What Makes a Photobook Sustainable?  celebrates three years of research and conversations by the Sustainable Photobook Publishing (SPP) network. The book is a compendium of forty case studies along with roundtable discussions, essays, quotes and prompts, that collectively seek to demystify the publishing process — illuminating how books are made and illustrating why knowing, and asking questions, plays a fundamental part in making better, more strategic choices for both people and the planet.

With this publication, SPP intends to employ distributive publishing and ultimately create an international co-publishing network that trials methods of decentralized publishing. Four contributors to the book in different geographies are working together to explore ethical making and circulation strategies within their varying contexts, and each will publish the book according to their own findings. This US edition is the first iteration.

Contributors: Aindreas Scholz, Alfredo Blasquez, Alix Breda & João Pedro Lima, Amelie Schüle, Anshika Varma, BLOW UP PRESS, Catriona Gourlay, Cince Johnston, Cristian Ordóñez, Daria Tuminas, David O’Mara, Delphine Bedel, Dolly Meieran, Ed Sykes, Editions JoJo, Emily Macaulay, Emily Sheffer, Eugenie Shinkle, Eva Voutsaki, Growing Pains, Highchair Editions, Half Letter Press, Hans Gremmen, Jake Green, Jesse Alexander, Jordan jordan édition, Julie Sleaford, Kshitija Mruthyunjaya, Loose Joints, Lukas Birk, Magdalena Wysocka & Claudio Pogo, Maren Krings, Mark Phillips, Marie Smith, Martin Bollati, Martin Usbourne, Mathieu Asselin, Matt Johnston, Michelle Dunn Marsh, Oliver Raymond Barker, Oscar Dooley, Paul John, Rebecca Lardeur, Ryan Paradiso, Sarah Boris, Sayako Sugawara, Sergio Valenzuela-Escobedo, Tamsin Green, Tanya Busse, Tim Clark, The Sustainable Darkroom, Tiffany Jones, Victoria Forrest.

Pages: 180
Binding: Unbound
Paper: Sourced locally from Paper Outlet on 26th st
Size: 8.27” × 5.83" x .5”
Edition: 100
Printing: Risograph, Inkjet (cover)

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