Plymouth Photobook Fair

Plymouth Artists' Book Fair

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:59:00 +0100

We are holding a big book fair in September as part of the International Book Festival. This time it is not just for photography, so it has a new name etc… If you are interested in having a stall then get in touch. For more info go to PABF.tumblr.com.

untitledfalmouth: Big thank you to Oliver Udy, we had a really...

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:57:12 +0000

untitledfalmouth:

Big thank you to Oliver Udy, we had a really good day at the Plymouth Photobook fair! We had a great time chatting about UNTILED and the future of self published books, making new friends and catching up with some old ones!

sophiedavidson: UNTITLED were invited to attend the Plymouth...

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:56:50 +0000

sophiedavidson:

UNTITLED were invited to attend the Plymouth Book Fair so we went and we had a very nice time.

Wandering Bears Blog from the Book Fair

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:39:31 +0000

WB / PLYMOUTH PHOTO-BOOK FAIR

NOVEMBER 28, 2011 BY NIK ADAM

Over the weekend Wandering Bears were at the Plymouth Photobook Fair presenting alongside some great publishers such as Steidl, P.P.P, Mack Books, Lay Flat, Blink & Source Magazine. On show we had an archive of Wandering Bear publications, posters, flyers, prints and showcasing our latest WB video. Also WB hosted an ‘in-conversation’ event with Blink Magazine focusing on contemporary publishing and it’s future. We discovered some wonderful publications and met a lot of enthusiastic people! See you all next year…

www.plymphotobookfair.tumblr.com

Update.

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:00:39 +0000

Most of the Talks are now full, however there are a few places available for Sian Bonnell at 12.00, and Wandering Bears & Blink at 2.30 due to a couple of cancellations.

So if either of these are of interest to you, and why wouldn’t they be, give me an email and I’ll get your name on the list.

Also,

There have been so many amazing people getting involved over the last week, and there is still time. If you want to come along then please do, it is all open to the public.

If you want to send me a book, then it needs to arrive at the university by Friday, so still a little time.

Mention this to all of your friends, and hopefully this will become an event we can do again in the future.

WE WANT YOUR ZINES!

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:48:31 +0000

untitledfalmouth:

The Plymouth Photobook Fair is fast approaching, THIS SATURDAY!

We want to take your books and zines with us to show what Falmouth has to offer!

Send an email to untitledfalmouth@gmail.com if you would like to get involved.

We also have a Facebook event for the fair if you’d like to get in contact with us this way:

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE

Talks....

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:55:00 +0000

We are now taking bookings for the talks at the Photobook Fair.

These are small talks, and therefore numbers are limited to 10 per speaker.

If you want to join one of the conversations, email me at oliver(dot)udy(at)plymouth.ac.uk.

The speakers are:

> Mark Power

> Jem Southam & David Chandler

> Sian Bonnell

> Wandering Bears & Blink

Lay Flat is an independent publisher of limited edition...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:24:00 +0100

Lay Flat is an independent publisher of limited edition photography books and multiples.

Founded in 2009 by photographer Shane Lavalette, Lay Flat works collaboratively with emerging and established artists to produce books that both express a vision and exist as artful objects in themselves. In addition to artist books, we publish an annual magazine devoted to contemporary photography in which each issue takes on a new theme and format.

www.layflat.org

Mörel Books is a London based independent publisher...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:46:15 +0100

Mörel Books is a London based independent publisher specialising in affordable limited edition art books and booklets.

Their books are made in close collaboration with the artist, reducing the distance between the artists vision and the viewer.

They are a non-profit publisher with the aim of furthering art in print.

Many of their books can be purchased with limited edition prints.

www.morelbooks.com

Mule Press will be present at the Fair, after showing at Le...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:42:23 +0100

Mule Press will be present at the Fair, after showing at Le Garage, and Fotoleggendo.

Source are offering a special subscription offer for those...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:43:08 +0100

Source are offering a special subscription offer for those attending the Plymouth Photobook Fair. For £10.50 you get a 12 month subscription including postage.

Follow this link: http://bit.ly/plymbook

Items are starting to arrive for the Bookfair…. This box...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:37:14 +0100

Items are starting to arrive for the Bookfair…. This box contains some copies of Source for everyone to look through… including their new feature on Self Published books.

www.steidlville.com Gerhard Steidl began working as a designer...

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:44:21 +0100

www.steidlville.com

Gerhard Steidl began working as a designer and printer in 1967, when he was just 17 years old. On the occasion of an Andy Warhol exhibition in Cologne the following year, Steidl approached the artist. Fascinated by the intensity and saturated colours of Warhol’s work, Steidl asked about his silkscreen printing technique. Giddily he returned to his hometown of Göttingen, two hours north of Frankfurt, and set up his first printing studio, following the principle of “learning by doing”.

Steidl started out printing posters for art exhibitions, and it did not take long before Joseph Beuys, Klaus Staeck and other artists were among his customers. And within a few years he recognised that, for him, printing was not just a mechanical process but it had become his passion and an art in itself.

