Jo Nesbo. The Snowman.

Jo Nesbo. The Snowman. Vintage. 2010. London. Translated byDon Bartlett, 2010.
(Snowmannen. H. Aschehoug & Co. 2007. Oslo.)

After taking a shower and eating in the empty restaurant he went back to his room and tried to sleep. he couldn't and switched on the TV. Crap on all the channels except NRK2, which was showing Memento. He had seen the film before. The story was told from the point of view of a man with brain damage and the short-term memory of a goldfish. A woman had been killed. The protagonist had written the name of the killer on a Polaroid, as he knew he would forget. The question was whether he could trust what he had written. (p430)

 They rang off, and Harry lay staring at the minibar as Memento continued its course in reverse chronological order. (p431)

Stuart Jeffries. Puppets, twitterjacking and the art of digital fakery.

Stuart Jeffries. Puppets, twitterjacking and the art of digital fakery. The Guardian. 29/09/2011.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/29/sock-puppets-twitterjacking-digital-fakery.

This is an age in which technology makes it easier than ever to lie or concoct fakes, but, quite often, makes it harder than ever to prevent oneself being found out.

Stuart Woodman. Abstract Polaroids.

Stuart Woodman. Abstract Polaroids. Doubleplusgood Books. 2011. 12 page, full colour mini-book, produced in a hand numbered limited edition of 100.

Abstract Polaroids is the fourth title to be published by Doubleplusgood Books and the second by artist Stuart Woodman. Following on from his acclaimed debut Now We Are 30, Woodman's latest book presents us with a collection of abstract images that contain echoes of Rothko and Wolfgang Tillmans and which explore the fundamental elements of photographic reproduction: light, chemistry and technology. (Email: 18/09/2011).

To purchase: http://doubleplusgoodbookshop.blogspot.com/2011/08/stuart-woodman-abstract-polaroids.html.

David Campbell. Who believes photographs?

David Campbell. Who believes photographs? 16/09/2011.
http://www.david-campbell.org/2011/09/16/who-believes-photographs/#p15.

From his most recent post:

Recognising the capacity for manipulation does not mean abandoning the documentary promise. Everyday, amateur photographers with their vacation snaps understand this, and we should too.

Geoffroy de Boismenu. Image System 72 Polaroids / USA 1993 -1995.

Geoffroy de Boismenu. Image System 72 Polaroids / USA 1993 -1995.  RVB/JANVIER. 2011.

I came across this book - which is really a loose leaf collection of Image system (Spectra) images each somewhat larger than an LP (that's about 12 inches for those of you who don't know what vinyl is, and about 30cm for those of you who prefer metric). The images are printed on both sides. As the image below highlights the white borders are cut back to a brief and equal sided frame around all four sides of the image.

On the increase in image scale the website http://europe.agnesb.com/ notes: 'Because of the size of the book, the reader looses the scale of the polaroids, but is charmed by the uniqueness of this now-considered vintage technic.' (http://europe.agnesb.com/en/bside/section/chez-agnes-b/activities/image-system%2C-72-polaroids-1).

Image source: http://www.mottodistribution.com/site/?p=15368.

For more of his work see: http://www.geoffroydeboismenu.com/.

For the specific page detailing the book see: http://www.geoffroydeboismenu.com/#image-system.

The Current Project from ICI Press.

A project blog from http://www.culturalinquiry.org/. How do I know? Some kind soul provided a link thereon to here, and curiosity getting the better of the cat and all that I followed the link.

In April of 2011, the Institute of Cultural Inquiry began work on its fourth book tentatively titled Barthes' Tear. The third project in ICI's 'eye' series, this book will "interrogate" another canonical text: Roland Barthes'Camera Lucida. Over the months ahead, this site will lay bare the bookmaking process - from those first heady days when ideas are formed, to the long months of research, followed by the intense weeks of building a book to share with the public. 
http://www.culturalinquiry.org/theeditor/

62nd Floor. Issue 1.

 Via people.polanoid.net/BastianK at http://www.polanoid.net/.

Simon Conway. A Loyal Spy.

Conway, Simon. A Loyal Spy. Hodder and Stoughton. 2010. London.

 She opened the door to joanah's study and stared at the empty desk and the wall beside it, which had a prefusion of jottings, press cuttings, photographs and maps pinned to it. The collage, he had called it - the research matter for his memoir.

[...]

Then there were the faces. She recognoised some of them - the abvious ones, including Bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Us vice-president Dick Cheney and the Abu Ghraib guard Lynndie England. There was a Polaroid photograph of Monteith, head shadowy unit of the Ministry of Defence known only as the department, and until 2003 Jonah's boss. (pp68-69)