Making Your Own Photobook or Zine: An Overview
© Edward Ratliff
Mini-Workshop

Making Your Own Photobook or Zine: An Overview

Interested in this class? Email us and we'll notify you next time it runs.

Photobooks and zines are a great way to get your work out to people and off of digital screens, but getting started can be daunting. Through an overview of process, styles, methods, considerations, materials, and technical aspects, this one-hour mini-workshop aims to inspire you to create! We’ll touch on ideas about process, from first conception to holding a printed object in your hands; different styles of sequencing and editing your images; working with a designer or not; professional printing vs. handmade books; financial considerations; self-publishing or finding a publisher; determining the most appropriate format for your project; and different approaches to design. Lots of examples will be shown, and there will be time for a Q and A at the end.

Mini-Workshops may have higher enrollment than our other classes.
 
I must say that I really, really enjoyed — and benefited from — Edward’s InDesign class! Not only did I learn how to use InDesign, but I also received feedback to help me continue working on my book projects. Over the past year I have learned that participating with other image makers is an essential part of my photography practice. I particularly like the way Strudelmedia classes combine valuable skills with individual attention.
—Grace (New York City)
We just returned from a week away and found my zine waiting for me! I love it! Many thanks to you both and especially Edward for your time, expertise and patience as I began to learn InDesign. I am grateful and appreciative!
—Lisa (New York)


Edward Ratliff
photo by Anja Hitzenberger
Edward Ratliff

Edward Ratliff is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator. In the visual realm, he’s a graphic designer who works in print and digital media with clients ranging from individual artists to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His film, video, and installation work has been exhibited internationally.

As a composer and multi-instrumentalist, he’s led bands in clubs, theaters, and festivals across New York City and in Europe and Asia, and has received numerous commissions and grants for dance and theater scores. His music has been heard in shows on Netflix, HBO, Nickelodeon, Hulu, PBS, and more — everything from a biography of Dostoyevsky to Real Sex Xtra. He “is best known for making richly cinematic music that captures New York City’s momentum and diversity” (The Wall Street Journal) and has been called “a wonderfully spunky and imperturbable trumpet player” (The New York Times).

Edward teaches movies as inspiration and using InDesign to create zines and books for StrudelmediaLive.