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Roger Willems, Roma Publications
Roger Willems is a graphic designer and the man behind Roma Books who are known for their elegant and well produced art books, including photobooks. Dana Lixenberg's Imperial Courts, which recently won the Deutsche Börse Prize, was a Roma publication, as … Continue reading
Ivan Vartanian, Goliga
Ivan Vartanian knows all about Japanese photography. He had a table at Offprint for his imprint Goliga, so we took a few minutes to talk about his experience of working in Japan and the difference between photographic publishing there and … Continue reading
Publishers at Offprint London
At Offprint I took the opportunity to speak to some publishers I only knew from reviewing their books. APE (or Art Paper Editions) produce varied unpredictable books. Jurgen Maelfeyt, the publisher, explained their ethos and also described how they only … Continue reading
Curating Sound
Cheryl Tipp is the Curator of Wildlife and Environmental Sounds at The British Library. I spoke to her in the sound archive office and then we went down into the stores to look at some items in the collection. It … Continue reading
Wildlife in Sound and Pictures
I went for a walk with the field recordist Peter Toll and the Wildlife photographer David Tipling. While we walked, we talked about how they both approach their subjects. This is an excerpt from our conversation (a textual edit of … Continue reading
Walking Around London
One theme of new Source is the comparison between photography and sound recording. We thought it would be illuminating to introduce a field recordist and a photographer and see what they had in common. The photographer Laura Pannack has an … Continue reading
Jon Wozencroft
I spoke to Jon Wozencroft about how he decided what photographs should appear on album covers, about the role photography had in introducing people to music and about how he prized certain kinds of 'straight' photography. Stepping into the Dark … Continue reading
Why is the Media Museum Giving its Photographs to the V&A?
In the new issue of Source we have an extended report on the plan to transfer a large part of the National Media Museum's photography collection to the V&A. To prepare this article I spoke to Martin Barnes, the Curator … Continue reading
Solas Prize Winners
Tonight, at the Gallery of Photography Solas Awards Exhibition, the winners of this year's prize were announced. The are: First Prize, Michel Le Belhomme; Second Prize, Dara McGrath and Third Prize, Mervyn Arthur. They will receive cash awards of respectively … Continue reading
Photography and Openness
The artist Natasha Caruana has just started a residency at the Open Data Institute. I went along to the launch, curious to find out why a photographer would be a good person to have around in an organisation that aims … Continue reading