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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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
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Category Archives: TEXT
A1: The Road Itself
Readers from England might well know about the A1 road depicted in this months book (Paul Graham’s ‘A1: The Great North Road’), but for those who don’t, here is just a little information on the road to help with you … Continue reading
Posted in CONTEXT, TEXT
Tagged a1, motorway, paul graham, photobook, roads, the great north road
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Paul Graham: An Education Resource
You gotta love the kind folk at the Whitechapel Gallery in London. Not only did they put on a fantastically rich retrospective of Graham’s work just last year, but they put together a great little education resource for anyone interested … Continue reading
Posted in FOOD FOR THOUGHT, TEXT
Tagged education, paul graham, photobook, photobooks, resource, whitechapel gallery
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Invisible City: The Text
As well as showing Invisible City in its entirety here, we see that the text is just as important to try and get a sense of the book and Schles’ vision. So here is the text featured in the book … Continue reading
Posted in BOOKS, CONTEXT, INVISIBLE CITY, TEXT
Tagged 1984, alphabet, borges labyrinths, cities, city, east, invisible, jean baudrillard, kafka, ken schles, lewis mumford, lower, matt johnston, new york, orwell, photobook, photography, quotes, text, wayne ford, words
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The Valley – Exhibition Catalogue
A great resource for those interested in the original words that accompanied ‘The Valley’ as it was first exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The interview with Terri Whitlock which was included in the catalogue will be … Continue reading
Posted in EXHIBITION, TEXT
Tagged adult, book, catalogue, class, exhibition, films, homes, industry, larry, middle, photo book club, photobook, photography, porn, sfmoma, sultan
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Larry Sultan: Interview with Terri Whitlock on ‘The Valley’
This interview was originally published in the accompanying catalogue to Larry Sultan’s ‘The Valley’ exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. BEGIN Bay Area photographer Larry Sultan’s The Valley series focuses on the San Fernando Valley, where he … Continue reading
Posted in EXHIBITION, INTERVIEW, TEXT
Tagged book, exhibition, industry, larry, museum, photobc, photography, porn, san francisco, sfmoma, sultan, terri whotlock, valley
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