Martin Parr’s Best Books of the Decade

Martin Parr’s Best Books of the Decade

In July 2011, PhotoIreland will present ‘Martin Parr’s Best Books of the Decade’, an exhibition of 30 publications from all over the globe, hand-picked by the world-famous photographer and photographic bibliophile. These photobooks have not only fantastic images, but also have exceptional production value, and became classics of their own time. Often quite radical, and sometimes taking time to fully appreciate their merits, all of these books are bound to go down as important contributors to the ongoing photographic book culture.

About the Selected Books

We will publish the full list of books on the day of the opening of the exhibition. Until then, it will remain a secret!

UPDATE

You can nope see the full list in Martin Parr’s Catalogue post.

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Opening day: 5pm 15 July
Dates: EXTENDED UNTIL AUGUST 14
Opening hours:
Mon to Sat 10-5pm
Sunday 12-5pm

National Photographic Archive, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar

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Book & Magazine Fair

Book & Magazine Fair

PhotoIreland is delighted to present our first Book & Magazine Fair where national and international publishers will showcase their latest publications. The collection on show is open in its conceptual framing and wide in its outreach: it includes photobooks and photo magazines from all over the world, as well as a rich example of contemporary publications focused on Art, Design and Illustration, as part of our interest on Image Culture. For these publishers, the pleasure comes both from the content and from its delivery. The low key handmade fanzine, the postcard-based publication, or the hardcover classic with high production values, all rejoice in the book format. It has been a fantastic opportunity for our team to sieve though the over 500 items that will be on display, and we hope you will share the feeling.

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Opening: 10am 15 July
Dates: 15-31 July
Opening hours:
Mon to Sat 10.30-5.30pm
Sun 11-5.30pm

Book & Magazine Fair
FilmBase, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2

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The Book & Magazine Fair is a place where you can relax and enjoy this wealth of publications that are rarely seen in Ireland. You are welcome to visit, grab one, sit down and read: feel at home.

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Martin Parr’s Lecture on Photobooks

Martin Parr's Lecture on Photobooks

The unique exhibition ‘Martin Parr’s Best Books of the Decade’ will include a talk introducing the selected books and offering a conversation around the photobook format. Spaces are limited, so we recommend early booking.

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Date: 3pm 15 July
******SOLD OUT*******

Book & Magazine Fair
FilmBase, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2

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Bruno Ceschel Lecture on Self Publish, Be Happy

Bruno Ceschel Lecture on Self Publish, Be Happy

‘Self Publish, Be Happy’ is an organisation founded by Bruno Ceschel in 2010 with the aim of celebrating, studying and promoting self-published photobooks.  Self-publishing has not only been recognised as a powerful cultural and economic phenomenon, but its army of belligerent and creative publishers and photographers has proven that they are here to stay and shake the art publishing world.

Experimentation, boldness, love for the printed object and a desire to be heard are some of the traits manifested in the photobooks Bruno Ceschel has chosen to discuss; the many incarnations of contemporary self-publishing.

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Date: 8pm 16 July
Price: eur10





Book & Magazine Fair
FilmBase, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2

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From the stapled fanzine assembled in a student bedroom to the traditionally printed photobook, these publications not only reshape our understanding of the medium, but offer exciting and sometimes radical ideas. Ceschel will also discuss his project Self Publish, Be Happy and present his latest community-lead project Self Publish, Be Naughty, a collection of intimate, flirtatious, sexual, raw and explicit images laid bare in a book.

About Bruno Ceschel

Bruno Ceschel is a lecturer in Photography at the University of Westminster, London, a writer and a curator. He is the founder of Self Publish, Be Happy, a project that aims to promote and study self-published photobooks. In 2010 Self Publish, Be Happy organised events at The Photographers’ Gallery, ICA and Whitechapel Gallery in London, at Flash Forward Festival in Toronto and Boston and at Printed Matter in NYC. Previously Ceschel worked on the 2008 edition of the Brighton Photo Biennial, as book editor at Chris Boot Ltd, and was associate and creative editor at Colors magazine. Ceschel is currently working on his first book titled Dissident Desires – Identities in Contemporary Photography, which will be published by Aperture in 2012.
www.selfpublishbehappy.com

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Markus Schaden Lecture on Publishing

Markus Schaden Lecture on Publishing
In 1995, Markus Schaden founded the Schaden.com publishing house, which focuses on limited-edition photography books and special releases. His bookstore in Cologne, Germany is one of the finest resources for unique contemporary photography books. Since 2006, Schaden has worked for the quarterly photo magazine Foam. He was vice president of the German Society of Photography, and has served on the juries of photography festivals in Mannheim, Arles, Paris, Cracow, and Los Angeles. Schaden offers lectures, workshops, and a master class at the Cologne Visual Media Academy in the Photo Book Studies program. In 2009, he won the international Red Dot Design Award.

