Softcover, Vellum Dust Jacket, Saddle Stitched
68 pages, 28 b/w plates
978-1-7369863-6-3

Designed by @nick.massarelli in collaboration with @pharmacy__books by @smogpress

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7 months ago

Visit @show.l.a this Friday and stop by the @tisbooks table for a limited reprint signing of ‘Where You Were When’ by @taylortgalloway 🎲

Friday 2/27 - 2pm

The REEF
1933 South Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90007
*entry tickets required taken in The REEF L.A. by @smogpress

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See you tonight @the_fulcrum_press

Democratic Vistas, Tim Carpenter & Jason Lee
Saturday October 25th, 6-9pm
The Fulcrum
422 Ord Street 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA by @smogpress

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Democratic Vistas Exhibition Flyers, designed by @nick.massarelli | printed on newsprint

Free at the reception! Tomorrow night 6-9pm: @the_fulcrum_press

Democratic Vistas,
Tim Carpenter & Jason Lee
Saturday October 25th, 6-9pm
The Fulcrum
422 Ord Street 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA by @smogpress

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A dream come true to host our friends @smogpress and their wonderful book ‘Democratic Vistas’ by @timcarpenter & @jasonlee

Show opens this Saturday 5-9pm

So proud and grateful to host all of these wonderful people and their beautiful work! See you all Saturday! by @smogpress

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‘Democratic Vistas’ an exhibition of work by @timcarpenter and @jasonlee. Exhibition opens today and runs through the 31st with a reception on Saturday, October 25th from 6-9pm.

Limited out of stock signed copies of the monograph will be available for purchase at the reception alongside a free newsprint edition poster.

Democratic Vistas
Tim Carpenter & Jason Lee
Oct 20 - 31st
Reception Oct 25th 6-9pm
@the_fulcrum_press
422 Ord Street
2nd Floor
Los Angeles by @smogpress

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Please join us at @the_fulcrum_press next week for ‘Democratic Vistas’ an exhibition of work by Tim Carpenter and Jason Lee. Exhibition opens Monday, October 20th and runs through the 31st with a reception on Saturday, October 25th from 6-9pm.

Limited out of stock signed copies of the monograph will be available for purchase alongside the framed prints. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Democratic Vistas
Tim Carpenter & Jason Lee
Oct 20 - 31st
Reception Oct 25th 6-9pm
@the_fulcrum_press
422 Ord Street
2nd Floor
Los Angeles

Flyer design by @nick.massarelli by @smogpress

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