MAX FERGUSON
LONDON, UK
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ABOUT
BOOKS
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WHIPLASH MEMORIAL (WIP)
TURBULENCE (WIP)
DEADFALL
WHISTLING FOR OWLS
LONDON, UK
ABOUT
EDITING
WHIPLASH MEMORIAL (WIP)
TURBULENCE (WIP)
DEADFALL
WHISTLING FOR OWLS
Deadfall
Max Ferguson
Oval Press, 2023
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order here
Deadfall is the second book from Max Ferguson, and Oval Press. It is a photographic novel that weaves together literature and photography, inviting the reader to slide in free-fall through the life, dreams and memories of its faulted protagonist.
‘This sense of suspension reflects Deadfall’s general feeling of vertigo. We arrive to the story in medias res, with a dislocation or destabilisation waiting on either side of the words we’re reading, but which never quite arrives. Here we are instead, stilled, inhaling smoke, anticipating the way our felt experience may be about to change. The photographs — quiet and potent — are working their way through delicate membrane and into us.’
ALICE ZOO / INTERLOPER
Max Ferguson
Oval Press, 2023
order here
Deadfall is the second book from Max Ferguson, and Oval Press. It is a photographic novel that weaves together literature and photography, inviting the reader to slide in free-fall through the life, dreams and memories of its faulted protagonist.
‘This sense of suspension reflects Deadfall’s general feeling of vertigo. We arrive to the story in medias res, with a dislocation or destabilisation waiting on either side of the words we’re reading, but which never quite arrives. Here we are instead, stilled, inhaling smoke, anticipating the way our felt experience may be about to change. The photographs — quiet and potent — are working their way through delicate membrane and into us.’
ALICE ZOO / INTERLOPER
The Portrait Photographer’s Manual
Cian Oba Smith & Max Ferguson
Thames & Hudson, 2023
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Available here
Through simple projects on subjects such as 'Making Self-Portraits' and 'Capturing Personal Moments' as well as captivating profiles of twenty internationally acclaimed photographers, Cian Oba-Smith and Max Ferguson give you a visual tour of the medium.
“Anyone looking to enhance their skills in portraiture will find this new volume useful. Drawing on the work of 20 photographers from around the world, authors Cian Oba-Smith and Max Ferguson assess established approaches to portraits and explore the latest contemporary thinking. Readers can also get involved, with each chapter containing projects to follow.”
DIGITAL CAMERA WORLD
Cian Oba Smith & Max Ferguson
Thames & Hudson, 2023
Available here
Through simple projects on subjects such as 'Making Self-Portraits' and 'Capturing Personal Moments' as well as captivating profiles of twenty internationally acclaimed photographers, Cian Oba-Smith and Max Ferguson give you a visual tour of the medium.
“Anyone looking to enhance their skills in portraiture will find this new volume useful. Drawing on the work of 20 photographers from around the world, authors Cian Oba-Smith and Max Ferguson assess established approaches to portraits and explore the latest contemporary thinking. Readers can also get involved, with each chapter containing projects to follow.”
DIGITAL CAMERA WORLD
Whistling for Owls
Max Ferguson
Oval Press, 2022
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SOLD OUT (PDF free here)
Max’s first book , from his imprint Oval Press, is a story in two parts: image and text; France and London; memoir and fiction; truth and lies. The oblique photographs and sometimes-poetic texts bring together a loose narrative of love, loss and longing inspired mostly by literature.
“In the end, what is significant is the way that Ferguson offers images that frequently move beyond their own physical limitations as flat images by extending out to our senses and our memories.”
1000 WORDS MAGAZINE
Max Ferguson
Oval Press, 2022
SOLD OUT (PDF free here)
Max’s first book , from his imprint Oval Press, is a story in two parts: image and text; France and London; memoir and fiction; truth and lies. The oblique photographs and sometimes-poetic texts bring together a loose narrative of love, loss and longing inspired mostly by literature.
“In the end, what is significant is the way that Ferguson offers images that frequently move beyond their own physical limitations as flat images by extending out to our senses and our memories.”
1000 WORDS MAGAZINE