Books: Sebastião Salgado's Genesis from Taschen

A cherrywood stand by Tadao Ando supports a new volume of photographs by Sebastião Salgado. The new publication from Taschen is available through 1stdibs.com. Image courtesy 1stdibs.com

For the first time ever, enthusiasts of Benedikt Taschen’s stunning, collectible volumes will be able to purchase one outside of a Taschen store. The publisher is teaming with 1stdibs.com to offer a limited-edition book from the show Genesis (presented simultaneously by museums in London, Toronto, Rome and Rio de Janeiro) by photographer Sebastião Salgado. The photos document Salgado’s travels around the globe, where he shot remote, pristine locations still untouched by the ravages of the modern world.

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New Michael Webb Posts

FORM contributor and newly-minted honorary AIA member Michael Webb has been doing some serious reading, checking in with a trio of book reviews over on the Views tab of the FORM Mag website. First is White Cube, Green Maze: New Art Landscapes, which documents a succession of inventive exhibitions at the Heinz Architectural Center in Pittsbugh curated by Raymund Ryan. Next is The Iconic Interior: Private Spaces of Leading Artists, Architects, and Designers, which Webb describes as a "gorgeous indulgence." Finally, Webb reviews Taschen's latest update of its collection of works by Pritzker Prize winning Japanese Architect Tadao Ando, Ando: Complete Works 1975-2012. The November/December print issue of FORM Magazine includes an interview with Ando, for those craving more of Ando's unique perspective.