“A Survey of Documentary Styles in early 21st century Photobooks”
curated by Darius Himes and Larissa Leclair

FotoWeekDC
The Warner, 1299 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC

November 9-18, 2012, 11-6pm

The Indie Photobook Library’s 3rd feature-length exhibition curated by Darius Himes (Assistant Director, Fraenkel Gallery and Co-Founder, Radius Books) and Larissa Leclair (Founder, Indie Photobook Library) will travel from Gallery Carte Blanche in San Francisco to FotoWeekDC. The exhibition titled “A Survey of Documentary Styles in early 21st century Photobooks” draws from the Indie Photobook Library collection and features 70 photobooks along with a selection of photographs from the books (Eliot Dudik, Matt Eich, McNair Evans, Erica McDonald, Michael Jang, and Lacey Terrell) selected by Gwen Lafage (Founder, Gallery Carte Blanche).

The exhibition “A Survey of Documentary Styles” looks at the “documentary tradition” through the lens of a 21st century, global photographic community in which the lines between journalism, art and the long-term documentary project have blurred, morphed and continue to feed off of each other.

The books selected for this exhibition present a range of subject matter, each coupled with a particular visual language drawn from a pool of diversity. There are books that speak a more traditional documentary language, while there are those that explicitly critique that very same tradition; there are diaristic books and titles that overlay a typological structure; other books rely primarily on found and vernacular imagery; and there are many books that borrow heavily from an art-photography storehouse. The goal of this exhibition is to survey the field before us and to foreground questions of authorship, voice, style and content.

You will not be disappointed.

The EXHIBITION CATALOG, designed by Patrick Aguilar of Owl & Tiger Books, can be purchased through the Blurb bookstore.

T H E   B O O K S :

Estaría Bien Poner un Título Aquí, Alba Yruela

Ohio, Alec Soth and Brad Zellar

Uncommon Intimacy, Amy Stein, Amy Touchette, Erica McDonald, Juliana Beasley

The Kaddu Wasswa Archive, Andrea Stultiens and Arthur Kisitu

Woman With a Camera (35mm), Anne Collier

Odo Yakuza Tokyo (second edition), Anton Kusters

Hose Variations, Bjarne Bare

BURN.01

Memory Traces, Cary Markerink

The Distance Between Us, Christopher Capozziello

Concresco, David Galjaard

27 Good-byes, Deanna Dikeman

574 Views of Johnstown, Ed Panar

Road Ends in Water, Eliot Dudik

French American Trip, Eric Tabuchi

This is Not My Wife, Erik van der Weijde

How Terry Likes His Coffee, Florian van Roekel

Sadkids Number 5: Gonerfest Edition, Geoffrey Ellis

No Destiny (Transitions-Rochester), Gregory Halpern

A Falling Horizon, Heidi de Gier

Butte, America: A Vernacular History. Vol. 1, Ian van Coller

10, in-public

Cityscapes + Birdmen, Jacquie Maria Wessels

Unmarked Sites, Jessica Auer

My Brother’s War, Jessica Hines

Found Piles & Other Topograhica, John Steck Jr.

