Photo Books: Concept and Use of Materials
Influences
A course by Mariela Sancari , Photographer and Visual Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I will share some of my influences, ranging from literature and adaptation of classics to performance and performing arts. ”
In this video lesson Mariela Sancari addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Photo Books: Concept and Use of Materials. Learn how to create a concept for your photobook by analyzing techniques and materials to design it.
Partial transcription of the video
“INFLUENCES Now that you know a little more about me, I will tell you about my influences. As I feel it happens to many artists, our influences are changing and there are times when we are more interested in some things than in others. I could say that literature is one of the influences that has remained over time and from which I am constantly inspired. There is an idea that interests me a lot, which is called intertextuality. It is a post-structuralist idea which has to do with understanding that everything we create, All works of art abbreviate existing works. So, in the case of texts, r...”
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Course summary for: Photo Books: Concept and Use of Materials
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Bookbinding, Editorial Design, Photography

Mariela Sancari
A course by Mariela Sancari
Mariela Sancari is an Argentine visual artist and photographer based in Mexico. She works mainly with photography but also other disciplines, such as performance and the creation of photobooks.
Her work has been shown in photography festivals around the world. She has taught classes and workshops on photobooks, among other topics, in Mexico, Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, the United States, Spain, India, Singapore, and Switzerland.
In 2017, she and the Centro de la Imagen team in Mexico City created FOLIO, the first public collection of photobooks in the city. It is part of the library and already has more than 500 copies in its collection, all obtained through generous donations from artists and publishers around the world.
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