Photo Books: Concept and Use of Materials

Crucial decisions

A course by Mariela Sancari , Photographer and Visual Artist

Photographer and Visual Artist. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2019
97% positive reviews (235)
4,441 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Crucial decisions

Overview

“Now we will analyze the fundamental decisions to be taken to materialize the concept.”

In this video lesson Mariela Sancari addresses the topic: Crucial decisions, 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

“CRUCIAL DECISIONS In this last lesson of the Conceptualization unit, we will see the crucial decisions to refine the concept of the book in relation to its materiality. Something very important that I learned by publishing my photobook "Moisés", was that when making the first model, I tried to include images from different series, different texts, different types of papers, different sizes, all this responded to that it was the first experience when making a book, I didn't know if I was going to publish another one later, So it made sense to me to include everything I could. Above all, also...”

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Course summary for: Photo Books: Concept and Use of Materials

  • Level: Beginner
  • 97% positive reviews (235)
  • 4441 students
  • 4 units
  • 13 lessons (2h 2m)
  • 4 downloads
  • Category

    Craft, Photography & Video
  • Areas

    Bookbinding, Editorial Design, Photography

Mariela Sancari

Mariela Sancari
A course by Mariela Sancari

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Photographer and Visual Artist

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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Photo Books: Concept and Use of Materials. Photography, Video, and Craft course by Mariela Sancari

Photo Books: Concept and Use of Materials

A course by Mariela Sancari
Photographer and Visual Artist. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2019
  • 97% positive reviews (235)
  • 4,441 students