Photobook Phenomenon
The exhibition highlights the role of the photobook in contemporary visual culture and takes it as the departure point for a reinterpretation of the history of photography. Nine curators with years of expertise in the forefront of the photobook movement share their respective visions in a joint exhibition at the CCCB and at Fundació Foto Colectania.
Audiovisual Report «Photobook Phenomenon»
The exhibition highlights the role of the photobook in contemporary visual culture and takes it as the departure point for a reinterpretation of the history of photography. Nine curators with years of expertise in the forefront of the photobook movement share their respective ...
New York by William Klein. Photobook study
Time Lapse of the "Phenomenon Photobook" section
A photobook is the outcome of a photographic discourse combined with a design proposal, page layout, selected materials, printing, etc. In this section, we propose to dissect one of the seminal works in the history of the photobook, the result of a photographic statement but also of a social, ...
Fascinations and Failures, lecture by Erik Kessels
Exhibition "Photobook Phenomenon" Inaugural Activity
There are two parts in the section "Fascinations and Failures": one that reveals Kessels as a curator, in which we show a selection of his vernacular photobooks. And the second, ¡Qué desastre!, which presents him as an artist and consists of an intervention on ...
The Best Photobooks, lecture by Martin Parr
Exhibition "Photobook Phenomenon" Inaugural Activity
The photographer Martin Parr speaks about the fifty-seven works that he has selected from his collection to be in the exhibition.
Reading "New York" by William Klein, lecture by Markus Schaden and Frederic Lezmi
Exhibition "Photobook Phenomenon" Inaugural Activity
Markus Schaden and Frederic Lezmi speaks about the photobook "New York" by William Klein. They are founders of The PhotoBookMuseum, a non-profit organization and the world’s first museum focused on the curatorial display of photobooks.
Irene de Mendoza and Moritz Neumüller present "Photobook Phenomenon"
The curators explain the value of the photobook in the current visual culture
Irene de Mendoza and Moritz Neumüller, curators of the exhibition "Photobook Phenomenon" explain what a photobook is and talk about the relevance of a movement and a global community of artists, photographers and creators that use the book to narrate stories through photography. The exhibition, which is presented jointly at the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona and the Fundación Foto Colectania, has seven other curators: Gerry Badger, Horacio Fernández, Ryuichi Kaneko, Erik Kessels, Frederic Lezmi, Martin Parr and Markus Schaden. ...
The "Phenomenon Photobook" catalogue, an original book!
Photobooks have become increasingly popular in recent years and occupy a central place in contemporary photography. Nowadays, more photobooks are produced, bought and sold, swapped and collected than ever before. Independent publishing and the self-publishing of books and fanzines ...
Photobook Phenomenon
Photobook Phenomenon highlights the role of the photobook in contemporary visual culture and takes it as the departure point for a reinterpretation of the history of photography. The exhibition runs simultaneously at the CCCB and at Fundació Foto Colectania, tracing the history ...