ANZAC DAY – April 25th, marks the anniversary of the first campaign that led to major casualties for Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, whose soldiers were known as Anzacs. Anzac Day remains one of the most important national occasions…
Category: Artists Book people
SOME ANZ WOMEN PHOTOBOOK MAKERS 1946-2000
. On International Women’s Day 2024 we celebrate Australian and New Zealand women who make photobooks. This selection features a fragment of the many photobooks/photographically illustrated books made by women photographers between 1946 and 2000. The books are part of the Spowart+Cooper ANZ Photobook Collection. From their website: International Women’s Day (March 8, 2024) is…
REGINA ANZENBERGER IN AUSTRALIA
. Regina Maria Anzenberger is coming to AUSTRALIA. She is the founder and director of Anzenberger Agency, Gallery and Bookshop in Vienna as well as an artist herself. With more than 20 years of experience, Regina has published 7 of her own books and is an expert in the field of documentary and artistic photography….
MELBOURNE ART BOOK FAIR – May 18-28 2023
. CHECK OUT THE LATEST OFFERINGS FROM THESE KEY ANTIPODEAN PHOTOBOOK PUBLISHERS . ACB PRESS BAD NEWS BOOKS BOOKS AT MANIC CONCETTINA INSERRA DYLAN SMYTH GLORIA BOOKS (AND FRIENDS) M.33 MELBOURNE PHOTOBOOK COLLECTIVE METROPOLIS BOOKSHOP MOM PERIMETER BOOKS ROHAN HUTCHINSON SHADOW EDITIONS SHASHASHA SUZANNE PHOENIX TALL POPPY PRESS . . and there’s an AMAZING launch…
MEL PHOTO BOOK FAIR: March 18+19 2023
The MEL Photo Book Fair is a collaboration between Matt Dunne of Tall Poppy Press and Rohan Hutchinson of ACB Press which took place in Naarm/Melbourne on March 18+19, 2023.
8 PHOTOBOOKS for ANZAC DAY by New Zealand or Australian Photographers
ANZAC DAY – April 25th, marks the anniversary of the first campaign that led to major casualties for Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War. The acronym ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, whose soldiers were known as Anzacs. Anzac Day remains one of the most important national occasions…
Palmer+Jolly “INSTALLATION VIEW” Book Launch @ Perimeter Books HQ
On Sunday March 27, 2022 at the Perimeter HQ in Thornbury Melbourne, a group of photography enthusiasts met to witness the launch of an extensively researched publication by Daniel Palmer & Martyn Jolly entitled – Installation View: Photography Exhibitions in Australia (1848-2020). The Launch was part of the Melbourne Art Book Fair programme. Installation View offers…
Rod McNicol’s “A PORTRAIT” Book Launch @ CCP
On March 26, 2022 at the Centre for Contemporary Photography in Melbourne M.33 launched the long-awaited survey publication of Rod McNicol’s portraits. Entitled aptly A PORTRAIT, the book is described in the promotional blurb as: ‘…the first comprehensive publication of Rod McNicol’s distinctive portraits, ranging from those of his peers in his first exhibition in…
QUEENSLAND PHOTOBOOKS & THEIR MAKERS
Queensland Photobook makers have generally worked in isolation. To promote, share and support their work they have participated in activities and events over the last 6 years coordinated by the Brisbane Photobook Club (as part of a world wide group of photobook collectives), World Photobook Day and the Australian and New Zealand Photobook Awards. Now,…
ARTISTS BOOKS+AUSTRALIA: Comment for CODEX Journal
The artists’ book and the photobook share many aspects of practice, histories and makers. While this post relates specifically to the artists’ book it may be of interest to photobook people as well – take a look at the other tribe … . Early in 2019 Vicky and I received an email from Monica Oppen…
Photobooks in Australia + New Zealand 