John Gossage, A Dozen Failures (@tisbooks, 2015)
@p.oculism toys with notions of failure and success in this thin photobook which intentionally conflates both notions. What makes any photo or book “good”? Which ones don’t make the cut? How should photographers (or anyone) assess quality? If you’re familiar with past Gossage monographs like The Pond or Hey Fuckface, you’re wrestled with these questions before. A Dozen Failures brings them into sharp (or dull?) focus, then tears failure a new asshole. “You could say that every photograph is perfect,” he writes.