The Indie Photobook Library is honored to be part of the Peabody Essex Museum’s “year of photography” initiative for 2012. As one of the world’s oldest photography collections totaling nearly one million individual objects, the PEM is celebrating photography all year with exhibitions by Ansel Adams, Jerry Uelsmann, and Barbara Bosworth, and public programming dedicated to the photographic image. June kicks off a monthly series of evening programs for adults, each featuring late-night gallery openings, music and food, artist demonstrations, film and talks, and on Thursday, June 21, 2012, a pop-up exhibition from the Indie Photobook Library.

Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
161 Essex Street
Salem, MA 01970-3783 USA (MAP)
South Spine-Atrium
THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012, 6:30–9:30 pm
Members and Salem residents, $5; nonmembers $7
Current Threads: Contemporary Photobooks from the Indie Photobook Library

Selected from the Indie Photobook Library’s permanent collection, the books presented in this pop-up exhibition feature photographic work with underlying elements of water and celebrate the strength in self-publishing and small collaborative presses.

16 Bilder, Rebekka Seubert / 1%ofONE Verlag
Autre Eden, Philippe Lopparelli / Poursuite Editions
Before Things Change, Seth Fluker / Schnauzer
Black Scabbard Research Centre, Pedro Ramos
Deep & Cold Puddle!, Tuomas Korpijaakko
Dive, Marco Onofri / Senape
Dry Heat, Emi Okabe
Fiume, Guido Guidi / FantomBooks
Forest Coast, Ben Grieme and Clarke Tolton / artbookclub
Freo Beach, event no. 1-5, Chiara Terraneo
Hose Variations, Bjarne Bare / Cornerkiosk Press
Hurricane Story, Jennifer Shaw / Broken Levee Books
Mill River, Joseph Gerhard
Monochromia Botanica, Benny Asrul / 6by6press
Northern Shore, David J. Eisenlord / North Light Press
Oceanus, Elisabeth Tonnard
Of Falling and Floating, Elijah Gowin / Tin Roof Press
Road Ends in Water, Eliot Dudik / Saga Publishing
Shoreline, Fábio Silva and Carlos C. Pinto
Strawberry Snow, Yves Suter / Hakuin Verlag
Svalbard, Greg White
Thank God That’s Over, Emiliano Granado
The Lightness of Being, Alinka Echeverria
The Salton Sea, Clay Lipsky
The Sea Vol 1, Gu Fan / good morning light
The Sundays of Life, Bela Doka
Transformer, Sevim Sancaktar / Reccollective
Water’s Edge, Open To Interpretation / Taylor & O’Neill
Watershed: The French Broad River, Jeff Rich / photolucida

A Survey of Documentary Styles in early 21st century Photobooks

The Indie Photobook Library is pleased to announce it’s second feature-length exhibition!
Corcoran
November 2–November 20, 2011
Gallery 31

500 Seventeenth Street NW Washington, DC 20006
Gallery: (202) 639-1700

Curated by Muriel Hasbun, chair of photography, and Susan Sterner, director of photojournalism programs at the Corcoran College of Art + Design with assistance by Pablo Ortiz Monasterio.

10 Weeks: Ice Fishing in Wisconsin, Book 1, Mike Rebholz (Hand in Glove Press, 2011)

Anywhere but Here, Alex McTigue (self-published, 2010)

Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Trent Parke (LBM, 2010)

Cityscapes + Birdmen, Jacquie Maria Wessels (Voetnoot-Publishers, 2010)

CLINIC, with many contributing photographers (RVB & Images en Manoeuvres, 2008)

Club 13, Nils Petter Löfstedt (Pierre von Kleist editions, 2010)

Coverage, Christopher Dawson (Blurb, 2010)

Elisabeth – I Want to Eat, Mariken Wessels (Alauda Publications, 2010)

How Terry Likes His Coffee, Florian van Roekel (self-published, 2010)

island, Kyunghee Lee (Takahashi Kunihiro, 2008)

life is a series of small moments, Elizabeth Fleming (Magcloud, 2009)

