Redheaded Peckerwood is Christian Patterson’s second book; a body of photographs, documents and objects that utilizes the underlying narrative of a true crime story as a spine.
TRADE EDITION
MACK, 2011
Hardcover, printed paper over board
7 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (19 x 24 cm)
164 pages, 98 images, 3 inserts and 1 booklet
Essays by Luc Sante and Karen Irvine
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THIRD EDITION AVAILABLE NOW
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
To be included in The Photobook: A History, Vol. 3, edited by Gerry Badger and Martin Parr and published by Phaidon (London).
Winner of the 2012 Recontres d’Arles Author Book Award
Nominee for 2012 Kraszna-Krausz Book Award
REVIEWS
2013
Poynor, Rick. “Cold-Blood Runaways,” Eye Magazine, 15 Feb 2013.
2012
Soubrier, Antoine. “Paris, Zineland, World,” Le Journal de la Photographie, 23 Nov 2012.
“From Memphis to Wyoming to Nebraska,” GoSee, 10 Nov 2012.
Langer, Freddy. “An dieser Stelle,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 4 Oct 2012.
Holthöfer, Tim. “Dokument eines Verbrechens,” Art: das Kunstmagazin, 6 Aug 2012.
Péron, Didier. “Balade sur les traces de ‘Badlands‘,” Libération, 26 Jun 2012.
Blaustein, Jonathan. “This Week in Photography Books: Christian Patterson,” APhotoEditor, 23 Jun 2012.
Ibañez, Sandra Arnáiz. “Redheaded Peckerwood,” Miniguide, 10 May 2012.
Casper, Jim. “Redheaded Peckerwood,” Lens Culture, May 2012.
Durden, Mark. “Are We Close?” Source, Spring 2012.
“Remember Me a Story,” Der Greif Foto Magazin,, 3 Apr 2012.
Azoury, Phillippe. “Redheaded Peckerwood: Anatomie d’un fait divers,” Obsession, Apr 2012.
Claxton, Tom. “Redheaded Peckerwood: Christian Patterson,” Claxton Projects, 19 Mar 2012.
Azoury, Phillippe. “Obsession Part IX: Le Fait Divers,” Vogue Homme, Mar 2012.
Whitehead, Oliver. “Christian Patterson: Redheaded Peckerwood,” 1000Words, Mar 2012.
Hughes, Barry W. “Redheaded Peckerwood: Fact and Fear,” Hotshoe, Feb/Mar 2012.
Pham, Caroline. “Redheaded Peckerwood by Christian Patterson: A Photographic Tryst in the Skin of a Teenage Murder Duo,” Flaunt, Jan 2012.
Slade, George. “Redheaded Peckerwood,” Photo-Eye Magazine, 16 Jan 2012.
Poynor, Rick. “The Photobook as Crime Dossier,” Designers & Books, 13 Jan 2012.
Abbe, Dan. “Best of the Best of 2011,” American Photo, 11 Jan 2012.
“Bookstore Picks: Best of 2011,” The New Museum, 10 Jan 2012.
Coignet, Rémi, “Christian Patterson: Redheaded Peckerwood,” Des Livres et des Photos, 9 Jan 2012.
Azoury, Phillippe. “Christian Patterson: Redheaded Peckerwood,” Discipline in Disorder, 9 Jan 2012.
2011
Colberg, Joerg. “Redheaded Peckerwood by Christian Patterson,” Conscientious, 30 Dec 2011.
“TIME’s Best of 2011: The Photobooks We Loved,” TIME, 29 Dec 2011.
“The Best Books of 2011,” Photo-Eye, 28 Dec 2011.
Maine, Stephen. “12 Notable Books of 2011,” Art in America, 28 Dec 2011.
“Our Top Ten Photo Books of 2011,” The New York Times, 27 Dec 2011.
Birnbaum, Robert. “Best Coffee Table Books of 2011,” The Daily Beast, 22 Dec 2011.
Colberg, Joerg. “Presenting Redheaded Peckerwood by Christian Patterson,” YouTube, 22 Dec 2011.
Amis, Martin. “Our Favourite Photobooks of 2011,” PhotoBookStore.co.uk, 21 Dec 2011.
Vecten, Laurence. “Beaux Livres de Photo,” Paris Vogue, 20 Dec 2011.
Feustel, Marc. “Photobooks 2011: And the Winner is…,” EyeCurious, 20 Dec 2011.
Colberg, Joerg. “My Favourite Photobooks this Year,” Conscientious, 16 Dec 2011.
Claxton, Tom. “Photobook Highlights of 2011,” Claxton Projects, 13 Dec 2011.
O’Hagan, Sean. “Photography Books of the Year 2011,” The Guardian, 13 Dec 2011.
Soth, Alec. “Top 20 Photobooks of 2011 by Alec Soth,” Little Brown Mushroom blog, 12 Dec 2011.
Coignet, Rémi. “Best Books of 2011,” Des Livres et des photos, 12 Dec 2011.
Bell, Adam. “Redheaded Peckerwood,” The Brooklyn Rail, 11 Dec 2011.
Donlon, Conor. “Best Books of 2011,” Donlon Books, 8 Dec 2011.
O’Hagan, Sean. “Christian Patterson Goes on the Trail of America’s Natural Born Killers,” The Guardian, 1 Dec 2011.
Milanesi, Maxime, “Redheaded Peckerwood by Christian Patterson,” Diary, 14 Nov 2011.
LIBRARY COLLECTIONS
The George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
The International Center of Photography, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
ARTIST TALKS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2013
ECAL University of Art and Design, Lausanne, Switzerland
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Society for Photographic Education (Keynote Speaker), Lincoln, NY
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
MiCamera Workshop, Milan, Italy
Blank Paper Workshop, Madrid, Spain
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2012
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
School of Visual Arts Theater (with Luc Sante and Michael Mack), New York, NY
Visual Studies Workshop Photo-Bookworks Symposium, Rochester, NY
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
California College of the Arts, San Francisco/Oakland, CA
Pratt Institute, New York, NY
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2011
Rough Trade, London, UK
The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
BOOK SIGNINGS
2013
Arcana Books on the Arts, Los Angeles, June 27, 6:00 p.m.
2012
Rose Gallery, Paris Photo, Sunday, November 18, 4:00 p.m.
MACK stand, Offprint, Saturday, November 17, 3:00 p.m.
MACK stand, Paris Photo, Friday, November 16, 7:00 p.m.
Robert Morat Galerie, Paris Photo, Friday, November 16, 4:00 p.m.
School of Visual Arts, New York, Wednesday, September 26, 7:00 p.m.
Visual Studies Workshop Photobook-Works Symposium, Rochester, Saturday, June 30, 5:30 p.m.
2011
Dashwood Books, New York, Thursday, December 1, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Rough Trade East, London, Thursday, November 17, 7:00 p.m.
Paris Photo (Schaden table), Saturday, November 12, 4:00 p.m.
Paris Photo (Steidl table), Friday, November 11, 5:00 p.m.
Offprint Paris (MACK table), Thursday, November 10, 6:00 p.m.