But what keeps his passion in photobooks alive after so many years? And what are his plans in the near future? Join us for a very interesting talk on the world of photobooks by one of its best exponents. Spaces are limited, so we recommend early booking.

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Date: 9pm 16 July
Price: eur10





Book & Magazine Fair
FilmBase, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2

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Long Way To Paradise

Long Way To Paradise
The title of this group exhibition is taken from the Belfast punk band Stiff Little Fingers’s song ‘It’s A Long Way To Paradise (From Here)’, which deals with the daily grind of living in an economically deprived urban environment – a broken city. The song’s title set the tone for this exhibition, which sets out to reflect the current frustrations resulting from the recent economic collapse and political upheavals, as interpreted through the urban environment and its inhabitants.

This exhibition will show the work of 10 engaging photographers from Ireland and around the world, whose work explores the contradictory nature of living in a modern city; combining a sense of anxiety and hope, of inertia and freedom, and of dreams and reality.

About the curator

SuperMassiveBlackHole is Ireland’s leading international online photography magazine. It is available to download for free as a PDF in both screen and print resolution. Born in 2009, SuperMassiveBlackHole is dedicated to the photographic imagery resulting from the time-based processes found in many interdisciplinary art practices today. The magazine and its exhibitions are edited, published and curated by Barry W Hughes.

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Opening: 10am15 July
Dates: 15-31 July
Opening hours:
Mon to Sat 10.30-5.30pm
Sun 11-5.30pm

Book & Magazine Fair
FilmBase, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2

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About the photographers

Mark Curran (Ireland/Germany)
Lives and works in Berlin and Dublin. He is a PhD candidate through the Centre for Transcultural Research and Media Practice (CTMP), DIT and an Associate Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Photography programme at IADT-DL in Dublin. He has exhibited widely including Gallery of Photography, Ireland (2002); Septembre de la Photographie, Lyon, France (2008); China International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China (2008) and as part of the programme of Fotofestiwal 2009 in Lodz, PolandMuseum of Art, DePaul University, USA (2010).

David Blackmore (Ireland/UK)
Lives and works in London. He works part time as a lecturer at the University for the Creative Arts, and has also guest lectured at a number of institutions including the University of Westminster (London) and the Institute for art, design and technology (Dublin). He was recently invited to make a new body of work, entitled ‘Self help’, for the Schwartz Gallery’s Project space, UK. In 2009 David had his third solo show at the Central European House of photography in Bratislava. Blackmore has been involved in a number of group shows in India, Slovakia and the UK.

Yaniv Waissa (Israel)
Lives and works in Jerusalem. He has been published widely, and recently guest edited Unless You Will online photography magazine (2010, Australia). He has exhibited as a solo artist in The Jerusalem House of Quality, Jerusalem (2007); The Artists’ House, Jerusalem (2008); O3one Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia (2008) and recently ‘Er Miklat (Push da’Pins #2)’, Indie Gallery, Tel Aviv (2010). He has shown work in group exhibitions in Italy, Netherlands, Belguim and USA.

Dan Shipsides (UK/Northern Ireland)
Lives and works in Belfast. Former co-director at Catalyst Arts, Belfast and is a lecturer and researcher at the School of Art & Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Awards include ACNI Major Artist Award (2004), Nissan Art award IMMA, Dublin (2000), Perspective award, OBG, Belfast (1998). He has exhibited solo and group exhibitions/projects throughout Ireland, UK and internationally including at the South London Gallery; Wings Project Art Space, Switzerland; Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol. He has also exhibited in Australia, China, Latvia, Sweden, Turkey, Canada, Netherlands, Italy and France.

Diarmait Grogan (Ireland)
Lives and works in Dublin. Graduated with a BA in photography from IADT Dun Laoghaire in 2008. Diarmait’s work has been shown in both Ireland and the UK. Recent exhibitions include his solo show at Severed Head Gallery, Dublin (2011), and group shows at Block T, PhotoIreland Festival 2011, Pavlov’s Dog, Berlin (2011), Format09 International Photography Festival, UK (2009), Paul Kane Gallery, Dublin (2008).