Living Arrangements, Sarah Malakoff (Blurb, 2011)

Los restos de la revolución, Kevin Kunishi (Owl & Tiger Books, 2011)

Noroc, Cédric Von Turtelboom (Blurb, 2010)

On Approach, Daniel Milnor (Blurb, 2008)

Orchard Volume 1: Crime Victims Chronicle, Raymond Meeks and Deborah Luster (Silas Finch, 2010)

Palmwine & the Grass Cutter, Nick Neubeck (Seems, 2006)

Shared Sorrows, Divided Lines, Justyna Mielnikiewicz (Blurb, 2010)

Sint Gregoriushuis, Ruben Lundgren (WassinkLundgren / Roel& Uitgeefprojecten, 2005)

Studio, Harry Watts (Black Box Press, 2010)

Suburbia Mexicana, Alejandro Cartagena (Blurb, 2009)

The Daughters of Job, Alison Malone (Blurb, 2008)

The Devil’s Garden, Andrew Youngson (Blurb, 2011)

The Family, Stephan Bladh (Nouvel Publishing, 2010)

The Photograph Commands Indifference, Nicholas Muellner (A-Jump Books, 2009)

View From This Side, Mark Dyball (Blurb, 2009)

World Was in the Face of the Beloved, Eric Weeks (Pablo’s Birthday, 2007)

A reception for Selections from the Indie Photobook Library will be held at the Corcoran on Thursday, November 10, 2011 during FotoWeek DC from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is FREE to the Corcoran for the week of FotoWeek DC.

Review in the Washington Post Express by Mark Jenkins. “…the Indie Photobook Library is fast becoming one of Washington’s more interesting small collections.”

Thank you to Joe Hale and all those involved in the exhibition design and installation.

The Indie Photobook Library is pleased to be part of SPE’s regional northeast conference in conjunction with LightWork and Syracuse University. The iPL has partnered with Carlos Loret de Mola to present “bookMarks” – a showcase of  self-published photo-based printed matter. Loret de Mola and Willson Cummer curated a selection of photobooks from an open call to members of the Society for Photographic Education and affiliates and alumni of the New York Foundation for the Arts MARK program. And Larissa Leclair curated a selection of photobooks drawn from the iPL archive that feature printed matter made by regional photographers.

Indie Photobook Library at SPE – NOVEMBER 4-5, 2011

Location: Light Work’s Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, located in the Schine Student Center of Syracuse University. The Schine Student Center is the location of the SPE Conference’s portfolio reviews and we will be sharing the Menschel Gallery with the exhibition “En Foco / In Focus: Selections From The Permanent Collection”.

Exhibition Hours: Friday Nov 4, 10am – 4pm
Saturday Nov 5, 10am – 4pm.

More information here.

The following titles from the Indie Photobook Library will be on display:

Any Fool Can Take a Picture With a Camera Like That, Chad Muthard
Archive {2005-2010}, Eric Bessel (Conveyor)
Before Things Change, Seth Fluker (Schnauzer Publications)
Bookmarks, Tuomas Korpijaakko
Deep & Cold Puddle!, Tuomas Korpijaakko
Dune, Misha de Ridder (Lay Flat)
Matter, Jessica Eaton, Matthew Gamber, Bill Sullivan (Humble Arts)
Mythos, Michael Itkoff
No Bummers Chapter 2: Revenge of the Homeowners, Riley McMaster
Seneca Ghosts, Danielle Mericle (A-Jump Books)
The McCann Family, Karen Davis
The Terrorist’s Handbook, David Schulz (Light Rail)
The Well Ain’t Dry, Cody Chandler
Threshold, Tate Shaw (Preacher’s Biscuit Books)
Todd Fisher
Transitions Rochester 2010-2012, set of six (Visual Studies Workshop and FOTODOK)
Inner Loop, Cary Markerink
Inner Workings, Juliana Muni, FUA, Jason Bernagozzi, Dan Varenka
No Destiny, Gregory Hapern
Reasons to Smile, Andrea Stultiens
Sound Horn, Theo Baart
The “Great Yellow Father”, Oscar Palacio
Traverse!, David Schulz (Light Rail)
Turns, Davi Russo
Visible Library, Sam Falls (Lay Flat)
When We Were Ten, Judy Gelles (Visual Studies Workshop)

The official opening reception at the gallery will be on Saturday Nov 5 during the SPE luncheon at the Schine Student Center from 1:30PM to 3:30PM.

