Join for the launch of 'Why Exhibit? vol. 2 — On Curating Photography' (eds. Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger and Iris Sikking,
Fw:Books 2024). Thursday, November 7, 6-8 pm at the Institut finlandais, 60, rue des Écoles, 75005 Paris. I am humbled to be among the amazing contributors. Essays by: Lia Carreira, Taru
Elfving, Eszter Erdosi, Kaija Kaitavuori, Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, Sunil Shah, Iris Sikking, Daria Tuminas, Sergio
Valenzuela-Escobedo. And conversations with: Poulomi Basu, Annet Dekker, Anna Ehrenstein, Tina Farifteh, Yining He, Uwa Iduozee, NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati, Thomas Kuijpers, Giya Makondo-Wills, Tanvi Mishra, Anastasia Mityukova, Kateryna Radchenko, Laura Toots, Salvatore Vitale. Excited to contribute to the upcoming volume 'What makes a Photobook Sustainable?' with a text 'The Liquid Monument' - the result of conversations with Liang-Pin Tsao, director of Lightbox Photo Library in Taipei, Taiwan; Caron Toshiko and Andi Ari Setiadi, co-founders of the photobook gallery and independent publishing initiative Gueari Galeri in Jakarta, Indonesia; and Czar Kristoff J.P., an artist based in Laguna, Philippines. The book is a compendium of 40 case studies on sustainable approaches to photobooks along with roundtable discussions, quotes, provocations and essays on elements of sustainable design, production, and distribution. Publisher: The Sustainable Photobook Publishing (SPP) network. Editor: Tamsin Green. Associate Editor: Eugenie Shinkle. The publication will be released in October 2024.
On the 20th of September 2024, I participate in the portfolio reviews at Arty Party 2024 at Melkweg Expo. It is the sixth edition of the graduation festival, filling the whole space of the Melkweg building. On the 26th of June 2024, 20:00, I am delighted to take part in the event at Oakhuis De Zwijger. ‘Edit Your Story’ is an event organised by ForHanna on the occasion of the release of the Marc Prüst's PhD research at the University of Groningen that focuses on the role of the narrative in photography. I will contribute a 20 minutes talk on the aspects (and critiques) of storytelling in exhibition making, and will participate in the round table discussion with Marc Prüst, Irene van der Linde, Jacqueline Dersjant, and Teun van der Heijden. On 28 January 2024, join for a conversation I moderate with Lana Mesić about her newly published photobook 'When you Point a Finger, Three are Pointing Back'. It takes place at Walgenbach Art & Books in Rotterdam at 15:00. Join us on the 18th of January 2024 at Foam Amsterdam, Foam Editions for Book Launch of 'In Pieces'. It is a collection of works by five artists - Sophia Bulgakova, Lia Dostlieva, Ola Lanko, Katia Motyleva, and Kateryna Snizhko. The artists, originally from Ukraine but currently living and working in the Netherlands, have each developed new work for this publication, commissioned by Growing Pains. During the event, curator, researcher, artist and publishing expert Delphine Bedel will moderate a Q&A with the participating artists. Join for a VIP viewing of the solo exhibition 'Dead River' by Tanja Engelberts at Galerie Caroline O'Breen. I am glad to moderate a talk with Tanja on the 14th of December (17:30-18:30) about the project she worked on upon the invitation of FOTODOK and The Shelter artist residency, which was originally co-produced and exhibited at The Rencontres d'Arles' 2023 edition. It was a delight to work with Tanja on the exhibition, and nice to reunite in Amsterdam for the talk! Come by to the round table ‘The Prizes in the Photobook Industry’ on the 17th of September 2023, during Photobooks Switzerland at the Center of Photography in Geneva. It will be a nice conversation between Caroline Nicod, Blow Up Press, Virginie Rebetez, and myself. The Ravestijn Gallery celebrates the finissage of 'Fruits of Labor' - an exhibition that brought together new work by artists Ruth van Beek and Mariken Wessels. On 22nd of April at 15:00 there will be a book talk in the gallery's library featuring Willem van Zoetendaal, Narda van 't Veer, Mariken Wessels and Ruth van Beek. I am also happy to contribute. We will discuss the latest publication 'Fruits of Labor', and some favourite picks of photobooks in general. Next to it, Basje Boer will recite the poems written and published in 'Fruits of Labor.' Join us! A pleasure to have taken part in Royal Academy of Art’s (The Hague) Network Week Programme in January 2022. So much talent, and a warm atmosphere! 