Paul Corcoran (Ireland/Germany)
Lives and works in Cork and Berlin. He is a recent graduate of the Documentary Photography program at the University of Wales, Newport. He has exhibited in Ireland, UK and Germany including Host Gallery, London; Lighthouse Gallery, Nottingham; The Apartment, Berlin and Royal West Academy, Bristol.

Virginie Rebetez (Switzerland/Netherlands)
Lives and works in Amsterdam. She graduated from the Gerrit Reitveld Academy, Amsterdam in 2008. Recent exhibitions include FotoBook Festival, Kassel, Germany (2010); MCBA, Luasanne, Switzerland (2010); Hasselt, Belguim (2009); Amsterdams Centrum voor Fotografie, Netherlands (2008).

Stephen Gunning (Ireland)
Lives and works in Dublin. He has had a number of solo shows including Mothers Tankstation, Dublin (2010); The Lab, Dublin (2007); Cotext Gallery, Derry (2005) and Goethe Institute, Dublin (2004). Group exhibitions include Festival Audiovisuel de Paris (2010); Tulca, Galway (2009/2005); Recontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin (2007/2005); International Montreal Biannale, Canada (2006); EV+A, Limerick (2001/1996). He is an Artist in Residence at Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2011).

Sarah Sudhoff (USA)
Lives and works in Texas. In 2008 Sudhoff was chosen for Photolucida’s 2008 Critical Mass Top 50 Photographers award. She won honorable mention, in 2010, at the Daylight and Center for Documentry Studies as well as En Foco’s New Art Award. Also in 2010 Sudhoff became the first artist-in-residence at the Kinsey Institute for research in sex, gender and reproduction. She holds an MFA in photography from Parsons The New School for Design in New York City as well as a Bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin. Sudhoff is co-founder and on the Board of Trustees for the Austin Center for Photography in Austin, Texas. Currently Sudhoff is on faculty at the University of Texas at San Antonio and Trinity University.

Angel Darby & Robert Peters (Northern Ireland)
Darby and Peters live and work in Belfast. Angela Darby and Robert Peters have been working collaboratively for a number of years, exhibiting together in Ireland, China and America. Recently they were a warded the EV+A Belltable Arts Award in Limerick for their work ’Public Address…’ Both artists are co-directors of Fully Formed Projects and ex-directors of Catalyst Arts, Belfast. Peters is currently the Director of Seacourt Print Workshop in Bangor.

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Blurb Presents SHOW

Blurb Presents SHOW
Blurb are pleased to invite photographers to take part in this special evening of moving visual narratives, in partnership with PhotoIreland Festival. The evening will be a carefully curated show of some of the best photo films around. It is an ideal platform for photographers to promote their work at an International Photography Festival and an exciting evening to come along and enjoy!

Submit your Photo Film:
Presentations must run no more than six minutes and should incorporate both sound and moving image used to tell a story. Your subject matter can be newly completed work, projects in progress, or a previous production. This is an opportunity to showcase your work at an International Photography Festival.

Deadline for submissions: Friday 1st July

Email Blurb at photoireland[at]blurb.com with a link to your completed slideshow and some background information on the story (an actual file will have to be provided on the night)

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6pm-8pm Saturday 16th of July

Book & Magazine Fair
FilmBase, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2

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On Irish Magazines: Source, SuperMassiveBlackHole, and Blow

On Irish Magazines: Source, SuperMassiveBlackHole, and Blow
An open dialogue between the three photo-magazines in Ireland: Source, SuperMassiveBlackHole, and Blow. Approaching the format from diverse perspectives, these magazines have made their own specialised niche in the publishing universe. We will learn from their work in print and online, their origins and future plans, and their view on contemporary Irish photography. The talk will commence with a presentation by each of the participants, after which the conversation will be opened to the floor.

BLOW

Established in July 2010, Blow is Ireland’s first A3 photography magazine. Aimed at photographers of all disciplines, Blow has set out to offer a platform for both Irish and international image makers to have their work seen, debated and discussed.

Blow endeavors to unite seasoned photographers and passionate enthusiasts by providing a carefully selected collection of images to challenge and excite. The running theme of this magazine is photography itself, in all its guises.

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Date: 6pm, Sunday 24th July

Book & Magazine Fair
FilmBase, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2

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This quarterly publication launched a teaser ‘preview’ issue ‘hold your breath’ in July 2010 to coincide with the first annual PhotoIreland Festival.