The Indie Photobook Library has been invited to participate in the ACP (Atlanta Celebrates Photography) third annual Photobook Fair, on Saturday October 22, 2011.

Come visit the Indie Photobook Library
at the ACP Photobook Fair
Piedmont Park Conservancy Community Center
1071 Piedmont Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30309
Saturday October 22nd, 2011
9am – 1pm
Free and open to the public

A number of small presses, publishers, and artists will also be there including Fall Line Press, Eliot Dudik, Laura Noel, and Laurie Shock of Shock Design, among others.

The following titles from the Indie Photobook Library archive will be on display:

A Falling Horizon, Heidi de Gier
A Moment Collected, Jess T. Dugan
Achill, Linda Brownlee
Altered States, LUCEO
American Biographics, Roger Minick
Camera Obscura: Visions in the Dark, Charles Schwartz and Bill Westheimer
Circulacion #2
Currents, Jaye R. Phillips
Defekty, Stephen Grebinksi
Don’t Smile Now..Save it for Later!, Thijs groot Wassink / WassinkLundgren
Empty Stretch No. 1: home, Aaron Canipe, Nathaniel Grann, Jordan Swartz
Extraordinary, Kim Guthrie
Foto.Zine NR.4, Erik van der Weijde et al.
From Here into Oblivion, Vol. 1, Stefan Vanthuyne
Gathering Calm, Photographs: 1994-2004, Bill Schwab
Gita Lenz (Candela Books)
Happenstance, David Solomons
He Opened Up Somewhere Along the Eastern Shore, Jason Hanasik
Hose Variations, Bjarne Bare
Imitation of Lives, Judith Erwes
island, Kyunghee Lee
Love, Stephane Leonard and Martin Eichhorn (naivsuper)
Miet Me, E. Schroder (naivsuper)
my home is where you are (a minha casa e onde estas), Filipe Casaca
Night Crawler: 1995-2010, Takehiko Nakafuji
Not Recommended for Use in Hot Beverages, Patrick Graham
October 14, 1979 Polaroid Vitae, Mikael Kennedy
On Accident, On Purpose, Francesca Tallone
Pactum, Misako Oba
Paragens, Roberto Vietri
Passport to Trespass Vol. VI : I can’t remember where I’ve been, Mikael Kennedy
Preston Bus Station, Preston is My Paris
Rhapsody for my Wretched Little Universe, Han Chao
Romka Magazine, Joscha Brucker
Sexual Joy Through Self-Hypnosis, Kristine Jakobsen
Social Studies, Jonathan Gitelson
Spring Visits: Photographs from Viet Nam, Don Unrau
Straight in the Light, Michel Mazzoni
Tamara Lichtenstein (PogoBooks)
Telos, Clay Harmon
Ten Days in July, Maxwell Anderson
The Devil’s Garden, Andrew Youngson
The King of Photography, Tiane Doan na Champassak
The Sundays of Life, Bela Doka
Typewriter, Christophe Dillinger
Undisclosed: Images of the Contemporary Circus Artist, Bertil Nilsson
Yamabito, Sato Osamu

The Indie Photobook Library’s first feature-length exhibition will be on view at the PRC from September 13 – November 12, 2011 with the opening reception on September 21!

Threefold: Selections from the Indie Photobook Library
Curated by Larissa Leclair, Shane Lavalette, and George Slade
September 13 – November 12, 2011
Reception: Wednesday, September 21, 6:30 – 8 pm

… Join us for the opening reception of the iPL’s first feature-length exhibition!