'The Photobook Ecosystem: Searching for Sustainable Approaches.' Join the virtual panel on April 26 2022, 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT. A panel discussion with Lewis Chaplin & Sarah Piegay Espenon (Loose Joints), Catriona Gourlay (NAL, V&A), Paul John (Jan van Eyck Academie, Endless Editions) and Tamsin Green (manual.editions, SPP Network). Moderated by Amelie Schuele (FOAM) and myself. Co-presented by 10×10 Photobooks and the Sustainable Photobook Publishing (SPP) Network Find the finalists of the Fotofestiwal Lodz 2022 Open Call here! It has been a great pleasure and responsibility to go through all the amazing works and have an in-depth discussion with co-jurors Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, Lea Vene, Krzysztof Candrowicz, Myrto Steirou, and João Linneu. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Ian Parry Scholarship, Artsy are hosting an exclusive charity auction to raise vital funds for this annual award supporting young and emerging photojournalists. All funds raised will go towards future-proofing the scholarship’s annual award, mentorships and exhibitions.
Support the Ian Parry Scholarship by bidding on works by Susan Meiselas, Vanessa Winship, Newsha Tavakolian, Laura Pannack, Nina Berman, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Darcy Padilla, Laura El-Tantawy and more.
Bidding in the auction will begin on Thursday, November 11th at 9:00am GMT and close on Wednesday, November 24th at 5:00pm GMT.
All works are on view at Phillips, London from 17th - 23rd November.
My work from 'Ivan and the Moon' is humbly taking part in the auction as well. Lilia Luganskaia self-published her new photobook 'The Hortus.' The publication will be launched at FOAM Editions in Amsterdam on Thursday the 25th of November (6—8 pm). I am delighted to moderate the public interview with Lilia during this celebratory event. RSVP here. Watch the IGTV conversation with Martina Zanin about her recent photobook ‘I made them run away’ (Skinnerboox)
hosted by 10x10photobooks. The publication weaves together family images and photographs with texts written by the artist’s mother. Shifting between different points of view, Zanin depicts the recurring complicated triangular relationship between herself, her mother and the “man” — not constant, mostly represented as an absence in the work. On the 26th of October 2021, I was glad to review the works of the 3d year's students at Willem de Kooning Academy. The portfolio review day was very inspiring, and it was lovely to share it with Amelie Rose Schüle, Jeroen Kummer, Erik Vroons, Marina Paulenka, and Jim Casper. In spring 2021, I was glad to take part in BUP Book Award 2021 (by Blow Up Press) as a jury member, together with Danaé Panchaud, Giuseppe Oliverio, Hubert Humka, Sebastian Hau, Andrea Copetti, Gloria Oyarzabal. Congratulations to the winner 'Dame Gulizar and Other Love Stories' by Rebecca Topakian. On the 20the of May 2021, I take part in The Photobook Sessions - a day programme of online talks on the Photobook from the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation and Camberwell College of Arts, UAL. I am excited to speak alongside Ana Casas Broda, Mårten Lange, Mårten Lange, Tanvi Mishra, Christiane Monarchi, Anne Nwakalor, Eugenie Shinkle, David Solo, and Linda van Deursen. In June 2021, I was part of the jury for Self Publish Riga, together with Bruno Ceschel, Evita Goze, Milo Montelli, and Alexey Murashko. The first prize was awarded to 'An ordinary story' by Nadezhda Ermakova, and the prize for the best Baltic dummy was awarded to 'Half Houses' by Inga Navickaitė-Drąsutė. Congratulations to the winners and authors of the shortlisted dummies! On the 21st of January 2021, I was glad to take part in The annual Network Week of the Photography department / The Royal Academy of Art The Hague (KABK). Exciting new projects by the current academy's students are coming up! In October 2020, I contribute to 'The Conversations' - an event within a Digital Festival 'RESET' organised by FUTURES.* Together with an invited group of professionals and talents, we enjoy weekly portfolio reviews and coaching sessions. *FUTURES amplifies emerging photography talents in Europe.