“In many ways the late Joseph Beuys was my teacher. From 1972 until his death, I produced most of his multiples and prints. He helped to sharpen my awareness of unusual materials and to create, if they were handled with meticulous care and attention to detail, moving works of art. Ever since, I have sought the challenge and thrill of working with unconventional materials and techniques in order to create objects surpassing the realm of mere mass production”.

In 1972, the first Steidl book, “Befragung zur documenta” (“Questioning documenta”) was published. From 1974, Steidl added political non-fiction to his program. In the early 1980s, he expanded into literature and selected art and photography books, and in 1989, he published his first paperback editions.

Since 1993 Steidl has held the world rights in the work of the 1999 Nobel Prize laureate Günter Grass. Celebrating some of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature, Steidl has published books by John McGahern, A.L. Kennedy, Nobel Prize laureate Halldór Laxness, and non-fiction by Oskar Negt, Hans Leyendecker, and many others.

In 1996, Steidl finally decided to follow his passion for photography and to start his own internationally oriented photo book program. Today, Steidl Publishers hold the world rights for the books of some of the most renowned photographers and artists across the globe, including Joel Sternfeld, Mitch Epstein, Richard Serra, Bruce Davidson, Susan Meiselas, Karl Lagerfeld, Péter Nádas, Gerard Malanga, Lewis Baltz, Ed Ruscha, Bill Brandt, Michel Comte, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jim Dine, Roni Horn, Paolo Roversi, Richard Serra, Christopher Wool and Jürgen Teller, to name but a few.

“All our books are designed and produced under the same roof. These days, very few publishers run their own printing presses”, says Steidl. “I, however, firmly believe in this noble tradition, as it enables me to follow and oversee every aspect of a book, from the artist’s initial idea to the final product. Thus, I can ensure a quality standard that would otherwise remain elusive.”

Steidl is one of the few remaining publishing houses to be independently operated by its founding owner, and to control every step of the manufacturing process — the editing, design, typography, scanning, marketing, distribution, public relations and printing. There are only 35 employees working at Steidl’s head office in Göttingen.

What began as a backyard enterprise has evolved into one of the world’s most sophisticated and distinguished printing and publishing companies. The unique quality of his photography book production has brought Steidl to the attention of acclaimed photographers, artists and designers and he works for many renowned museums and galleries like The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, the Architectural Association, London, and National Portrait Gallery, London, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Steidl also designs and prints for Chanel, Fendi, the Lagerfeld Gallery, for Elizabeth Arden, and Yohji Yamamoto, and produces high-class photography books for Thames & Hudson, Scalo and Schirmer and Mosel.

Whether fashion, art or literature, Steidl sees himself as a servant, as the artist’s and author’s ally, helping him or her “to do magic”, to realize their creative dreams, and to get them out to the readers.

MACK is an independent publishing house focusing on working with...

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:42:48 +0100

MACK is an independent publishing house focusing on working with artists, writers and curators to realise intellectually challenging projects in book form, ranging from sumptuous physical objects to ground-breaking digital editions.

wwwmackbooks.co.uk

www.meyouuseditions.co.uk

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:23:42 +0100

www.meyouuseditions.co.uk

Wanderingbears UK, Europe and BeyondWandering Bears - A...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:40:30 +0100

Wanderingbears UK, Europe and BeyondWandering Bears - A photographic collective from the UK with artists based in the UK, Europe and Russia. We showcase our own work and others discoveries. Nice www.wanderingbears.co.uk

UNTITLED is an independent collective and self-published zine...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:56:00 +0100

UNTITLED is an independent collective and self-published zine celebrating art, design and writing in Falmouth.

UNTITLED:

- community through creativity

- promotes work from all creative disciplines

- encourages collaboration

- a platform to support independent art and ideas

- celebrates creativity in Falmouth

- encourages an exchange of ideas and critical thinking around art, design and writing

go to: untitledfalmouth.tumblr.com for more info.

Everything We Touch - everythingwetouch.blogspot.com

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:58:30 +0100

Everything We Touch - everythingwetouch.blogspot.com

Source is a quarterly magazine of contemporary...

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:06:30 +0100

Source is a quarterly magazine of contemporary photography.

Source will present a collection of back issues as a library of the changing face of British Photographic Culture.

Preston is my Paris was formed in 2009 by Adam Murray and...

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:09:21 +0100

Preston is my Paris was formed in 2009 by Adam Murray and Robert Parkinson. They set it up inspired by the likes of Go and other city fanzines in order to encourage the exploration of the city they live in. It has now expanded into a publishing platform for a wide range of publications on ever changing subjects and events. They have turned an appreciation of a city into one of the most exciting and prolific self publishing initiatives in the UK.

To see a wide range of Preston is my Paris publications visit there dedicated publishing blog here: prestonismyparis.blogspot.com