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.

PHOTO 2022 PHOTOBOOK WEEKEND – A photo-stream archive of the event/s

PROMOTIONAL TEXT from the PHOTO2022 website Presenting some of the best new Photobooks, as well as many opportunities to learn and network, the Photobook Weekend will include casual talks and panel discussions, the Photobook Market, Portfolio reviews, social book launches, book signings and more. For fans and makers of photobooks, this event is not to…

AuNZed Photobook Awards: Evolving beyond the 1st 10 Years

Firstly a personal thank you to Libby Jeffery and Geoff Hunt including Rony and the MomentoPro Team … TEN YEARS dedication to the Australian and New Zealand Photobook Awards is HEROIC stuff… And were were excited to be swept up in it with you to contribute in our way … Libby Jeffery – Through your…

AUSTRALIAN PHOTOBOOK COMPENDIUM

A SPECIAL FREE DOWNLOAD OFFER for WPBD . We are offering a FREE PDF DOWNLOAD of the AUSTRALIAN PHOTOBOOK COMPENDIUM V3. . Launched at the Melbourne Art Book Fair in March 2019 this book features: A listing of nearly 300 photographers who make books 120 publishers 40 designers 100 portraits of photographers photos of 40…

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…

2018 PHOTOBOOK NEW ZEALAND – Archive Review

In 2018 I came back to Wellington for the second PHOTOBOOK NZ. Following on from the success of the 2016 event, which essentially featured Antipodean voices, the international contribution was expanded to include photography and photobook  exponents from the USA, France, Germany and Japan. In this second PBNZ  the aims of event were certainly being…

2016 PHOTOBOOK NEW ZEALAND – Archive Review

In 2016 I attended the first PHOTOBOOK NZ in Wellington. The event brought together the New Zealand photobook community and other members from Australia. For two and a half days in March photobooks were discussed, many were bought and stories were shared about the state of the discipline in the Antipodes and where it fitted…

2019 ANZ PHOTOBOOK FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

February 20, 2020 The finalists for the 2019 Australian & New Zealand Photobook Award have just been announced: Apókryphos by Cherine Fahd, published by M.33 Banana Spider Bite by Jordan Madge, published by Bad News Books Imaanshaha self published by Saynab Muse Jump Into Bed With Me by Paul Knight, published by Perimeter Editions Mongrelism…