Nederlands Film Festival (25.09-03.10.20) invited FOTODOK to participate in the online exhibition accompanying the conference 'Life As We Know It'. The programme was dedicated to today’s changing reality - from deep fakes, fake news and drone filming to melting ice caps. For the digital show, on behalf of FOTODOK, I introduced projects about the phenomena of hyperreality and light pollution by artists Shadman Shahid (BD) and Jessica Bizzoni (IT). Browse through the cloud installation of 'Life As We Know It', and discover, next to photographic works, video essays and interviews brought together by NFF. In September 2020, Mondriaan Fund supported FOTODOK within their structural two-year Kunstpodium Basis programme. I am humbled and grateful that our artistic vision and programme were appreciated. On the 28th of July 2020, I took part in the online conversations 'Take from a Shelve' organised by Untitled Dummy Award. Arthur Bondar and me selected each five photobooks from our collections and talked about them. Watch the video (RU) here. I speak about: Carmen Winant — 'My Birth', Mariken Wessels — 'Miss Cox', Virginie Rebetez — 'Out of the Blue', Laia Abril — 'A History of Misogyny, Chapter One: On Abortion and the repercussions of lack of access', 'How We See: Photobooks by Women', editors - Russet Lederman, Olga Yatskevich and Michael Lang. On the 5th of September I am taking part in selecting the shortlist for KASSEL DUMMY AWARD 2020.
Together with Chiara Capodici (Leporello Books), Frédérique Destribats (L'éditeur du dimanche), Frederic Lezmi (The PhotoBookMuseum), Ufuk Sahin (MAS Matbaa), and Dieter Neubert (Fotobookfestival Kassel) we gather at The PhotoBookMuseum in Cologne, engaging with dummies and into the discussion around them.
The final YET issue (no. 12) 'What We Have Learnt About Publishing' devotes itself to the world of photography publishing. Amelie Rose Schüle and myself contributed a material called 'Is a Book Worth a Tree?', where we, together with nineteen publishers, designers, artists, printers, distributors and paper manufacturers, we identify and discuss different elements within the photobook production cycle that could be subject to ecological improvement. Great news! The Mondriaan Fund supports FOTODOK's program in 2020. FotoDepartament initiated an online marathon 'Practitioners and Theorists.' The event took place in early April 2020, and I was glad to take part with my talk 'On the Exhibition's Ruins.' Find out the results of BUP Book Award by BLOW UP PRESS (PL). Instead of one winner, two applicants were awarded with the possibility to publish their photobook. It was an honour to be part of the jury in April 2020. In August 2019, I join the team of FOTODOK in Utrecht in the role of a curator. I am very excited! 'How Books Begin' - new material on selected photobook dummies from Unseen Dummy Award 2018 shortlist. For Unseen Magazine Issue 6, spring 2019. I was glad to contribute a chapter on 10 selected photobooks by female artists from Eastern Europe to the latest project of 10x10 Photobooks’ - How We See: Photobooks by Women. The project presents a global range of one hundred 21st-century photobooks by female photographers and will appear as a book and a travelling presentation. On the 25 October at 6pm, New York Public Library will host a talk moderated by Olga Yatskevich with Lesley Martin and me, I am very honoured and look forward to the discussion! Look forward to taking part in the Photobook: RESET curated by Bruno Ceschel & Ann-Christin Bertrand. Hosted by C/O Berlin from 28-30 September 2018, the first Photobook: RESET will be an immersive programme of workshops designed to re-imagine the future of publishing. In October 2018, I am thrilled to see the shortlist of Photobook Week Aarhus Dummy Award 2018, and, together with other jury members David Solo, Harvey Benge, Beate Cegielska, Njusja de Gier, and Jesper Rasmussen choose the winner. I am honoured to be part of the jury of The Photobook Dummy Contest within the second Moscow contemporary photography and photobook festival Photobookfest at Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography. I look forward to seeing all the dummies in May 2018! I look forward to seeing in print the new spring 2018 Foam Magazine #50: Water issue! I was glad to contribute with an essay on the Salt Lake series by Boris Mikhailov. I am honoured to be part of the jury for THE COSMOS PDF AWARD that celebrates digital publishing. Look forward to seeing all the works in spring 2018! I am excited to take part in Artist’s Books and Cinema. A Symposium. at CAMPO NIEUWPOORT in Gent on the 9th of February 2018 with the talk CinePhotoBook: What connects cinematography and photobooks.
