The Book as Studio as an Idea as an Object

bookdummypress: Our publications are currently exhibited in ICP...

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:31 -0400

Our publications are currently exhibited in ICP Triennial 2013 “A Different Kind of Order”:
“Working Tables” by Victor Sira (http://store.bookdummypress.com/product/working-tables-by-victor-sira)

“Given Flowers - from Draft of Ideas-” by Shiori Kawasaki (not for sale)

We are honored to be part of it among many talented and inspiring works! The show will be up until September 8th.
http://www.icp.org/sites/default/files/exhibition_pdfs/icp_triennial_bookinstallation_checklist.pdf

bookdummypress: Another MoMA catalog now available at bdp...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:09:47 -0400

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Another MoMA catalog now available at bdp bookstore!
“Dorothea Lange” 1966
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bookdummypress: Now available at bdp bookstore: MoMA catalog...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:08:39 -0400

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Now available at bdp bookstore:

MoMA catalog from a show held in 1995, features work of Philip-Lorca diCorcia.

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bookdummypress: great MoMA catalog to look when it’s rainy...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:05:50 -0400

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great MoMA catalog to look when it’s rainy outside like today…
“Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort” now available at bdp bookstore!
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This is an exhibition catalog from a show held at MoMA in 1991, features work by sixty-two photographers, including Ellen Brooks, Philip- Lorca Dicorcia, Tina Barney, William Eggleston, Sally Mann, and Joann Verburg.

Preparing a new class for the full-time students of the...

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:11:19 -0400

Preparing a new class for the full-time students of the International Center of Photography “Photography and Cultural Identity” It begins on 05/11/13.

Two pictures from the series “Points of Entry”, Near the border between US and Mexico, Arizona, 2007.

Preparing a new class for the full-time students of the...

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:02:41 -0400

Preparing a new class for the full-time students of the International Center of Photography “Photography and Cultural Identity” It begins on 05/11/13.

Two pictures from my immigrant series “Uprooted”, mother and son at the movies, Queens, New York, 1997.

Lupe working the night shift, New York City 2001

Pre-order the publication...

Sat, 04 May 2013 13:38:35 -0400

Pre-order the publication here: http://www.10x10photobooks.org/pre-order/

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【Video】10x10 American Photobooks catalog dummy #3

Please join us tomorrow at 3pm where bdp will be giving a short presentation on the process of making the 10x10 American Photobooks catalog. We will have a dummy for you to view.

- NYC Sneak Preview -May 4 - 5, 2013 from 12 - 8 pm

@ Ten10 Studios10-10 47th RoadLong Island City

http://www.10x10photobooks.org/nyc-preview/

Pre-order the publication here: http://www.10x10photobooks.org/pre-order/

Available at the bdp store… bookdummypress: A newly...

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:44:06 -0400

Available at the bdp store…

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A newly produced bdp video of the independent publication “The Wrong Road Trip” by Andrea Stern.

I spent my Sunday preparing a new class for the full-time...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:43:00 -0400

I spent my Sunday preparing a new class for the full-time students of the International Center of Potography “Photography and Cultural Identity” It begins on 05/11/13.

This class challenges the idea of identity as singular or monolithic, exploring, instead the concept of a “multiple, shifting, and often self-contradictory identity.

In the picture two references books for the class “Felix Gonzalez-Torres” and ” Cruelty & Utopia; cities and landscapes of Latin America” also a self portrait I made on the day of “The Caracazo” name given to the wave of protests, riots and looting and ensuing massacre that occurred on 27th of February 1989 in the Venezuelan capital Caracas and surrounding towns.

Not too long after this event I left Venezuela to New York City where I have been living since…

Shiori’s $1 dollar book… bookdummypress: One of the...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:25:01 -0400

Shiori’s $1 dollar book…

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One of the many beautiful books we got from ICP library book sales weekend, this has the most elegant cover design.

