Thursday 27 January 2011

Redeye Network Meeting: Self Publishing Photobooks

Redeye Manchester Network Meeting Jan 2011. Loads of interesting information came out of this, my first visit to a Redeye meeting. Here is a list of some interesting points that came up during the meeting:


Printing
Exhibiting Photography Shirley Read
Offset printing (I need to find out more about this)
Inkjet printing (Giclée)
Inkjet prints in leather folder - a good way of presenting a portfolio
Print brokers
Trinity Press - Salford printer
Hotbed press - courses on printing
Smugmug
D.S. Colour Labs - good cheap printer. Prints for editing


Interesting Stuff
Offprint Paris - book fare for independent photography publishers
MMU book fare - contains some artists photobooks
Calumet matt photopaper - good quality and not too expensive
Indesign (Adobe?) for layout of books?


Photographers
Andy Sewell
Stephen Gill
Alec Soth

Photography Bookshops 
Claire de Rouen (Charing Cross Road)
Photographer's Gallery (London) 
Impressions Gallery (Bradford)