Photo Books: Concept and Use of Materials
Starting from a series of photographs
A course by Mariela Sancari , Photographer and Visual Artist
About the video: Starting from a series of photographs
Overview
“I will share the work process of my photographic series, Moisés , as a precedent to the creation of my photobook. I will focus mainly on pointing out the characteristics of the series and the images that were later key to the conceptualization of the book. ”
In this video lesson Mariela Sancari addresses the topic: Starting from a series of photographs, 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
“STARTING FROM A SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS In this unit we will talk about conceptualization, one of the most important stages to create a photobook. I'm going to start by telling you about my series "Moisés" and how it worked as a background to create my photobook. Moses is my father's name and this series is born from a fantasy that my twin sister and I have That we will find my father in the street. When my sister and I were 14 years old my dad committed suicide and we couldn't see his dead body. Since then we have remained in a kind of denial of grief. Investigating, later, I learned that a ...”
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Course summary for: Photo Books: Concept and Use of Materials
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Category
Craft, Photography & Video -
Areas
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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