Today we had a lecture on photo books because we all have to create a photo book as our final piece for Weird and Wonderful. I have created my own photo book before using Blurb but it was very expensive so I was happy we were having this lecture because I was hoping I would get some cheaper ideas of how to make a photo book. I found a lot out about photo books that I didn't know before as well.
Over the past 10-15 years photo books have become a lot more popular
The American's by Robert Frank is a good book to look at
https://photobookstore.co.uk - on this website there are a lot of photo book with videos that show what are in the contents of the photo book
Look at photographic books from the library and study the objects that are involved in the book as I won't be able to make my own book if I have studied what are in other books
Books increase in money over time
A photo book should be an investment
Here is a list of different publishers and photo books to look at:
The Photobook: - in the library
Self Publish, Be Happy - Bruno Ceschel
The Photobook Review - come quartley with an Aperture publication
Dewi Lewis Publishing - https://www.dewilewis.com
CRB Cafe Royal Books - Not expensive books, very affordable - https://www.caferoyalbooks.com
RRB Photobooks - https://www.rrbphotobooks.com - Bristol Photobook Festival
Bartur Photobook Award - can enter it once you graduate (Angus Fraser - lecturer at UWE won the first award and it’s been really successful for him)
Contemporary Japanese Photobooks, The Photographer's Gallery, London, 2012
You could go to the gallery and sit down for however long you wanted, you could be there form when the gallery opened to when it closed looking through the books in silence, on one condition, you had to wear white gloves to protect the books.
Self publishing is very new as it used to cost a lot because publishers used to print books in bulk of at least 100 but there is no longer a barrier for us to self publish nowadays.
Good places to get books made online:
Bob's books
Blurb
What do you call the blurb on the back of a book?
The summary on the back of a book is called a "synopsis." It sums up the plot of a written work, providing a brief description of the main events of the storyline. ... It’s called as the "blurb" of a book.
colophon
a publisher's emblem or imprint, usually on the title page of a book.
a statement at the end of a book, typically with a printer's emblem, giving information about its authorship and printing.
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