ON PRESS: Salt & Truth is in Production!
We were traveling last week to be on press for Salt & Truth. It was a great pleasure to work with Shelby Lee Adams on the printing of his fourth book and first published by Candela Books.
We once again printed with Meridian Printing in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Working with Danny Frank was a pleasure and at the same time as our book was on the press, Lee Friedlander was on the neighboring press producing a 400+ page book of his self-portrait work. That was a little mind-blowing really.
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS: Appointments Available at Photo Lucida
Gordon Stettinius will be in Portland during Photo Lucida, April 14-17 and will be available for portfolio reviews if you have a book project you want feedback on. If you are interested in having him see your work contact Gordon directly at to see about his availability.
ANNOUNCING: Salt & Truth by Shelby Lee Adams
Candela Books is very proud to announce our upcoming collaboration with Shelby Lee Adams to publish his fourth book, Salt & Truth.
This new release is presently scheduled for October 2011, and will be followed by an exhibition in Candela Books’ new gallery space in Richmond, Virginia. Several exhibitions, both national and international, are being scheduled to follow the release of the book. Distribution will be handled by Distributed Art Publishers.
PRESS: Gita Lenz | Richmond Arts Review
By Amy Ritchie
Richmond Arts Review
March 15, 2011
On January 20th of this year, Gita Lenz died in New York, 100 years old, having just witnessed the first published monograph of her photographs. She had produced no new work since the 1960s, had not exhibited since the 50s, and had been wiped clean from the slate of art history until her path serendipitously crossed those of Timothy Bartling and his friend Gordon Stettinius, photographer and founder of Candela Books, a Richmond-based press devoted to printing quality publications of the photographic arts.
PRESS: Gita Lenz | NPR
The Unknown Photographer, Remembered
By Claire O’Neill, NPR’s The Picture Show, February 17, 2011
Gita Lenz (1910–2011)
I am very sorry to relate the recent passing of New York photographer, Gita Lenz.
Gita died peacefully on Thursday, January 20th, 2011 at a nursing home in New York City.
Gita Lenz lived most of her life in Greenwich Village on the corner of Carmine and 7th Avenue. From the 1940s through the mid-1960s, Gita created a body of work that withstands comparison to many of the better known photographers of the time. A self-described “Sunday photgrapher” in the 1940s, her work was often characterized by an interest in the city and life around her. While the social documentary tradition definitely had a distinct influence early on, Gita would soon take an interest in abstraction, isolating aspects both in nature and in the urban environment, stripping away details, framing images unconventionally and adding new depth and meaning to mundane and dilapidated subjects. Gita would go on to work professionally for commercial and editorial clients in the 50s and 60s.
BOOK RELEASE: Photographs by Gita Lenz
Candela Books is proud to announce the release of its first title, Gita Lenz: Photographs. The book release coincides with an exhibition of vintage black and white photographs by Gita Lenz at Gitterman Gallery in New York City. The exhibition will open with a reception and book release on Wednesday, September 22nd from 6 to 8 p.m. and continue through Saturday, November 20th.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Candela Books is excited to finally celebrate the release of its first book on Wednesday, September 22nd from 6 to 8.pm at Gitterman Gallery in New York City.
WELCOME
After finally bringing its first book to market on September 22nd (see upcoming events), Candela books will be actively seeking work for our next calendar year’s projects. We intend to publish 2-3 books in 2011 and potentially more in subsequent years. We are definitely open to submissions alongside the couple of projects we are currently considering. I also expect to be on the road for several major photography events this year.