“Melville” by Jean Jacques Mayoux

bookdummypress: locigroup: Skinningrove; a 15 minute film by...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:22:54 -0400

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locigroup:

Skinningrove; a 15 minute film by Michael Almereyda, of Chris Killip talking about his unpublished photographs of a small fishing village in the Northeast of England.

Click through to view an excerpt.

Stunned by this beautiful work by Chris Killip, one the nominees for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013…

bookdummypress: first week of May is it. spread the words and...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:22:49 -0400

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first week of May is it. spread the words and don’t miss the fun event!

Newsprint Award: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Newsprint-Award/166927013459766?ref=hl

10x10 American Photobooks: http://www.10x10photobooks.org/

ニュースプリントアワードの締め切りと、10x10 American PhotobooksのNYプレビューが5月あたまに迫っています。お見逃しなく！

“The Garden” new publication by Birgitta Lund now available at...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:44:17 -0400

“The Garden” new publication by Birgitta Lund now available at bdp..

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New publication from Denmark at bdp bookstore!
“The Garden”(signed copy) by Birgitta Lund
http://store.bookdummypress.com/product/the-garden-by-birgitta-lund-signed

The Garden is a contemporary photographic tale that uses Tivoli Gardens, an old amusement park in the middle of Copenhagen Denmark as an allegory. Here people of all different nationalities and ethnicities meet in a world of fantasy. An imaginary Orient with fake palaces and minarets is the backdrop of the place. It’s a surreal world, yet it mirrors the dreams and fears of life outside the entrance.

Check out an article on Birgitta’s “The Garden” on Time Lightbox!
http://timelightbox.tumblr.com/post/47470104040/photograph-by-birgitta-lund-the-garden-the

bookdummypress: bdp Interview Series no.6 : Pierre Le...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:02:56 -0400

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bdp Interview Series no.6 : Pierre Le Hors

It is a great pleasure for us to feature an interview with Pierre Le Hors and his new book “Patterned Standard of Scenic Dressing”.

Pierre’s books constitutes the living chronicle of the Artist’s craft: From his first work, free and innovative visual experiences of “RGB Transferences” and “Firework Studies”, to his most recent books “Patterned Standard of Scenic Dressing” and “Byways & Through Lines”. Each of Pierre’s books carry implicitly within the perseverance and application required by the craft of book design. His books inspire great beauty and intelligence in its purest state.

The book presented with this interview “Patterned Standard of Scenic Dressing” speaks to the mind directly through the senses by means of graphic symbols.

bdp: What is the function of an artist studio for you?

PLH: It’s a place to play with materials, to look for connections between what catches our eye, and - in the best of circumstances - to work through problems and open up new ways of working.

But I find that it’s just as important to allow yourself to fail, or to not produce anything at all — sometimes just showing up and putting in some time is half the battle. Sometimes the hardest part is learning to recognize the failures, putting on a record and giving yourself the time to think.

bdp: Why do you make books?

PLH: First and foremost, I’d say that bookmaking is a really useful way of organizing and making sense of photographs. On their own, photos are difficult objects to deal with: thin, fragile sheets of paper that tend to get smudged, bent or creased. My prints mostly end up in boxes, and get taken out from time to time. Or they sit and accumulate on my hard drive. But when individual prints are bound together into a book, they become easier to handle, sturdier, and take on a real dimension and physicality as an object. Books on my shelf feel at once more accessible to me, more attractive, and less precious than loose prints. The series of decisions that bookmaking necessitates allows me to come to terms with my pictures.

bdp: What do you think is the connection between your books?

PLH: To be honest, I don’t spend so much time thinking about the connections between them - the fact that I made them all is connection enough, in my mind. Each one is probably simply a reflection of where I was at, at the time, in my work.

bdp: Tell us a little bit about the experience on making “Patterned Standards of Scenic Dressing”.

PLH: Laying out that book was challenging, because the photos are all more or less variations on the same subject: intersecting dot patterns. I had edited the photos down to about 40 or 50 pictures, and I tried to come up with a way to hold someone’s attention, as they move forward through an essentially repetitive set of images. I’m not sure if the book succeeds in doing that, exactly, but I ended up cropping the pictures further and leaving more negative space on the page as the book progresses. There are also a couple of surprises thrown in for good measure.

bdp: What do you think is the next direction on your bookmaking?