SuperMassiveBlackHole

SuperMassiveBlackHole is Ireland’s leading international online photography magazine. It is available to download for free as a PDF in both screen and print resolution. Born in 2009, SuperMassiveBlackHole is dedicated to the photographic imagery resulting from the time-based processes found in many interdisciplinary art practices today.

SOURCE

Source is published by Photo Works North, an organisation first constituted in the summer of 1991. The purpose of this organisation was to promote photography in Northern Ireland with its principle objective being the starting of a photography gallery in Belfast.

The last of the organisation’s aims was the publication of a newsletter. This newsletter was published for the first time in the Summer of 1992. It was eight pages, black and white throughout, and given out for free. The organisation raised money through a print lottery; tickets were sold for a draw for donated photographs including work by Martin Parr, Willie Doherty and a self-portrait by Lee Friedlander, produced in a photobooth in Wales and donated by a member of the committee.

Source grew in size and was soon on sale in newsagents. By the fourth issue in 1995 an office had been acquired in the centre of Belfast and financial assistance was provided by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for the production of the magazine and its associated programme.

At this stage all work for the magazine was done voluntarily. In 1996 Proteus – a European Union funding organisation – offered a grant that funded the positions of an editor, administrator and education officer. This funding continued until 1998. At the end of 1998 Source relaunched with a new landscape format, a redesigned layout, more review content and more colour reproductions. This time the funding was supplied by the Arts Council lottery fund.

Since 1998 Source has grown in size and modified its design but is still a landscape format magazine with a mix of written content and portfolios of images. Since 1999 Source has also organised exhibitions and talks in Belfast and toured exhibitions of Irish artists to galleries in Europe. In 2000 the old office was redeveloped and Source moved into a (semi-derelict) warehouse space. It is hoped that this is a temporary home (very cold in winter, too hot in summer) and that in 2002 Source will move once again, this time to a more permenant location.

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Source Magazine: Stock Take

Source Magazine: Stock Take

A discussion of the most significant Irish work that has been published in source in the last nineteen years, chaired by Richard West, editor of Source.

Justin Carville, author of Photography & Ireland to be published by Reaktion 2011, looking at work from Ireland.

Colin Graham, co-editor of Ireland and Cultural Theory, Macmillan and co-editor of The Irish Review, looking at work from Northern Ireland.

Valerie Connor, Irish Commissioner for the Venice and São Paulo Biennials in 2003 and 2004, looking at work produced in the last five years in Ireland, North or South.

A unique event!

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Dates: 2pm 23 July
Price: 4 Euro on the door

Book & Magazine Fair
FilmBase, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2

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Open Call 2011

Open Call 2011

In cooperation with Blurb, this year we searched for the best contemporary photobooks within our audience, via our international call for submissions. The best books will be printed and they will be available for all to see at the Book and Magazine Fair.

From the hundreds of submissions, we selected 20 great Blurb contemporary photography books to highlight at the festival. This is a great opportunity to showcase your outstanding Blurb photography book at PhotoIreland. This year, the festival kicks off July 1st and celebrates its first Book & Magazine Fair, with a special focus on photobooks. You’ll enjoy events at dozens of venues around the city, including Blurb bookmaking seminars.
The selected 20 books will travel to the Belfast Photo Festival in August.

The selected books are:

Bo Gort, Insulatus
Brendan Maher, Water Mark
Brian Cregan, On Off Halsted
Chris Collins, My Car is a Rolls Royce
Chris Mear, the a511
David Killeen, To You I Follow
Dejan Karin, Prelude
Eveliina Hujanen, Fairyland
Joachim Schmid, L.A. Women
Krisy Lynn Carpenter, Since We’ve Spoken
Lewis Koch, Bomber, A Chance Unwinding
Maciej Pestka, Presa De Lanzarote
Noel Nobeltt, The Desolate Land’s Portraits
Norbert Görtz, Doha
Peter Gates, Insignificance
Rada Moneva, Analogue This
Rob O’Connor, Enclosed
Sean Hillen, The Whole Works
Steve Ryan, Raw Materials
Yury Toroptsov, Why Was I Born In Russia

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Opening day: 10am 15 July
Dates: 15-31 July
Opening hours:
Mon to Sat 10.30-5.30pm
Sun 11-5.30pm

Book & Magazine Fair
FilmBase, Temple Bar,
Dublin 2

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