RPS exhibition: 2022 PHOTOBOOK AS OBJECT exhibition 7/8-23
The PHOTOBOOK AS OBJECT workshop, led by Jan Russell and Yumi Goto since 2014, was held in two phases at Reminders Photography Stronghold from September to October 2022. In May, the exhibition of the workshop’s results was successfully held at the RPS Kyoto Paperoles, welcoming many visitors enjoying the displayed dummy books. We are pleased to announce that a newly organised group of the artists has now decided to present a touring exhibition at Reminders Photography Stronghold in Tokyo. During the exhibition, the participating artists will be working on their dummy books, allowing visitors to experience the production process of the photobooks. We look forward to welcoming you to this exhibition.
2022 Photobook as object exhibition view at RPS Kyoto Paperoles
The workshop allows participants the space to learn new techniques and ways of thinking from the productive, constructive criticism of the workshop’s tutors and their peers with this process ultimately helping each photographer eventually create a photobook that tells their story in the best way possible. Many photographers arrive at the workshop with one idea for their photobook and leave with a dummy that is almost entirely unrecognizable from the initial concept they had arrived with.
In 2022, after a few postponements due to the Pandemic, participants in the PHOTOBOOK AS OBJECT workshop were more international than ever with photographers hailing from countries such as the United States, France, Belgium, Mexico, and Japan. All participants worked together, sharing their unique worldviews and insights into each other’s projects, helping participants to strengthen their storytelling and make it more accessible to international audiences.
Learning from both the tutors and from each other, participants were able to discover elements of their narrative that might be unclear or entirely missing from their book. They learned about various presentation styles they might have not previously thought about or been introduced to. This whole process ultimately strengthened each photographer’s initial dummy and gave them the tools to further develop more fleshed-out dummies after leaving the workshop.
Since then each has continued working on improving their rough dummies using the skills they learned in the workshop and has pushed themselves closer towards the final photobook they want to make and publish; their own ‘PHOTOBOOK AS OBJECT’.
The artists will continue to work on the creation of their handmade photobooks within the gallery space throughout the exhibition period. We hope this will give visitors a unique insight into all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes in creating intricate bodies of work such as these.
[RPS exhibition: 2022 PHOTOBOOK AS OBJECT exhibition 7/8-23]
＜Date＞
2023.July the 8th (Sat) – 23rd (Sun)
Open daily 1-7pm / Admission Free
＜Event＞
Artists’ Talk: July the 8th (Sat) 7pm-
Check our FB page for further information to come.
＜Venue＞
Reminders Photography Stronghold
Higashimukojima 2-38-5, Sumidaku, Tokyo, Japan
131-0032
＜Artists＞
イザベル・モレノ / Isabel Moreno
ヴィケシュ・カプーア / Vikesh Kapoor
オカモト ヨシ / yoshi OKAMOTO
クレア・コカノ / Claire Cocano
後藤友里 / Yuri Goto
齊藤幸子 / Sachiko Saito
菅井里恵 / Lieh Sugai
高杉記子 / Noriko Takasugi
長谷川 美祈 / Miki Hasegawa
丸山梢 / Kozue Maruyama
*10 artists who participated 2022 PHOTOBOOK AS OBJECT workshop will join this exhibition.
2022 Photobook as object exhibition view at RPS Kyoto Paperoles
2022 Photobook as object exhibition view at RPS Kyoto Paperoles