The Guide: August 2013 Edition

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LightBox presents our monthly round-up of the best books, exhibitions and ways to experience photography beyond the web—from Carrie Levy’s exhibition in North Carolina and Gabriel Orozco’s latest show in Edinburgh, to Newsha Tavakolian in Los Angeles and England based Trolley Books’ look back at their first ten years.

‘The Guide’ on LightBox will be published monthly. If you have submissions or suggestions for upcoming round-ups of the best books and exhibitions, feel free to pass them along via email before August 15. We’ll also be updating this gallery throughout the month.

See the previous editions of The Guide:

  • July 2013
  • June 2013
  • May 2013
  • April 2013
  • Exhibition. Manfred Willmann, "Das Land." Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany. July 6 - August 31, 2013. Pictured: Untitled, from the series "Das Land", 1982.Manfred Willmann, Courtesy Galerie Priska Pasquer
    To The Sea . The Road Trip
    Exhibition. Narelle Autio and Trent Parke, "To the Sea." Hugo Michell Gallery, Adelaide, Australia. August 1 - August 31, 2013. Pictured: To The Sea . The Road Trip.Trent Parke—Magnum
    Exhibition. Rachel Hulin, "Flying Henry." ClampArt, New York. July 25 - September 7, 2013. Pictured: Group Flight, 2012.Rachel Hulin, Courtesy ClampArt
    Exhibition. Christian Houge, "Shadow Within (2010-2013)." Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, California. July 20 - August 17, 2013. Pictured: Untitled 22, USA, 2012.Christian Houge, Courtesy Hosfelt Gallery
    Exhibition. Jo Ractliffe "The Borderlands." STEVENSON, Johannesburg, South Africa. July 25 - August 31, 2013. Pictured: Somersaulting boys, Schmidtsdrift, 2012.Jo Ractliffe
    Exhibition. "The New Street Types of New York." Alice Austen House, Staten Island, New York. July 17 - September 28, 2013. Pictured: Le1f, Manhattan, 2012.Geordie Wood
    Exhibition. "Summer Salad." Janet Borden, Inc, New York. July 7 - September 10, 2013. Pictured: A Corner of the Children’s Playroom, Butlin’s Ayr.John Hinde Company
    Exhibition. "Reveal: Portraits by Carrie Levy" North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina. July 21, 2013 - January 26, 2014. Pictured: Chris, from the series "You Before All", 2010.Carrie Levy
    Exhibition. "Shadowplay: Transgressive Photography from the Hood Museum of Art Collection." Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire. August 10 - December 8, 2013. Pictured: Romance of Ambrose Bierce #3, 1964.Ralph Eugene Meatyard
    Exhibition. "Newsha Tavakolian." Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. July 29 - December 15, 2013. Pictured: Untitled, from the series Listen, 2010.Newsha Tavakolian
    Exhibition. Gabriel Orozco, "Thinking in Circles." The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. August 1 - October 18, 2013. Pictured: Ball on Water, 1994.Gabriel Orozco, Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery, New York; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, kurimanzutto, Mexico City and White Cube, London
    Exhibition. Chris Stein, "Hell in the City of Angels." Morrison Hotel Gallery, West Hollywood, California. August 9, 2013. Pictured: Deb and Andy.Chris Stein
    Exhibition. "Surreal Illusionism: Photographic Fantasies of the Early 20th Century." The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland. August 17 - December 15, 2013. Pictured: "Dream", Société Industrielle des Photographes, Paris, France, about 1905.Courtesy The Finnish Museum of Photography
    Book. TROLLEYOLOGY, by Trolley Books. August 2013. Pictured: Gigi Giannuzzi at the Trolley Gallery, London, 2006. Chien-Chi Chang—Magnum Photo
    US Guns
    Exhibition. "The Gun Show." Fovea Exhibitions, Beacon, New York. July 13 - October 6, 2013. Pictured: Story Rush, a kindergarten teacher from Greenwood, Arkansas, fires an M1919 Browning .30 caliber machine gun on the first night of OFASTS.Pete Muller
    Exhibition. "VER • NAC • U • LAR" Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. July 25 - September 7, 2013. Courtesy Cohen Gallery

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