All the Photobooks I’ll Never SeeIt was around 100 degrees yesterday so the twenty minute walk from my place in Greenpoint to Kalina's studio in Williamsburg left me completely drenched in sweat, and maybe on the verge of heat stroke. Luckily Kalina's place comes fully air conditioned and stocked with nice cold water.
@lpvmagazine Why not start a photobook "club"? All you need are some friends who have photobooks, a place to meet regularly, ...
@jmcolberg Yeah, I'm thinking about that. I already have one invite! It solves MY problem, but I guess I'm thinking broader :)- @lpvmagazine ... and then during each meetup everybody brings one book and presents it, and then afterwards everybody can look.
- @lpvmagazine If I lived in NYC I'd totally organize that. Alas... But I'd drop by when I visit (bringing one of my treasures)...
- @lpvmagazine So you'd basically turn the group's collection into a virtual library.
- @lpvmagazine If you make it too big it gets too hard to organize. Prolly best to start out with local "cells"
- @jmcolberg Well, actually, small regional 'clubs/collectives' could probably be organized. Goal would be to connect the local collections.
- @jmcolberg Essentially all you'd need would be the database software and then a decent UI for connecting, keeping track and stuff.
- @lpvmagazine ... and from those one could then organize larger meetups. Would be fun!
- @lpvmagazine But my idea is not so much about a library as about the social aspect: the talking about photobooks.
- @lpvmagazine You'd participate not only to see cool books but also to hear cool people talk about them.
- @jmcolberg yeah, that's definitely more interesting.Wasn't really thinking that, which is why it's good to just get the ideas out there...
- @lpvmagazine Well, it's nice to be able to see books, but why not bring the idea of the internet to actual life and interconnect people?
- @FractionMag @lpvmagazine well, YOU start it up. You have enough people down there, and it's prolly easy to organize.
- @FractionMag @lpvmagazine And once there are all those groups, all one needs is a website where the groups can get posted etc.
- @jmcolberg Yeah, absolutely. I mean, who knows what types of collections are hiding out there? Or what can come from the connections...
- @lpvmagazine Exactly! And the beauty of people presenting sth. - instead of you picking - is that there'll be real discoveries.
- @lpvmagazine I usually discover books when people tell me, even when I'm standing in front of their shelves.
- @lpvmagazine Exactly! Just make sure when you organize it it occasionally overlaps with my NYC schedules... ;-)
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