In the afternoon Matt Johnston came in to give us a photo book workshop and discuss his experiences with photo books. Whilst Matt would class himself primarily as a photographer he has dabbled in publishing and creative design. Matt's relationship with the phototbook began at University and his interested continued to develop after he graduated spurring him to create 'The Photobook Club,' he set it up online and began inviting people to share their thoughts whilst he was filming and photographing photobooks.
'The Photobook club aims to
- promote and enable discussion surrounding the photobook format
- encourage people to talk about photobooks in an open manner with no hierarchy.
"A book is a sequence of spaces
each of these spaces is perceived at a different moment -
a book is also a sequence of moments."
Ulises Carrion "The New Art of Making Books
After his talk Matt gave us some pictures from a photobook and asked us to put them into a sequence. Just by looking at the images with no other information. This was a really informative exercise and taught me a lot about the things we should consider when a) evaluating images as part of our research for our own personal practice and b) creating a photobook of my own.
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