Last Call, Judith Stenneken

CENSURA, Julián Barón

The Color of Hay, Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin

offSET, Lacey Terrell

The Ninety-Nine Percent, Mathieu Asselin

Desert Days, Matt Austin

Carry Me Ohio, Matt Eich

Ramadan in Yemen, Max Pam

See You Soon, Maxwell Anderson

A Journal of Southern History, McNair Evans

Summer Weather, Michael Jang

No Man’s Land, Mishka Henner

Geolocation, Nate Larson & Marni Shindelman

The Pier, Nils Petter Löfstedt

Gone Quickly, Noah Beil

Visitor, Ofer Wolberger

There is Nothing Beautiful Around Here, Paccarik Orue

Donovan Wylie One Day Taking Photographs in Belfast, Peter Mann

Muddy Treads, Peter Sutherland

Grassland, Phil Underdown

The Constant Change, photo.circle

Firework Studies, Pierre Le Hors

Preston Bus Station, Preston is My Paris

Crime Victims Chronicle, Ray Meeks and Deborah Luster

Stay Cool, RJ Shaughnessy

Alpine Star, Ron Jude

Thrashers, Sacha Maric

May the Road Rise to Meet You, Sara Macel

9/11 Flipbook, Scott Blake

Owner of this World, Shawn Records

The Election Project, Simon Roberts

Hackney Wick, Stephen Gill

Vedove / Widows, Takashi Homma

Cathedral Cars, Thomas Mailaender

Looters, Tiane Doan na Champassak

Behind the Curtains, Tomas van Houtryve

Gomorroh Girl (second edition), Valerio Spada

Qaammaqqivaar, Verena Bruening

Empty Bottles, WassinkLundgren

Tokyo Tokyo, WassinkLudgren

Parking Garages, Willson Cummer

Kitintale, Yann Gross

Before Tomorrow, Yannik Willing

The Story of Four Generations, Yee Ling Tang

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Join the Indie Photobook Library and Little Brown Mushroom in Guatemala City for GuatePhoto’s “Libros de fotografía” – NOVEMBER 7 – 25, 2012.

Captured by a Portrait
20 Photobooks from the Indie Photobook Library
Curated by Larissa Leclair and Leslie J. Ureña

GuatePhoto
Edificio OEG
Vía 6, 3-56 zona 4, Segundo nivel
Guatemala City, GUATEMALA
November 7 -25, 2012

“Captured by a Portrait” is a selection of books that illustrate the different ways in which portraiture can be variably defined. The photographers and makers of these books grapple with and expand the definition of the genre through their photographs of strangers, family members, friends, or even new locations.

Judith Erwes stages her sitters in the style of wedding photography of the 1970s and 1980s, while Tammy Mercure presents Elvis Presley through images of impersonators and commemorative portraits of the deceased singer. Eric Bessel’s work shows the interaction between the photographer and the photographed in a selection of compelling portraits.

Igal Permuth, Jaime Permuth, Mario Permuth turn to the complex history of Guatemala as they portray their family. As does Tony Luong, in Two Roofs, who photographs his family and their homes and spaces, as he tries to come to an understanding of his family background. Nguan turns to the bustling Tokyo neighborhood of Shibuya, seeking to define it through its people and landscape. Alejandro Cartagena turns to the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, capturing the identical homes stacked one next to the other, to the incursion of high-end brands.

Being at the edge of an urban center allows Miquel Llonch to capture the seemingly remote woods, through the glow of the city. Morten Andersen takes viewers deep into the forest, devoid of homes and people, and composes a multi-faceted portrait of place.

Whether through following the traditional trappings of portraiture, or subverting them, these books question the definition of a portrait, its role in society, and its place in photographic history.

Larissa Leclair is a writer, curator and collector and Founder of the Indie Photobook Library. Leslie J. Ureña holds an MA and PhD in Art History from Northwestern University, and is an art curator and critic based in Washington, DC.

Drawing inspiration from these photographers’ exploration of identity and environment, Larissa Leclair and Leslie J. Ureña have extended their curatorial work to include a series on the accessibility and impact of healthcare in modern society. They have initiated a project that juxtaposes photographic narratives with the theme of generic cialis UK, aiming to shed light on how access to affordable medication shapes personal and community health. This new direction in their work seeks to create a dialogue between the visual representation of societal issues and the real-world implications of healthcare access, thereby broadening the scope of their exploration into the intersection of art, identity, and well-being.