Photographic Resource Center at Boston University
832 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02215

Stephen Gill, A Series of Disappointments (Nobody Books / Archive of Modern Conflict, 2008)
John Gossage, HERE (Rochester Art Center, 2010)
Takashi Homma, Vedove/Widows (Fantombooks / Boiler Corporation, 2010)
Cary Markerink, Memory Traces (Ideas on Paper, 2009)
Raymond Meeks and Deborah Luster, Orchard, Volume One / Crime Victims Chronicle (Silas Finch, 2010)
Armando Ribeiro, Depressive Landscapes (Armando Ribeiro, 2010)
Theo Simpson, What We Buy (Theo Simpson, 2011)
Ali Taptik, Transit (Ali Taptik, 2008)
WassinkLundgren, Lu Xiaoben (WassinkLundgren / Badger & Press, 2010)
Mariken Wessels, Queen Ann. P.S. Belly Cut Off (Alauda Publications, 2010)
Andrés Marroquín Winkelmann, Conditions (Meier und Müller, 2010)
Ofer Wolberger, Visitor (Horses Think Press, 2011)
Amir Zaki, Eleven Minus One (Eighth Veil / LAXART, 2011)
[Various], Lay Flat 01: Remain in Light (Lay Flat, 2009)
[Various], Paper Placemats (J&L Books, 2007)

Matt Austin, Wake (Matt Austin, 2009)
Noah Beil, Gone Quickly (Extant Books, 2011)
Anthony Blasko, The Way Things Are (Anthony Blasko, 2009)
Briony Campbell, The Dad Project (first edit) (Briony Campbell, 2009)
Christopher Colville, Movements and the Iceland Trilogy (Christopher Colville, 2011)
Beth Dow, Roam (Beth Dow, 2011)
Lauren Henkin, Displaced (Lauren Henkin, 2010)
Paula McCartney, Bird Watching (Paula McCartney and Women’s Studio Workshop, 2006)
Ryan Spencer Reed, Detroit Forsaken (Ryan Spencer Reed, 2010)
John Steck Jr., Fragments Volume One (Make Book Blog, 2010)
Ian van Coller, Interior Relations (Doring Press, 2010)
Graeme Vaughan, Palermo: a notebook (Graeme Vaughan, 2010)
Ian J. Whitmore, Cacophony; Otiose; Prolix; Internecine (4 books of 26 in an ongoing series called Onomasticon) (Sanguine Press, 2011)

Maxwell Anderson, See You Soon (Bemojake, 2010)
Lucas Blalock, Towards a Warm Math (Hassla, 2011)
Daniel Evans, 3 Months in Another Place (Pogo Books, 2011)
Jason Fulford, Crushed (J&L Books, 2003)
Sébastien Girard, Desperate Cars (Sébastien Girard, 2010)
Ron Jude, Emmett (The Ice Plant, 2010)
Adam Murray, Robert Parkinson, and Jamie Hawkesworth, Industria, Virtus, et Fortitudo (Preston is My Paris Publishing, 2011)
Andrew Phelps, 720 (Two times around) (Andrew Phelps, 2010)
David Schoerner, Photographs (Hassla, 2010)
Andrea Stultiens and Arthur C. Kisitu, The Kaddu Wasswa Archive (Post Editions, 2010)
Sarah Sudhoff, Repository (Sarah Sudhoff, 2009)
Peter Sutherland, editor, Smoke Bath (Seems, 2010)
Deanna Templeton, 17 Days (Deanna Templeton, 2008)
Jan von Holleben, Ho Ho Ho (The Photographer’s Office, 2010)
Kimm Whiskie, Supersilent

The Indie Photobook Library is absolutely thrilled to have its first feature-length exhibition open this Fall at the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University!

George Slade (independent curator and writer), Shane Lavalette (Photographer and Founder of Lay Flat) and Larissa Leclair (Founder of the Indie Photobook Library) will be curating an exciting exhibition of photobooks selected from the Indie Photobook Library permanent collection.

The exhibition will run from September through November with the opening night on Wednesday September 21, 2011.

Final book lists are being put together by the three curators. All books already in the collection and received by June 21, 2011 will be considered for this exhibition at the PRC.

Please spread the word.

A very big thank you to George Slade, Glenn Ruga, and the Photographic Resource Center.