PLH: I’m not sure I know quite yet. At the moment, I’m trying to redesign my website in a way that reflects more accurately how I see images functioning across various projects, be it books or other material.

☆ Click here to see Pierre’s publications at bdp bookstore!

☆ Check out Pierre’s website for more → http://blog.pierrelehors.com/

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bdpインタビューシリーズ no.6：ピエールラオール

ピエールラオールのつくる本は、彼のクラフトに対する日々の記録で構成されている。例えばそれは、自由で革新的な初期作品『RGB Transferences』や『Firework Studies』から、最新作の『Patterned Standard of Scenic Dressing』や『Byways & Through Lines』にまで共通することで、一つ一つに彼の根気と見えざる努力がそのブックデザインに隠されている。それだから、彼の作品は最も純粋なかたちで多くの美しさと知性を刺激するのだと思う。

このインタビューで紹介されている『Patterned Standard of Scenic Dressing』は、グラフィックシンボルを使い、あらゆる感覚を通して直接私たちの心に語りかける渾身の一冊。

bdp: ピエールにとってのスタジオ／アトリエとは？

PLH: スタジオは、素材で遊んだり、目についたものの中から繋がりを探したりする場所かな。そして何よりも、疑問に取り組み、新しい作業の仕方を切り開くのに適した環境だと思う。

そうは言っても、失敗したり、時には何も創らなかったりすることも同じくらい大切で、肝心なのはスタジオで時間を過ごすこと。過ちを認めて前にすすむためには、自分自身に考える時間を与えることが必要。それが一番難しいけどね。

bdp: なぜ本を作るの？

一番の理由としては、本作りは写真を整理したり、解釈するのにとても便利だから。写真そのものは、ペラペラで脆く、すぐ汚れたり、折れたり、しわが寄ったりして扱いにくい。実際に、僕のプリントもたまに取り出して見るくらいで、結局は箱の中かハードドライブに蓄積されていくのが落ち。でもそれを一冊の本にまとめれば、頑丈で扱いやすくなるし、物体としての次元がよりリアルになる。本を作り始めてから、自宅の棚にある本への愛情が増してまた手を伸ばすようになったし、プリントに比べて気兼ねなく手にすることができる。今まで本作りで培ってきた経験が、自分の写真との折り合いをつける手助けになってくれているよ。

bdp: ピエールの作品たちに共通する事は?

正直言って、作品の共通点についてはあまり考えないかな。僕が作ったっていう事実がすべてを繋げていると思う。それぞれの作品は、たぶんその時の僕の立ち位置を表しているんだ。

bdp: 最新作「Patterned Standards of Scenic Dressing」を作った時のことを少し聞かせて。

この本は、色んなバリエーションで撮った水玉模様から構成されているけど、レイアウトがとくに難しかったよ。基本的に同じイメージの繰り返しだから、写真の数を40〜50枚くらいまで減らして、見てくれる人の集中力がとぎれない様になんとか工夫しないといけなかった。今でもその点に関して成功したかは分からないけどね。思っていた以上に写真をクロップしたし、ページをめくる毎に空白の部分を多く残すように仕上げてみたんだ。おまけに、いくつかサプライズも仕掛けてみたよ。

bdp: 次はどんな本作りを考えている？

まだ分からないかな。とりあえず、今は自分のウェブサイトをデザインし直しているところ。本にしても、そうじゃなくても、様々なプロジェクトに取り組んでいく中で、イメージがどういう役割を果たしているかをもう少し的確に伝えられるためにね。

☆ bdp ブックストアで扱っているピエールの作品はコチラから。

☆ ピエールのウェブサイト→ http://blog.pierrelehors.com/

☆ 他のアーティストインタビューを読みたい方はコチラ

“The Desire To Leave A Mark”, 2012-2013 New Daily...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:56:50 -0400

“The Desire To Leave A Mark”, 2012-2013 New Daily Painting Series…

The daily exercise of doing these paintings forces me to look and to be present.These paintings function as an autobiographical record of my mind in action; discovering, seem, remembering and imagining.

bookdummypress: Newsprint Award 2013 CALL FOR...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:44:54 -0400

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Newsprint Award 2013 CALL FOR SUBMISSION!!!