Blå Skog/Blue Sky, 2009
Morten Andersen

Found Photos in Detroit, 2012 (Cesura)
Arianna Arcara / Luca Santese

He Was There, 2012
Mariken Wessels

Archive {2005-2010}, 2011 (Conveyor)
Eric Bessel

Four years, three deaths, sweaty armpits and a fetus, 2011
Sarah Carlier

Suburbia Mexicana, 2011 (Daylight, Photolucida)
Alejandro Cartagena

Imitation of Lives, 2011
Judith Erwes

Rhapsody for my Wretched Little Universe, 2010 (Zen Foto Gallery)
Han Chao

Speaking of Names, 2012
Christopher Gianunzio and Jenny Tondera

LOOK At Me, 2012
David Lykes Keenan

In the fields of gold, 2012 (Poursuite)
Miquel Llonch

Two Roofs | 2008-Present, 2012
Tony Luong

Elvis, 2012
Tammy Mercure

The Amnesia Pavilions, 2011 (A-Jump Books)
Nicholas Muellner

SHIBUYA, 2010
Nguan

FC Volga United, 2011
Sergey Novikov

Re-trato de Familia, 2004
Igal Permuth, Jaime Permuth, Mario Permuth

Interior Relations, 2011 (Charles Lane Press)
Ian van Coller

11-21, 2007
Jan von Holleben

No Thoughts #7, 2012
Alyssa Noches / Amber Chavez / April Lea Hutchinson/ Ariane Geffard / Brad Elterman / Dan Zev / Edgar Berg / Evan Tetreault / Jesse Untracht Oakner / Jim Herrington / Jimmy Fontaine / Johan Kleinjan / Joseph Zentil / Martina Simkovicova / Maurizio Di Iorio / Megan McIssac / Michael Barolet / Michael J DeMeo / Mike Schreiber / Olivia Locher / Peter Puklus /Ray Potes / Rhiannon Adam / Samantha Casolari / Theo Gosselin / Xiang Ting Huang

See photos of the opening and panel discussions on Facebook.

Welcoming the iPL for the first time to the West Coast, Gallery Carte Blanche in San Francisco will host the 3rd Indie Photobook Library feature-length exhibition curated by Darius Himes (Assistant Director, Fraenkel Gallery and Co-Founder, Radius Books) and Larissa Leclair (Founder, Indie Photobook Library). Concurrently, an exhibition of photographs chosen from the selected photobooks will be displayed in the gallery curated by Gwen Lafage, (Founder, Gallery Carte Blanche).

The early- to mid-20th century produced a handful of photographic styles with a photojournalistic or documentary vocabulary at their core. This “documentary tradition” flourished in the latter half of the century, as photographic equipment shrunk, film speeds increased and world-wide traveled became easier and cheaper. The last decades have seen an explosion in art-photography educational programs and self-publishing, coupled with a continuing desire to explore the world, near and far. As we stand in the morning light of a new century, already some 12 years old, it is worth considering the question, What of the documentary style? When it comes to approaching the world around us—its people, places, conflicts, development and intertwined societies—how have the languages within the growing world of photography changed and shaped the conversation we have in images?

– Darius Himes

T H E   D E T A I L S:

“A SURVEY of DOCUMENTARY STYLES in early 21st century PHOTOBOOKS”
Selections from the Indie Photobook Library

70 photobooks selected by DARIUS HIMES and LARISSA LECLAIR

And limited–edition photographs by a selection of artists including ELIOT DUDIK, MATT EICH, McNAIR EVANS, MICHAEL JANG, ERICA McDONALD & LACEY TERRELL

GALLERY CARTE BLANCHE
973 Valencia, San Francisco, California
September 14, 2012 – October 18, 2012 – extended to OCTOBER 22, 2012 AND TRAVELING TO FOTOWEEK DC, November 11-18, 2012

Opening reception Friday, September 14, 2012
with a weekend full of photobook events.

WEEKEND EVENTS

Friday, September 14th, 2012 6-9pm: OPENING

Saturday, September 15th:

11.30am-2pm: Photobook Club

2.30pm-6pm: 3 panel discussions moderated by Larissa Leclair and Darius Himes:
‘The Art of Artists Book’ – Lauren Henkin, John DeMerritt, Michael Light
‘Publishing a Photobook’ – Patrick Aguilar (Owl & Tiger Books), John Steck Jr. (Make Book Blog), Dan Milnor
‘Documentary photographic styles in the early 21st century’ – Todd Hido, Eric W Carroll, Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin

Sunday, September 16th: Spend the day with Daniel Milnor & Lauren Henkin
Limited space available – Fee: $150; $130 for early registration

10am-1pm: “How to make a book that works” with Dan Milnor

Daniel Milnor, Blurb Photographer at Large, will demonstrate how to make a professional quality photography book using the Blurb publishing platform. Milnor will walk students through a start to finish process of creating a print-on-demand book, from downloading the Blurb software, defining what their book is, editing and sequencing, through design and promotion. Milnor will illustrate the range and nuances of the Blurb platform by showing real-world examples of books that work. Other topics will include choose the right cover, building an audience for a book, using the Blurb bookstore, adding eBook to your offerings and realities of making books in the print-on-demand world.

