Interview with Nico Baumgarten

“(…) People like Martin Parr won’t get a free copy of my book because I don’t like the entire idea of having these mega-gurus who decide what’s good and what’s not. They do not represent the self-publishing scene, but they still dominate it. I think we have to build up a new generation of publishers and stop kissing the asses of yesterday’s authority figures. (…)”

Well said + good attitude: interview with Nico Baumgarten

Photobook festivals + book events

Some Reister book news…

a nice pair: Alle Katzen Grau and Bist Du Glücklich? by Christian Reister

ALLE KATZEN GRAU and BIST DU GLÜCKLICH? will be distributed by Einer Books on serveral European photo book festivals, starting with Kassel Photobook Festival this week and photobook Bristol next week.

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Forthcoming book presentation/signing events:
June 16th, 7pm – Cabinett Lia Wolf, Vienna
June 26th, 7pm – Bildband Berlin

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Einer Books, Bildband Berlin and Cabientt Lia Wolf, Vienna

Berlin writers

Ingo Schulze

Commissioned work: I had the honor and pleasure to portray some Berlin writers for Goethe Institut Rome. For a slide show at the Salone del Libro di Torino, they are combined with some of my Berlin photographs from the archives.

Katja Petrowskaja

Nadia Budde

top to bottom: Ingo Schulze, Katja Petrowskaja, Nadia Budde.
See the whole series here

 

ALLE KATZEN GRAU at the cinema

Christian Reister / aus Alle Katzen Grau

Can there be a nicer place for a preview on a new photobook than a cinema? This Saturday, Slideluck Berlin V takes place at Stummfilmkino Delphi, a historic theater for silent films.

The work of the following photographers will be presented:

Aleksei Kazantsev, Anna Simone Wallinger, Beranagere Fromont, Boris Eldagsen, Carlos Collado, Christian Reister, Cindy Morrissey, Dagmar Tränkle, Diane Vincent, Frank Bartsch, Göksu Baysal, hannah goldstein, Jan Michalko, Jan Zappner, Janina Wick, Laura Lindlief, Marika Dee, MConsuelo Alcaide, Michel Le Belhomme, Oliver Schneider, Ulrike Schmitz

So, this looks like real good companion!

Unfortunatly I can’t attend in person because I will be in Leipzig this weekend.

If you are in Berlin – this is where to go:

SLIDELUCK Berlin V
Saturday | May 2nd | 2015
7pm Potluck | 9pm Slideshow | €5
Stummfilmkino Delphi | Gustav-Adolf-Straße 2 | 13086 Berlin, Germany

slideluck.com

Photography in Berlin

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Photographers and photography lovers! Julia Schiller has just launched a new portal on Berlin’s photography scene. I feel  honored to be part of the Berlin Directory. Thank you, Julia!

Check it out here.