Matthew Genitempo is an American photographer and book publisher currently living and making work in Marfa, Texas. He received his MFA in photography from the University of Hartford. Matthew was selected as one of PDN’s 30 Emerging Photographers and received the LensCulture Emerging Photographer Award. His first book, Jasper, was chosen for the Hariban Juror’s Choice Award and short-listed for the 2018 Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation First Photo Book Prize.

Bryan Schutmaat  is a photographer based in Austin, Texas whose work has been widely exhibited and published. He has won numerous awards, including a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, the Aperture Portfolio Prize, and an Aaron Siskind Fellowship. Bryan’s prints are held in many collections, such as Baltimore Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Pier 24  Photography, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. 

Together, Matthew and Bryan co-founded and now run the Texas-based independent art book publisher, Trespasser.

On episode 155, Matthew and Bryan answer the some of the following questions:

• Can you pass on one or two useful tips when it comes to editing and sequencing images for a book? Is there something you can say about the decision making process?

• When you begin a project, are you thinking about how it will end up - a book, exhibition etc? Does this influence your practice during the shooting phase?

• When you feel creatively exhausted or uninspired or blocked what do you do to get yourself moving forward again?

• What else, outside of photographery, are you passionate about? Do you have any other obsessions?

• Do you rely on a number of distinct income streams to make a living, and if so how is your 'income pie chart' made up?

• What is the most exciting photobook (or photographer) you've come across in the last year or so?

• What's your favourite photobook, and why? Or is there a photobook that was particularly influential?

• Where do you see the market for photo books heading in the next few years?

• Which photographer's work has been most influential to you?

• What advice should young photographers ignore? Are there recommendations you hear a lot that you totally disagree with?

• How do you fund a project you are going to publish? Does the author have to contribute towards the costs?

• What is the best fund raising strategy for a photo book?

• What are some key things to be aware of when contacting a publisher. Any Do's and Dont’s?

• Any suggestions for putting together a book proposal?

• How do you choose the projects you are going to publish?

• Where do you see the market for photo books heading in the next few years?

  
  

Matthew: Website | Instagram
Bryan: Website | Instagram
Trespasser Books: Website | Instagram

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