Fiebre Photobook Festival in Madrid invited me to take part in the discussion Space-time: distribution with Christopher Johnson / PhotoEye, moderated by Sonia Berger. May brings good news - I started working on the Unseen Book Market & Dummy Award 2017. I was glad to contribute to The PhotoBook Review #012 (Aperture) as a guest editor. The issue is dedicated to relations between cinema and photobook. The new 21st issue of EXTRA (magazine of Antwerpen Photomuseum) has been released. Beautifully designed by Hans Gremmen, the edition focuses on the theme PRAKTIJK (Practice). I contributed a text about the photobook “Maximilian Stejskal – Folklig idrott". Noor is organising an amazing workshop on Documentary Photography free of charge for 10 talented emerging photographers of Kazakhstan in October 2017. The Noor photographers travelling there will be Tanya Habjouqa (US) and Sebastián Liste (ES). I am happy to be one of NOOR Alumni who is going to do skype tutoring of the participants before October. On the 23d of April The Stedelijk Museum presents a program on the relations between cinema and photobooks - The Moving Page: At the Crossroads of Cinema and Photobook. It is produced in conjunction with the exhibition Ed van der Elsken - Camera in Love, and invites a number of contributors: Roland Fischer-Briand, Tamara Berghmans, Paulien Oltheten, Lesley A. Martin. During the event, a new issue of The PhotoBook Review will be launched!
I was very happy to co-organise the event with Hripsimé Visser and Britte Sloothaak and look forward to it! THANK YOU, Mondriaan fund! In March, 2017 I received 'een positief oordeel' - a positive verdict - regarding my research application 'The Moving Page. At the Crossroads of Cinema and Photobook'. A few events, the result of this research, will follow soon! I have contributed an essay Eye + Water = to the book Noir by Martine Stig - an exciting publication produced by Fw:Books. On 24.09.16 I take part in a round table discussion 'A Photographer as a Curator' at FotoDepartament. I'm very excited to be writing about the book "Maximilian Stejskal – Folklig idrott" edited by Marie-Isabel Vogel and Alain Rappaport for the upcoming issue of EXTRA (published by the Museum of Photography of Antwerp). In August 2016, I started to teach at Webster University in Leiden at Media Communications department. The courses I take care of are Digital Basic Photography and History of Photography. Colta.ru invited six curators to prepare a selection of emerging Russian photographers for a special online project. In summer 2016, I will be posting about new names & projects in Russian photography. A new school of photography was launched in St. Petersburg - fotografika! An intensive two years study program, and I am glad to contribute with a course 'Thousand Words' that begins in spring, 2016! 'Conversations on Photography' is launched!
Willem Popelier, Karin Krijgsman, Karin Bareman, Suzan Geldhoff, Zhenia Sveshinsky, Raymond Frenken and me start with a conversation on selfies. Part of our dialogue is published in Extra 19 (FOMU foto museum's magazine), and other threads of the conversation can be found at fw: website. Good news! Mondriaan Fonds has supported the initiative 'Conversations on Photography' by FW: books and a team of researchers to which I am happy to belong to. We will talk about conversations soon!