A catalogue sample for Newsprint publication!

“Venezuelan Photobooks & Catalogues” by Victor Sira

Published: 2010
International Center of Photography / bookdummypress
Newspaper Print
Edition: First Edition
Special Edition package limited of 100
Condition: New

http://store.bookdummypress.com/product/venezuelan-photobooks-catalogues-by-victor-sira

This first exhibition on Latin American photo books at the ICP Library brings together some of the most important examples of Photo books and catalogues from Venezuela and its goal is to explore the works and the ideas that have motivated them.

back in stock at bdp bookstore! bookdummypress: “RGB...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:24:14 -0400

back in stock at bdp bookstore!

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“RGB Transferences” by Pierre Le Hors is back in stock at bdp bookstore!
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If you missed the first time, now is the chance to get a copy of this beautiful collection of photographs by Pierre printed on newsprint.

bookdummypress: Newsprint Award 2013 CALL FOR...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:32:55 -0400

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Newsprint Award 2013 CALL FOR SUBMISSION!!!

great layout sample for Newsprint publication!
Lumen series by artbeat publishers:
Shin Suzuki 『CITE』(Lumen#6)
40pages / edition 1000

http://a-b-p.jp/bookslist/page/2

Bookdummypress and Reminders Project Stronghold have joined forces to launch a new photography publication award. It celebrates the newsprint’s contribution to the evolving creativity of self-publishing.　Newsprint is a medium with minimal commercial strings attached and allow for a range of experimentation. It has the potential of reaching a diverse audience, the work will be spread to a wider area, faster. It is an autonomous medium accessible to all. This award is intended to stimulate to take a renew approach towards this format and to introduce photographers to a way to self-publish and self-distribute their work.

Read more at our description page or RPS website:http://reminders-project.org/rps/

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bookdummypress: Newsprint Award 2013 CALL FOR...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:32:42 -0400

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Newsprint Award 2013 CALL FOR SUBMISSION!!!

Lumen series by artbeat publishers:
Kishin Shinoyama『Vintage Time Photography』
40pages / edition 1000

http://a-b-p.jp/2009/09/lumen04

Bookdummypress and Reminders Project Stronghold have joined forces to launch a new photography publication award. It celebrates the newsprint’s contribution to the evolving creativity of self-publishing.　Newsprint is a medium with minimal commercial strings attached and allow for a range of experimentation. It has the potential of reaching a diverse audience, the work will be spread to a wider area, faster. It is an autonomous medium accessible to all. This award is intended to stimulate to take a renew approach towards this format and to introduce photographers to a way to self-publish and self-distribute their work.

Read more at our description page or RPS website:http://reminders-project.org/rps/

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bookdummypress: Newsprint Award 2013 CALL FOR...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:32:34 -0400

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Newsprint Award 2013 CALL FOR SUBMISSION!!!

More Newsprint examples!
Lumen series by artbeat publishers:
Stephen Gill『THE HACKNEY RAG』(Lumen#3)
40 pages / edition 1000
http://a-b-p.jp/2009/09/lumen03-stephen-gill

Bookdummypress and Reminders Project Stronghold have joined forces to launch a new photography publication award. It celebrates the newsprint’s contribution to the evolving creativity of self-publishing.　Newsprint is a medium with minimal commercial strings attached and allow for a range of experimentation. It has the potential of reaching a diverse audience, the work will be spread to a wider area, faster. It is an autonomous medium accessible to all. This award is intended to stimulate to take a renew approach towards this format and to introduce photographers to a way to self-publish and self-distribute their work.

Read more at our description page or RPS website:http://reminders-project.org/rps/

Don’t forget to “Like” Newsprint Award facebook page for more information!!