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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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
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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The Art Book: An Interview with Matt Johnston of the Photo Book Club
I was interviewed recently by Sara Potter of ‘The Art Book Group‘ who have published a book on art books. It will be available shortly and I shall post a link to it, but in the meantime here is my … Continue reading
Posted in BOOKS, MEET-UPS, NEWS, THOUGHTS ON BOOKS
Tagged art book, interview, matt johnston, photo book club, photobookclub, sara potter
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Sally Mann: Some Food for Thought #2
As I mentioned in our first ‘food for thought’ post, this second version looks a little more at ‘Immediate Family’ than Mann’s other works and publications. Firstly, as this book is easily available at a good price in a re-edition, … Continue reading
Posted in FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Tagged children, immediate family, inspiration, interview, larry mann, links, npr, photobook, photographer, photography, proud flesh, resources, sally mann, video
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Sally Mann in conversation with Steven Jenkins March 21st
It was fortuitous that Stephen Shore spoke at SFMoMA during our month long look at ‘Uncommon Places’ but now it’s happened again! On March 21st Sally Mann will be in conversation with Steven Jenkins at the Herbst theatre in San … Continue reading
Posted in EVENTS
Tagged immediate family, interview, photobook, proud flesh, sally mann, sfmoma, steven jenkins, talk
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Sally Mann: Some Food for Thought #1
As we look at Sally Mann’s ‘Immediate Family’ this month it is worth acknowledging the artist beyond this single publication. And so below are some useful links and resources to find out a little more about one of America’s most … Continue reading
Posted in FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Tagged children, immediate family, inspiration, interview, larry mann, links, npr, photobook, photographer, photography, proud flesh, resources, sally mann, video
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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





An Interview with Chris and Jack
In preparation for this month looking at Shore’s ‘Uncommon Places’, I revisited the 2009 Steidl publication ‘New Topographics‘ (a great representation of the 1975 exhibition, or as much as I can imagine without having been there). Just after the director’s … Continue reading →