New York City
On October 17, 2008 the Library of the International Center of Photography presented the exhibition “Photographers’ Book Dummies” that gives insight into the process of making a photo book through a selection of dummies, photographs, installations and videos.
Photographers’ Book Dummies was organized by Victor Sira, a 2006 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and 2008 New York Foundation for the Arts Grant winner. The show includes the work of Morten Andersen, Stephanie Cardon, Yuichi Hibi, Leigh Ledare, Esther Levine, Pax Paloscia and Victor Sira.
Photographers have long used the book form as a way of thinking through the editing, sequence, and layout of their images; with the resultant book sometimes as the fullest form of realization and expression for the work. The exhibition Photographers’ Book Dummies examines the objects created by these processes, prior to the published book.