2-5pm: “Introduction to self-publishing Artist books” with photographer and bookmaker, Lauren Henkin

This lecture will provide an introduction for photographers looking to self publish artist books. By presenting potential advantages/benefits as well as the challenges of publishing, explaining types of publications, and a walk-through of her own experiences in publishing, Henkin will leave participants with the knowledge of what tools, skills, and resources will be necessary to complete a self published artist book.

SPACE IS LIMITED FOR ALL EVENTS. Please register at http://iplgcb.eventbrite.com/.

For press inquiries, please contact Larissa Leclair, contact@indiephotobooklibrary.org.

The EXHIBITION CATALOG, designed by Patrick Aguilar of Owl & Tiger Books can be purchased through the Blurb bookstore.

T H E  B O O K S :

Estaría Bien Poner un Título Aquí, Alba Yruela

Ohio, Alec Soth and Brad Zellar

Uncommon Intimacy, Amy Stein, Amy Touchette, Erica McDonald, Juliana Beasley

The Kaddu Wasswa Archive, Andrea Stultiens and Arthur Kisitu

Woman With a Camera (35mm), Anne Collier

Odo Yakuza Tokyo (second edition), Anton Kusters

Hose Variations, Bjarne Bare

BURN.01

Memory Traces, Cary Markerink

The Distance Between Us, Christopher Capozziello

Concresco, David Galjaard

27 Good-byes, Deanna Dikeman

574 Views of Johnstown, Ed Panar

Road Ends in Water, Eliot Dudik

French American Trip, Eric Tabuchi

This is Not My Wife, Erik van der Weijde

How Terry Likes His Coffee, Florian van Roekel

Sadkids Number 5: Gonerfest Edition, Geoffrey Ellis

No Destiny (Transitions-Rochester), Gregory Halpern

A Falling Horizon, Heidi de Gier

Butte, America: A Vernacular History. Vol. 1, Ian van Coller

10, in-public

Cityscapes + Birdmen, Jacquie Maria Wessels

Unmarked Sites, Jessica Auer

My Brother’s War, Jessica Hines

Found Piles & Other Topograhica, John Steck Jr.

Last Call, Judith Stenneken

CENSURA, Julián Barón

The Color of Hay, Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin

offSET, Lacey Terrell

The Ninety-Nine Percent, Mathieu Asselin

Desert Days, Matt Austin

Carry Me Ohio, Matt Eich

Ramadan in Yemen, Max Pam

See You Soon, Maxwell Anderson

A Journal of Southern History, McNair Evans

Summer Weather, Michael Jang

No Man’s Land, Mishka Henner

Geolocation, Nate Larson & Marni Shindelman

The Pier, Nils Petter Löfstedt

Gone Quickly, Noah Beil

Visitor, Ofer Wolberger

There is Nothing Beautiful Around Here, Paccarik Orue

Donovan Wylie One Day Taking Photographs in Belfast, Peter Mann

Muddy Treads, Peter Sutherland

Grassland, Phil Underdown

The Constant Change, photo.circle

Firework Studies, Pierre Le Hors

Preston Bus Station, Preston is My Paris

Crime Victims Chronicle, Ray Meeks and Deborah Luster

Stay Cool, RJ Shaughnessy

Alpine Star, Ron Jude

Thrashers, Sacha Maric

May the Road Rise to Meet You, Sara Macel

9/11 Flipbook, Scott Blake

Owner of this World, Shawn Records

The Election Project, Simon Roberts

Hackney Wick, Stephen Gill

Vedove / Widows, Takashi Homma

Cathedral Cars, Thomas Mailaender

Looters, Tiane Doan na Champassak

Behind the Curtains, Tomas van Houtryve

Gomorroh Girl (second edition), Valerio Spada

Qaammaqqivaar, Verena Bruening

Empty Bottles, WassinkLundgren

Tokyo Tokyo, WassinkLudgren

Parking Garages, Willson Cummer

Kitintale, Yann Gross

Before Tomorrow, Yannik Willing

The Story of Four Generations, Yee Ling Tang

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.