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NEWS THOUGHTS ON BOOKS

6 years too late, and still not here… The Photobook Club publication

I have, since the first Photobook Club event, thought about how a short publication with the key principles of the project and voices from different communities around the world would be helpful. Not a guide as such but something solid, the product of the many communities which could serve as record of what we have, and continue to do, and how we go about it.

It’s still not here, but is approaching at least. I would love to include as many voices as possible in this (small)(lowfi) publication and so am asking for people to get in touch with some of the following…

  • General thoughts on what you would like/expect this publication to be/do
  • Short reflections on your time running or organising a Photobook Club
  • Images of events – particularly the more informal images
  • Particularly lively events you have been to, or conversations you remember
  • Practical advice on what has, and has not, worked for you

The publication will be in a single, multi-lingual edition so will also be looking for some help with translation. It’ll be run off on my local laserjet and ‘designed’ by me in order to keep things in the spirit of the PBC — a little disorganised and rarely polished but vibrant, critical and purposeful. This said, if anyone has particular thoughts about design and production please get in touch.

The publication will of course be free.
Email matt@photobookclub.org

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BOOKS EVENTS MEET-UPS NEWS

Photobook Club Barcelona meets again! 19th Dec

Seems like yesterday that Jon Uriarte emailed to say he had set up the ‘Photo Book Club, Barcelona‘ and his aim to meet once a month to unite photobook lovers.

True to form the second ‘PhotoBook Club Barcelona’ will be taking place Monday, December 19th. Carlos Albalá, co-editor of the spanish independent publishing house BSide Books will introduce Daniel Blaufuks’ Terezin photobook and attendants will be discussing the design aspects of their favorite books.

For more information, location and timings, head over to the ‘Photobook Club Barcelona’ on Facebook right here.

– Matt

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BOOKS COMMENTS GUEST POST REFLECTION

Share your thoughts on Nan Goldin’s ‘Ballad of Sexual Dependecy’

Goldin’s ‘The Ballad of Sexual Dependency‘ is by no means an undiscovered work, and as we will highlight, has been discussed and talked about many times, in many formats before. But this book never fails to invoke response from those who have either seen it 100 times, or those who are viewing it for the first time.

And we would really love to here from as many members of the Photo Book Club community as possible, so feel free to share your views in Twitter, Facebook, or in the comments section below. We are also happy to post any personal reflections on this blog (these do not have to be in praise of the book!) just leave your reflection in the comments or in email to matt@photobookclub.org.

– Matt Johnston

©NAN GOLDIN