Born Two-Gether

Jan Brennan

J&L Books

The subject matter is North America. sad, funny, beautiful, tragic, absurd, banal...

Sunbird

Arts & Photography

Fulford, Jason

Gilders, Adam

Individual Artists

Black and white photographs of people dancing to their favorite songs.

Dancing Pictures

Photography & Video

Short stories by eight authors Drawings by twenty-seven artists

J&L Illustrated #1

Comics & Graphic Novels

David Shrigley

Craig Taylor

Jeff Johnson

Hunter Kennedy

MARK, RICHARD

Sam Lipsyte

Marcel Dzama

Adam Gilders

Morwyn Brebner

Hudson Bell

How To Create Comics & Manga

Shut Up Truth is a document of artist Michael Schmelling's friendship with James Holloway, a Texas native and union projectionist. The project began in 1996, when Schmelling met Holloway at a film screening while on assignment in Texas for the Associated Press. Shut Up Truth iis an unflincing and intimate portrait of a single, white middle-aged man. The photographs, taken in El Paso, constitute a documentary of contemporary American life. Michael Schmelling was born in Pittsburgh in 1973. He now lives in New York City and is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, The Fader, Details.

Michael Schmelling: Shut Up Truth

Jubliee is Ted Fair's first book, comprised of color photographs taken between 2000 and 2003 across the United States. The selection of photographs is meant to be read as one would read the lines of a poem; each image offering a perspective on the one before, and one following. The result is an oblique window into Fair's world, and a tender picture of contemporary suburban and rural American life. Ted Fair was born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in 1970. He now lives in Brooklyn, NY where he surveys buildings for an architectural restoration company.

Ted Fair: Jubilee

Ted Fair

Gus Powell lives in Brooklyn. These pictures were taken during his lunch hours over the last few years.

Gus Powell: The Company of Strangers

Crushed is Jason Fulford's second book. This selection of color photographs was inspired by the contrast in the feelings of sadness and humor--one interpretation being that beauty and humor can provide both antidote and a necessary companion to melancholy. These pictures were taken from 1997 to 2001 in the United States, Canada, France, Hungary, India, Iceland, China and Romania.

Jason Fulford: Crushed (J&L BOOKS)

Leanne Shapton is from Toronto, Canada. Her drawings were done from photographs she took of her close friends and surroundings over the last five years.

Leanne Shapton: Toronto

History & Criticism

Beautiful Ecstasy is a collection of snapshot portraits and still lifes by American photographer Michael Northrup (born 1948), shot in the 1970s and 80s. Young families--Northrup's own and those of friends--are depicted partying and performing for the camera, a jubilant and wild community in small-town America.

Michael Northrup: Beautiful Ecstasy

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