About The Photobook Club
The Photobook Club aims to promote and enable discussion surrounding the photo book format. In particular looking at old, rare and influential photography books from the 20th century onwards.
The Photobook Club is run by Matt Johnston.-
Follow the Photobook Club's 'Box of Books as it travels over 30,000 miles, stopping off at each of the Photobook Club branches around the world...
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Photobook Meet-ups
Previous Books:
- Robert Frank, The Americans
- Richard Avedon, Observations
- Eugene Richards, Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue
- Larry Sultan, The Valley
- Anders Peterson, Cafe Lehmitz
- Ken Schles, Invisible City
- Nan Goldin, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
- Nobuyoshi Araki, Sentimental Journey, Winter Journey
- Stephen Shore, Uncommon Places
- Sally Mann, Immediate Family
- Paul Graham, A1: The Great North Road
#photobc tweets
- PBCMadrid: See some pictures of what we did with the #BoxofBooks at @es_RSF 'Crónica: #BoxofBooks' http://t.co/cj0vU5Q59M [in spanish] #photobc »
- paconavamuel: The Box of Books in Toledo #photobc #photobcTo #boxofbooks @ Toledo http://t.co/zyltPjD0rv »
- paconavamuel: RT @PBCMadrid: The change of the guard of the #BoxOfBooks from Madrid to @PhotobookClubTo, @paconavamuel carry it with him #photobc http://t.co/51fnDxZJib »
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Category Archives: INTERVIEW
Dr Strangepub: Andreas Schmidt
When I introduced the ‘Dr Strangepub’ project a few weeks back which features a series of conversations about the future of photographic publishing, I mentioned I would highlight those conversations over the coming weeks. This time it is the turn … Continue reading
Posted in INDEPTH, INTERVIEW, THOUGHTS ON BOOKS, VIDEO
Tagged andreas schmidt, blurb, photobooks, print on demand
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Dr Strangepub: The Possibilities of 21st Century Photographic Publishing
Dr Strangepub or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the possibilities of 21st century publishing Recently I sat down to chat with 4 individuals, all with their own different take on 21st century photographic publishing, it’s possibilities and … Continue reading
5 Questions from Martin Brink of ‘The Digitial Photobook’
Swedish photographer and writer Martin Brink recently set up ‘The Digital Photobook’, a place to discuss and review how photographers and photography is exploring new possibilities in digital publishing. As part of this site Martin put 5 questions to me … Continue reading
Posted in INTERVIEW, THOUGHTS ON BOOKS
Tagged digital photobooks, ebooks, ibooks, invisible city, ken schles
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Paul Graham: Some Food for Thought #1
Paul Graham is by no means an obscure artist and so there are a bunch of places online to find out more about him, his work and his publications, I am just going to highlight a few. For starters, Graham’s … Continue reading
Posted in FOOD FOR THOUGHT, INTERVIEW
Tagged books, career, interview, paul graham, photobooks, whitechapel
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Stephen Shore: Some Food for Thought #1
As we look at Stephen Shore’s ‘Uncommon Places’ this month I have been overwhelmed by the amount of great resources online to get your Shore fix on. A few are linked below, these are by no means the only interviews/posts … Continue reading
Posted in INTERVIEW, SUMMARY, VIDEO
Tagged american surfaces, brea beverly, la brea matrix, photo book club, photobook, photobook club, photography, stephen shore, uncommon places
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Video Documentary and Interview
Below is a video exploring Araki’s contemporary practice as part of the video series ‘Contacts’ by Studio ARTE. And as a bonus – below that is an interview between last month’s featured artist Nan Goldin and Nobuyoshi Araki! Thanks to … Continue reading
Posted in HISTORY, INTERVIEW, REFLECTION, VIDEO
Tagged araki, book, nan goldin, nobuyoshi, photo book club, photobooks, photography, sentimental, winters journey
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Nan Goldin: Some food for thought #1
There is an abundance of online resources for those looking to learn more about both ‘The Ballad of Sexual Dependency’ and Nan Goldin herself. I have compiled just a few of these together, firstly looking at interviews: Nan Goldin interviewed … Continue reading
Posted in INTERVIEW
Tagged artist, ballad, ballad sexual dependency, mirror, nan goldin, photobook, photographer, photography, sexual
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Put your questions to Ken Schles on the Photo Book Club
Throughout September we will not only be looking at Invisible City, but we will be hearing from its author Ken Schles who will not only be giving us a unique insight on how the book came to be, but also … Continue reading →