How great is this? A photo-essay in the mail, in postcard form. Two sets, one a single image and velum cover. The second a full essay. This production is brought to you by Wim Jansen in Hamburg, Germany. “Thirty-Six/Three” is …
just make pictures zine No. 07
This is not the first time I’ve featured Michael Jarecki’s Zine on this site, and I’m hoping it won’t be the last. This thing looks SO good. And the photographs, well, they are good too. This issue, number 7, features …
Latin America Trade 5×8
I posted about the 8×10 version of this book here, but I didn’t show the original book which led me to the “massive” mini trade books in the first place. So here it is! I THINK this baby was lifted …
August by Tobin Walton
Tobin Walton dropped this little baby on my doorstep, and for this I say “Thank you!” A handmade Zine titled “August, Meditations and Meanderings from the month of August 2015.” Typewritten title page, handmade illustrations, ink on paper, a handmade …
Blurb Tips 0002 Make a Sample Book
MAKE SAMPLE BOOKS. I can’t really paint or make art of any kind. But I do, or at least I try. From time to time I make something that I think “Hmm, that might be okay,” and then I show …
Blurb Tips 0001 Forget What You Know
I would have never made a series of twenty books, all costing $2.49 per, had I followed what the industry and tradition told me to do. Forget what you know and start over with a clear and open mind.
Even More Postcards
At this point I’m printing an entire box of prints at a time, using work dating back several decades. My list of postcard pals is growing. Added two more this week. And now a few are trickling back my way. …
Print: New Magcloud 8-Page Promos
Back when I was working as a photographer I had a constant stream of printed pieces leaving my office. I did micro booklets, oversized magazines, single image print pieces, etc. I had a database of those I wanted to work …
Print: The Book about the Art Book
Okay, try to follow along. A few months ago I wrote about an edition-of-one art book I’d been sending around to a variety of artists. The idea is the book arrives, you work on it, instructed that nothing is sacred, …
Read: Award Season
I’m an introvert. (More on this later.) So when I go to an award show I have no idea what to do. I’m finding small talk more and more difficult. It’s not that the people at these shows aren’t great …
Read: Los Angeles Photography Night
I hadn’t been out in years. Yes, I know. I live here. But I don’t go out much these days. Life with Lyme means sleep, but last night I went for it. My wife was hosting a major opening at …
Read: More Postcards
I’ve told you how much fun it is to make postcards. More evidence. I have my system down, which you can see in an earlier post, so I can bang out a set like this in minutes. This is the …