The Book as Studio as an Idea as an Object

Victor Sira Is a Venezuela-born artist/photographer whose work has been the recipient of numerous fellowships, including the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. He curated the show Photography Book Dummies at the School of International Center of Photography. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions, including the Rencontres d’Arles 2005 and the show De l’Europe in Luxemburg 2007. Sira is on the faculty at the ICP-Bard MFA Advanced Photographic Studies Program in New York, where he teaches the course The Book: Imaginary Studio, A Non Stop Process.

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bdp will be introducing Japanese Photobooks everyday this week! First one is,

“Olele Olala” by Kishin Shinoyama:This book is Shinoyama’s inimitable look at the decadence of Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time. As he recalled that he was dancing non-stop during the carnival, energetic images continue page after page, along with his humorous text. Very little known outside Japan.Here is the information of his coming retrospective at

Tokyo Opera City from Oct.3rd to Dec.24th, 2012http://www.operacity.jp/ag/exh145/

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    今週bdpでは日本の写真集をご紹介していきたいと思います。 第一弾は篠山紀信先生の「オレレ・オララ」...
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