UITVERKOCHT / Bruno Ceschel - Self Publish, Be Happy: A DIY Photobook Manual and Manifesto

UITVERKOCHT

An economic and cultural revolution has shaken the photobook world in the last five years: self-publishing. An army of photographers operating as publishers have had an instrumental role in today’s photobook renaissance. This book offers a do-it-yourself manual and a survey of key examples of self-published success stories, as well as a self-publishing manifesto and list of resources.

The manual portion of this volume offers insight, advice, and rudimentary how-tos for the photographer interested in self-publishing. The survey offers an overview of the contemporary self-publishing landscape; each case study illustrates a particular theme and genre of self-publishing (such as diary, documentary, or conceptual object), and will be accompanied by personal testimonies from the artists who created them.

Self Publish, Be Happy, founded by Bruno Ceschel in 2010, collects, studies, and celebrates self-published photobooks through an ongoing program of workshops, live events, and on/offline projects. Its London-based collection contains more than two thousand publications. Self Publish, Be Happy is the physical manifestation of a worldwide online community formed of a new, ever-evolving generation of young artists, who experiment, stretch, and play with the medium of photography.

"Self Publish, Be Happy: A DIY Manual and Manifesto is the best place to start to make sense of the recent grassroots revolution [in publishing]" - The Guardian, 2015

512 pages
20,1 x 27,6 cm, 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches
280 four-color and 20 half tone illustrations Paperback 
978-1-59711-344-1 
October 2015