Making Your Own Photobook or Zine: An Overview
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.
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).
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