THIS WEEK ON A SMALL VOICE PODCAST...

A special report from the 2024 edition of the International Paris Photo Fair. Full list of contributors here.

ALSO...

Photobook Focus...

This monthly A Small Voice podcast members-only Zoom presentation by a photographer of a new or recent photobook returns after a short break. December's session will be at 19.00 (UK time) on Tuesday 17th when Sergey Bykov will present his beautiful new book After Us, published by Redhook Editions. Members: full details to follow. Hope you can join us on the night!

Opening...

Erna Helena Ania, an exhibition by artist and photobook designer Tomasz Laczny, will be on display at Four Corners Gallery in London from December 11–14. The exhibition delves into Laczny's family history, uncovering his German grandmother's forbidden love with a Polish man during WWII and their shared journey of survival and identity.

The exhibition will also feature photobooks created in collaboration with participants from Laczny's workshops over the past three years. Visitors will gain insight into the creative process through a showcase of photobook dummies in progress. 

In My Letter to Santa...

Despite my constantly bemoaning the lack of shelf space for new acquisitions (hence the recent forays into the book selling game), there's always something I covet. In case any of you have contacts in Lapland, here are two books at the top of my Christmas present wishlist:

Pestka by Magdalena Wywrot (Deadbeat Club)

Into The Silence by Yasuhiro Ogawa (Blue Lotus Editions)... and all his previous books...

Artist Talk...

If you're in London on the evening of December 9th, Sony World Photography Awards first place winner Sujata Setia will present A Thousand Cuts at the Photobook Cafe.

Derived from the ancient Asian form of torture of lingchi (known death by a thousand ), A Thousand Cuts is an ongoing series of portraits and stories that present a photographic study of patterns of domestic abuse in the South Asian community. I have borrowed the metaphorical meaning of lingchi to showcase the cyclical nature of domestic abuse. The continuous act of chipping at the soul of the abused is expressed by making cuts on the portrait of the participant, while the prints are made on thin paper to depict the fragility of the existence. The final artwork is photographed in a tight crop to create a sense of suffocation and absence of room for movement.

If you haven't connected yet on Instagram and Linked-In, click below!

Sign up below to get this newsletter delivered to your inbox once a week.