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The Photobook Club News and Updates

A quick update looking at recent events and then looking forward to what’s next on the Photobook Club…

‘The Geneology of the Photobook’
– I wrote a short piece recently for the Shpilman Institute blog on recent adventures into iBook land and some broader thoughts on the possibilities of the photobook regarding accessibility and experience. Head here to read it…

‘The Cat and Fiddle’
– Spent time away from the keyboard documenting the beautiful and deadly Cat and Fiddle road in the Peak District, i’ll be spending more time there later in the year with a view to a publication 2012/13. Found this tree by the side of the road approaching Macclesfield..

Photobook Club Branch Pages
– To keep up with the growing amount of Photobook Clubs around the world, I have started to make branch pages with the help of the respective organizers. These pages can be found under the ‘Meetup’ tab, so far we have…

– Photobook Club Barcelona
– Photobook Club Madrid
– Photobook Club Lisbon
– Photobook Club New York
and soon…
– Photobook Club Australia
– Photobook Club Porto

Photobook Club Madrid on ‘Text and Images’
– Just last week saw the 5th meetup in Madrid focusing on the role of text and image. Juan Cires has offered an extended commentary which can be found here although in Spanish only…

Photobook Club New York ‘Focus on Japan’
– Saturday 14th July will see a great event in New York put on by the Book Club there looking at Japanese photobooks, For more information from the organizers head here or click the image below…

Ken Schles’ ‘Invisible City’ coming to a screen near you
Since the release of the Photobook Club iBook looking at Ken Schles’ ‘Invisible City’ I have been working to make it available on more platforms in the form of an ePub and interactive PDF. Getting close now but finishing touches making sure it is built for other devices rather than directly ported.

Mark Power’s ’26 Different Endings’
– We will next be looking at the above book although with the ‘Cat and Fiddle’, ePub and more away-from-keyboard time in August we might take a this one at a more leisurely pace!

That’s all for now folks

Matt