THE BOOK OF BOOKS ON PHOTOBOOKS - Daniel Blaize, Anatole Desachy, Jean-Marie Donat
Photobooks have long remained in the shadow of photography, relegated to a documentary and illustrative function. But thanks to the recent work of historians such as Gerry Badger, Horacio Fernandez and Hans-Michael Koetzle, specialized booksellers such as Denis Ozanne and Harper Levine, and with the support of major collectors such as Manfred Heiting, Martin Parr and Alain Sinibaldi, exhibitions and bibliographies have emerged to disseminate the history of this medium and enlighten the public on the subject. A market was created, price brackets established and today, the photography book has gained its independence and become an essential component of photography under the now well-established Anglo-Saxon term PHOTOBOOK.
After an unprecedented craze some twenty years ago, the market has now stabilized, but publishing houses, with a multitude of small independent publishers, remain numerous and publications are still plentiful. With the development of this market and the growing interest of the public, collectors and institutions, the need for compilation has been felt, leading to collections with a universal vocation such as those of Parr & Badger, or collections devoted to specific fields: geographical areas (Latin America, Japan, the Netherlands...), photographers (Nobuyoshi Araki, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Richard Prince), themes (Nude, Enterprise, Photojournalism).
Published on the occasion of the "Books on Photobooks" selection at the photographic bookshop L'INAPERCU, this work, which lists 87 titles, is a compilation of books on photography published worldwide. For each title, it provides an image of the cover, a double-page spread and a bibliographical note. More than a reference work, this book is a tribute to the phenomenon that photography books have become, and an acknowledgement of the important role played by the printed image, the book we open and leaf through, in the age of the all-digital world.
Published by L'INAPERÇU, Les Yeux Ouverts, Innocences, 2025
19 × 15 cm
ISBN: 979-10-95154-15-0
Photobooks have long remained in the shadow of photography, relegated to a documentary and illustrative function. But thanks to the recent work of historians such as Gerry Badger, Horacio Fernandez and Hans-Michael Koetzle, specialized booksellers such as Denis Ozanne and Harper Levine, and with the support of major collectors such as Manfred Heiting, Martin Parr and Alain Sinibaldi, exhibitions and bibliographies have emerged to disseminate the history of this medium and enlighten the public on the subject. A market was created, price brackets established and today, the photography book has gained its independence and become an essential component of photography under the now well-established Anglo-Saxon term PHOTOBOOK.
After an unprecedented craze some twenty years ago, the market has now stabilized, but publishing houses, with a multitude of small independent publishers, remain numerous and publications are still plentiful. With the development of this market and the growing interest of the public, collectors and institutions, the need for compilation has been felt, leading to collections with a universal vocation such as those of Parr & Badger, or collections devoted to specific fields: geographical areas (Latin America, Japan, the Netherlands...), photographers (Nobuyoshi Araki, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Richard Prince), themes (Nude, Enterprise, Photojournalism).
Published on the occasion of the "Books on Photobooks" selection at the photographic bookshop L'INAPERCU, this work, which lists 87 titles, is a compilation of books on photography published worldwide. For each title, it provides an image of the cover, a double-page spread and a bibliographical note. More than a reference work, this book is a tribute to the phenomenon that photography books have become, and an acknowledgement of the important role played by the printed image, the book we open and leaf through, in the age of the all-digital world.
Published by L'INAPERÇU, Les Yeux Ouverts, Innocences, 2025
19 × 15 cm
ISBN: 979-10-95154-15-0
Photobooks have long remained in the shadow of photography, relegated to a documentary and illustrative function. But thanks to the recent work of historians such as Gerry Badger, Horacio Fernandez and Hans-Michael Koetzle, specialized booksellers such as Denis Ozanne and Harper Levine, and with the support of major collectors such as Manfred Heiting, Martin Parr and Alain Sinibaldi, exhibitions and bibliographies have emerged to disseminate the history of this medium and enlighten the public on the subject. A market was created, price brackets established and today, the photography book has gained its independence and become an essential component of photography under the now well-established Anglo-Saxon term PHOTOBOOK.
After an unprecedented craze some twenty years ago, the market has now stabilized, but publishing houses, with a multitude of small independent publishers, remain numerous and publications are still plentiful. With the development of this market and the growing interest of the public, collectors and institutions, the need for compilation has been felt, leading to collections with a universal vocation such as those of Parr & Badger, or collections devoted to specific fields: geographical areas (Latin America, Japan, the Netherlands...), photographers (Nobuyoshi Araki, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Richard Prince), themes (Nude, Enterprise, Photojournalism).
Published on the occasion of the "Books on Photobooks" selection at the photographic bookshop L'INAPERCU, this work, which lists 87 titles, is a compilation of books on photography published worldwide. For each title, it provides an image of the cover, a double-page spread and a bibliographical note. More than a reference work, this book is a tribute to the phenomenon that photography books have become, and an acknowledgement of the important role played by the printed image, the book we open and leaf through, in the age of the all-digital world.
Published by L'INAPERÇU, Les Yeux Ouverts, Innocences, 2025
19 × 15 cm
ISBN: 979-10-95154-15-0
