2023 SELECTED ANZ STUDENT PHOTOBOOKS

  Training in the photobook discipline is an important component of contemporary photography education. However the books created by students for assessment rarely get an opportunity to cross over into the public space. To help connect these photobooks to a wider audience we have once again invited institutions around Australia and New Zealand to nominate…

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….

2022 SELECTED ANTIPODEAN PHOTOBOOKS

Compiled by DOUG Spowart & VICTORIA Cooper This list is the fourth year in which we asked representatives of the Australian and New Zealand photobook discipline to nominate photobooks that were published in 2022. Once again we have continued to use the term ‘Selected’ as this compilation does not attempt to present a definitive selection…

2022 SELECTED ANZ STUDENT PHOTOBOOKS

  Training in the photobook discipline is an important component of contemporary photography education. However the books created by students for assessment rarely get an opportunity to cross over into the public space. To help connect these photobooks to a wider audience we have once again invited institutions around Australia and New Zealand to nominate…

2021 SELECTED ANZ STUDENT PHOTOBOOKS

  We consider that training in the photobook discipline is an important component of contemporary photography education. Once again we have invited institutions around Australia and New Zealand to nominate a student photobook for this list to showcase the work created during the 2021 academic year. We are excited that seven photographic courses responded and…

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,…

SELECTED ANZ STUDENT PHOTOBOOKS of 2020

LAUNCHED AT THE MELBOURNE ART BOOK FAIR – MARCH 27   This year we invited over 20 institutions around Australia and New Zealand to nominate a student photobook for this list. We are excited that eight photographic courses responded and that we have an opportunity to showcase these photobooks in this Antipodean Photobook Blog post….

ANTIPODEAN BOOKS I LUSTED AFTER in 2020

IN EARLY DECEMBER Australian photobook collector and maker Bill Purvis and AMERICAN SUBURB X managing editor Brad Feuerhelm initiated what turned out to be two lengthy online thread discussions on the FlakPhoto Books Facebook page about the end of year ‘BEST PHOTOBOOK’ lists. Topics included: the value or otherwise of lists, who makes the lists…

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…