The Photobook Club London and Valencia
The Photobook Club London launched last Wednesday at Ti Pi Tin book store, this event was co-organized by Tom Wade and Sean McDonnell with the support of other members of the PBC London and Katja...
View ArticleThe Photobook Club Kuala Lumpur Launches…
PBC Kuala Lumpur The Photobook Club Kuala Lumpur is to launch on the 1st of June before it enters into a series of events including the Obscura Photography Festival from 21st – 30th June in Penang...
View ArticleThe box of books moves on…
The Photobook Club’s ‘Box of Books’ has already traveled over 4,000 miles and been viewed at 7 events, this week it will be making a slight detour to include the Photobook Club Toledo after visiting...
View ArticleThe Photobook Club Sau Paulo and the box of books hits Madrid…
The Photobook Club Sau Paulo has launched this week, run by Silmara Pires the group can be found and contacted via their website and also on their Facebook page here. There will be more news from this...
View ArticlePhotobook Club branch updates
A few updates from the world of PBC Branches… Thanks to Anita Totha of the Photobook Club Auckland for sharing images from an open hose event with Harvey Benge!… Some of our younger attendees had never...
View ArticleRuscha Rediscovered, an evening with Ed at the PBC Coventry…
…well perhaps not rediscovered, when I took a lecturing post at Coventry University I knew from my student days that their special collection housed a 2nd edition ‘Twentysix Gasoline Stations‘, but I...
View ArticleThe Box of Books in Barcelona
The Box of Books arrived this week in Barcelona and there was a special meetup that Jon Uriarte organized themed around the box, which also coincided with the branch’s 10th meetup! There are a few word...
View ArticleELIA Conference, the PBC Amsterdam and #picbod in Spain
Next week I will be in Amsterdam to talk at the ELIA ‘Preparing the Artist of Tomorrow’ conference in Utrecht and Amsterdam so if anyone else is by chance (and I realise it is a small chance) going to...
View ArticleMidwest Dirt, A Photobook by Nathan Pearce, edited by Matt Johnston
Dear all, For a while now I have been working with photographer Nathan Pearce to edit his ‘Midwest Dirt‘ project into what will be a photobook towards the Autumn of this year. Nathan is seeking a...
View ArticlePBC Paris – a report
Thanks to Pablo Porlan of the Photobook Club Paris for sending through the following: Hello! Here you can have a look to the chronicles (in French) from the third reunion of Le Paris Photobook Club....
View ArticleFifteen Ruscha Readers and a Pint of Bitter (please)
I stumbled across a great collection of Ed Ruscha’s books at Coventry University earlier this week and considered it an opportunity for a whole ‘Evening with Ed‘ with the Photobook Club Coventry. This...
View ArticleBangalore Weekend of Photobooks July 20-21, 2013 (incl the Box of Books)
Excuse my lifting text directly from the event itself but it perfectly sums up what this event, and Mahesh and Vidya’s open house project in it’s wider context, seeks to do. For about a year now,...
View ArticleCosecha 2013 – Bring/send your dummies!
News from Juan Cires of the Photobook Club Madrid that they will be holding a meeting on July 23rd inviting artists to present their photobook dummies – and if you cant make it, you can send via post –...
View ArticleMidwest Dirt by Nathan Pearce, ed by Matt Johnston – looking for support
I mentioned briefly when it was launched that I have been working with a talented Midwest photographer Nathan Pearce to bring his story and vision of the Midwest to more people in the form of a...
View ArticleA report from the Photobook Club Amsterdam
I was very fortunate to be invited by the organizers of the Photobook Club Amsterdam – Shirley Agudo and Taco Hidde Bakker to attend their second meetup last month. Already there is a great deal of...
View ArticleBangalore Weekend of Photobooks and Box of Books draws plenty of attention…
The Bangalore ‘Weekend of Photobooks‘ run by photographer Mahesh Shantaram and book designer Vidya Rao, which featured the Photobook Club’s ‘Box of Books‘, has been a huge success. Not only did the...
View ArticleUpdates from the Photobook Club Kuala Lumpur
Thanks to Faisal Aziz of the Photobook Club Kuala Lumpur for some updates all the way from Malaysia… 15 June 2013 Photobook Club Kuala Lumpur soft launch, in collaboration with Buku Jalanan. Obscura...
View ArticleThe Photobook Club in Paris November
Something awesome is coming to Paris this November! It involves books, photography, and a whole bunch of great folks, and no it isn’t Paris Photo or Offprint Paris. There will be more details soon from...
View ArticleNarrative Structures, a Photobook Club Event in Birmingham, UK (Next Tuesday)
In connection with the new Library of Birmingham, curator and photobook enthusiast Claire Reece has installed an exhibition of book works exploring narrative structures. The exhibition includes works...
View ArticleThe Box of Books continues to get further from home
It wont be too long before the Box of Books starts to come round the far side of the world and return home, but for now it keeps traveling away. It’s latest stop was with the Photobook Club in Kuala...
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