Photobooks. Art Page by Page

The definition of the photobook is as broad as that of photography, and ranges from handmade unique objects to smaller and larger print runs, from self-publishing and zines to rare, elaborately designed and bound editions. The exhibition shows a selection of 45 German and international photobooks from the last decades, with a focus on exceptional concepts, design and presentations. The interaction between photography, material, binding, form, and format offers many possibilities for experimentation and demonstrates the potential of the photo- book as an artistic medium on its own.

WITH BOOKS BY:
Milou Abel, AM Projects, Arianna Arcara and Luca Santese, Israel Ariño, Mathieu Asselin, Eden Bernal, Goran Bertok, Julia Borissova, Simon Brugner, Alexandra Catiere, Alexine Chanel, Paul Cupido, Cristina de Middel, Peter Dekens, Rana El Nemr, Claudia Eschborn, Andreas Frei, Florian Glaubnitz, Ivars Gravleis, Lucy Helton, Carina Hesper, Martina Ivanow Hoogland, Ng Hui Hsien, Oreo Jung Min Cho, Hajime Kimura, Katrin Koenning & Sarker Protick, Birgit Krause, Anouk Kruithof, Melissa Lazuka, Anais Lopez, Marco Marzocchi, Palíndromo Mészáros, Rafał Milach, Tito Mouraz, Jin Ohashi, Kosuke Okahara, Agnes Prammer & Johann Schiswohl, Robert Pufleb and Nadine Schlieper, Dayanita Singh, Thomas Sauvin, unofficial.pictures, Olaf Unverzart, Bruno van den Elshout, Sergej Vutuc and Xiaoxiao Xu.

Curation: Silvia Gaetti and Calin Kruse

Exhibition catalogue:
PHOTO BOOKS. KUNST ZUM BLÄTTERN, dienacht Publishing, German/English, 172 pages incl. fold-out pages, wooden cover with laser engraving, open thread binding.

+info: https://www.dienacht-magazine.com/.../photobooks-art-page...

With essays by Jörg Colberg, Silvia Gaetti and Calin Kruse.

The book was published in conjunction with the exhibition Photobooks. Art Page by Page, co-curated by Calin Kruse / dienacht Publishing for the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts in Leipzig, Germany.

Size: 10 x 24 cm, 148 pages
Open binding with wooden covers, laser engraving
Every cover is slightly different
in English and German
28 €

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