>>Submissions Page

Be part of photobook history! The Indie Photobook Library has an open and ongoing submission policy. Photobooks can be donated by the artist, indie publisher, or private collector. All books become part of the permanent collection and are considered for yearly exhibitions.

SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSED FOR THE SUMMER. Not accepting submissions during JUNE, JULY, or AUGUST. If you submit a book during these months, a confirmation email of receipt of your book will be sent at the end of September 2013. Thank you.

Step 1:

Sign your book.

Step 2:

Send your book to:

Insomniac Design Inc.
Attn: Larissa Leclair
1219 Blagden Alley, NW
Washington, DC 20001
USA
(No phone calls please. Do not add this address to any mailing lists for unsolicited mail not related to the submission of books for the iPL.)

Step 3:

Fill out the form below as it pertains to your book. If a field does not apply to your publication then leave it blank. For the “Category” field, the iPL is interested in how you describe your publication. Is it a zine, an artist book, POD book, exhibition catalog, etc.

An email confirmation will be sent from the iPL once the physical book has been received.

 

Submissions Page

Submit your Photobook here!
  • What is this photobook titled?
  • Enter photographer names here, separated by commas. At least one is required.
  • Enter any contributor names here, separated by commas.
  • Enter the month and year of publication (e.g. November 2012).
  • Share the city where this photobook was published.
  • Enter the price of this photobook (please indicate currency).
  • Explain the photobook, what it's about, and/or the people behind it.

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Exhibition Catalog for “A Survey of Documentary Styles in Early 21st Century Photobooks”

More about the exhibition here and here.
Order the book here.
Thank you to Patrick Aguilar of Owl & Tiger Books who did such an outstanding job designing the iPL’s first exhibition catalog!

“…the Indie Photobook Library is fast becoming one of Washington’s more interesting small collections.” – Mark Jenkins, Washington Post Express, November 9, 2011

Adventitious Volume 01

Adventitious © Carla Andrade, Carlos Cancela Pinto, Marija Strajnic, Mariya Ustymenko

Title: Adventitious Volume 01

Photographer/s: Carla Andrade, Carlos Cancela Pinto, Marija Strajnic, Mariya Ustymenko

Contributor/s: Igor Termenon, Carla Andrade, Carlos Cancela Pinto, Marija Strajnic, Mariya Ustymenko

Date of publication: April 2013

Nineteen Potted Palms

Nineteen Potted Palms © Clara Prioux

Title: Nineteen Potted Palms

Photographer/s: Clara Prioux

Date of publication: 2010

2013

2013 © Justin James Reed

Title: 2013

Photographer/s: Justin James Reed

Date of publication: May 2012

Indie Photobook Library with Blonde Art Books at Furthermore June 13, 2013

Indie Photobook Library at Furthermore

Blonde Art Books of NYC is going on tour and their first stop is Washington, DC!

Join BAB, the Indie Photobook Library, Cahiers Intempestifs, and SP Weather Station (Natalie Campbell and Heidi Neilson) for an informal SHOW&TELL and display of independent publications.

JUNE 13, 2013
7-9pm
Furthermore
52 O Street, NW | 202B
Washington, DC 20001
T: 202.330.1219

The public is invited to attend this free event and BRING their recent self-published projects to participate in an informal SHOW&TELL. Join on Facebook.

***Blonde Art Books will be collecting select publications to be part of an ongoing collection that will travel to future cities on the tour.***

And as always you can donate your book to the iPL at the event as well.

The INDIE PHOTOBOOK LIBRARY will be featuring local photographers and bookmakers with the following titles from the collection:

Twenty/12 (Aaron Canipe, Caroline Carpenter, John Edmonds, Michael Evnen, Nathaniel Grann, Mark Harley, Veronica Melendez, Jordan Swartz, Justine Tobiasz, Liora Valero, Tucker Walsh, Sara Winston), Empty Stretch

Guide, Champneys Taylor

Assembly Affect, Kyle Tata

Transfer, E. Brady Robinson

Monroe Portfolio, (Tim Anderson, Allison Clarke, Dan Rios, Matt Rose, Liora Valero, James Warner, Sara J Winston) Terri Weifenbach / Corcoran

This is Cool & All, But it Ain’t You, Zack Ingram

Garage d’Art, Jeff Bagato

Raleigh, North Carolina Hip-Hop Culture Over Everything, Jared Soares

Grown Up West, Rebecca Drobis

MidNights, Alexandra Silverthorne

The Us and The They, Kay Chernush

Backdrop: The Search for Home, Muriel Hasbun

Destination: Anywhere, Jordan Swartz

The Fighting Season, Louie Palu

Dream Self, Nate Larson

Some Fox Trails in Virginia, Susan Worsham

There’s Treasure Everywhere, Ginevra Shay

Dcist Exposed, Various Photographers, Heather Goss

Too Many Places and Times to Remember, Ginevra Shay and Trevor Powers

Banned in DC, compiled by Cynthia Connolly

Geisha, Satomi Kato

The Waiting Room, Bill Crandall

Pret-a-Porter, John Edmonds

A Psychic Collaboration, Nate Larson & Marni Shindelman

Two Months’ Salary, Lee Gainer

A Sense of Place, Susana Raab

A Mid-Western Tragedy, Nathaniel Grann

Box of Ice Boxes, Cynthia Connolly

Here, John Gossage

Pretty boys looking at me

Pretty boys looking at me © Jess T. Dugan

Title: Pretty boys looking at me

Photographer/s: Jess T. Dugan

Date of publication: 2013

This is my Brother

This is My Brother © Alejandro Cartagena

Title: This is my Brother

Photographer/s: Alejandro Cartagena

Date of publication: 2011

The Distance Between Us (Blurb)

The Distance Between Us © Christopher Capozziello / Blurb

Title: The Distance Between Us (Blurb)

Kyoiku

Kyoiku © Koji Kitagawa

Title: Kyoiku

Photographer/s: Koji Kitagawa

Date of publication: April 2013

Idilios

Idilios © Marta Soul

Title: Idilios

Photographer/s: Marta Soul

Contributors: Text by Carlos Yela‐García

Date of publication: March 2013

sado

sado © Dieter De Lathauwer

Title: sado

Photographer/s: Dieter De Lathauwer

Date of publication: Februari 2013