The Sustainable Photobook

This reading room seeks to engage photobook makers and consumers in an urgent discussion about sustainability. How are we making books? How are we distributing books? How can we make responsible choices as a consumer? A key SPP network initiative is a series of case studies on photobooks. The majority of them were printed in their country of origin and involved nuanced thinking about materials, equipment, processes, packaging and transportation. This hands-on reading room showcases a selection of these case study books. 

List of Books

• NECK volume 3 – 38 contributors (NECK: 2022)
• The Problem Horse & Other Stories – Julie Sleaford (Self published: 2022)
• Losing Ground – David O’Mara (Self-published: 2018)
• Iconoclastic Inventory of the Chilean Insurrection – A.A.V.V. (SED Editorial: 2021)
• One Hundred Years – Jenny Lewis (Hoxton Mini Press: 2021)
• Geometric Forests: Struggles on Mapuche Land – Ritual Inhabitual (Actes Sud: 2022)
• H is for Hemp – Maren Krings (Self-published: 2022)
• The Silent Land – Jesse Alexander  (VIKA: 2021)
• Monsanto® –  Mathieu Asselin (Actes Sud / Verlag Kettler: 2017)
• Curator Conversations – 1000 Words (1000 Words: 2021)
• Beyond Drifting – Mandy Barker (Overlapse: 2017)
• Creative Climate Investigations – Climate & Cities (Folium: 2022)
• Contranatura – João Pedro Lima (Selo Turvo: 2022)
• re.source – The Sustainable Darkroom (Folium: 2022)
• Book Waste Book – Temporary Services (Half Letter Press: 2022)
• Scale & Substance – Tamsin Green (manual.editions: 2022)
• Recorder – Miranda Lichtenstein (Loose Joints: 2021)
• Fastidiosa – Jean-Marc Caimi & Valentina Piccinni (Overlapse: 2022)
• The Space Between Us – Ed Sykes (Self Published: 2021)
• this is how the earth must see itself – Tamsin Green (manual.editions: 2021)
• Kunywa Jasho Langu: Coffee Kenya – Jake Green (Leyton of London: 2018)
• (Copy) 80. The Schwarze Mönch – Sayako Sugawara (Self Published: 2021)
• Trinity – Oliver Raymond Barker (Loose Joints: 2021)

Exhibition partner

The Sustainable Photobook Publishing (SPP) network
The Sustainable Photobook Publishing (SPP) network is a group of photographers, publishers, academics and writers who discuss and share knowledge on issues around environmentally conscious approaches to photobook publishing in printed form.