Independent, boutique style publisher dedicated to contemporary photography. Established on July 1, 2012 and based in Warsaw, Poland.
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Established in 2012, BLOW UP PRESS is a boutique style publishing house focused on contemporary photography, known from such publications as doc! photo magazine (quarterly mook dedicated to contemporary documentary photography) and DEBUTS (yearly publication presenting the most talented emerging Polish photographers).
This is the final call to apply to our 2-day workshop “Visual Narration: How to Sequence Your Story to Create an Inspiring Photobook” during the Kranj Foto Fest in August! Do it NOW‼️
When 👉 August 22 and 23, during the 2024 Kranj Foto Fest Opening Week
Where 👉 , Kranj, Slovenia
Deadline 👉 July 28 (this Sunday‼️)
Follow this link to apply 👉 https://kranjfotofest.org/en/workshop-bup/
Remember: only 1️⃣0️⃣ seats are available!
See you in Kranj!
Meanwhile in Arles, France… until September 29..
You can still visit all exhibitions organised within the 2024 festival. It includes the exhibition presenting books shortlisted for and awarded in this year’s edition of Les Prix du Livre contest, featuring our two books shortlisted in the Photo-Text category:
👉 ETERNAL U by Hubert Humka
👉 THE NEED TO KNOW by Michael Honegger
So, if you go to Arles this summer, feel free to go to the Foundation’s Le Mécanique Générale building and browse through them. Enjoy it!
Follow the link in ur bio above to read more about the books.
ETERNAL U | photographs and texts: | visual concept of the book and design: | no. of pages: 92 | no. of photos: 65 | language: English and French | publisher:
THE NEED TO KNOW | photos: | essays: , Barbara Honegger, & George A. Reisch | book design: | no. of pages: 100 + inserts + 10-page-long leporello | no. of photos: 54 | language: English | publisher:
Knock, knock, is anybody out there? Sorry for interrupting your weekend but we have exciting news for you. You have one extra week to apply for our 2-day workshop “Visual Narration: How to Sequence Your Story to Create an Inspiring Photobook”
Don’t oversleep the final deadline this time!
When 👉 August 22 and 23, during the 2024 Kranj Foto Fest Opening Week
Where 👉 , Kranj, Slovenia
Deadline 👉 July 28
Follow this link to apply 👉 https://kranjfotofest.org/en/workshop-bup/
Remember: only 1️⃣0️⃣ seats are available!
Good luck and see you in Kranj!
If you like our books by (-> DEATH LANDSCAPES and -> ETERNAL U) and would like to know their backgrounds; if you want to learn more about his way to photography and other projects; and finally - if you read in Polish, then you have to read the interview Hubert gave for , the Poland’s largest online photo news service.
Link to the interview 👉 https://www.fotopolis.pl/inspiracje/wywiady/37919-hubert-humka-zawsze-jest-dobry-moment-zeby-pomyslec-o-smierci-wywiad
Hubert Humka talked to Beata Łyżwa-Sokół (). 💚
Follow the link in our bio above to find the books on our site.
This is the end of our BOP Bristol IG account takeover. See you in Bristol in October!
We took over BOP Bristol IG account this week. Check it out!
It’s a pleasure to invite you to the upcoming online booktalk organised by the Los Angeles Center of Photography, including Michael Honegger’s book THE NEED TO KNOW. The talk, moderated by Sarah Hadley, will cover such topics as creation and inspiration behind photobook publishing, experience working with a designer and publisher, the distribution process, and advice for other artists interested in producing a book. Michael will share his experiences in these areas with other talk participants: Rohina Hoffman Photography and Jacque Rupp.
LACP’s Photobook Roundtable
July 25, 2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM PST
The talk is free to participate after RSVP. More info 👉 https://lacphoto.org/events/photobook-roundtable/
To read more about the book, tap on this link 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/products/the-need-to-know
THE NEED TO KNOW | photos: Michael Honegger Photography | essays: Brenton Hamilton, Barbara Honegger, Aline Smithson & George A. Reisch | book design: Aneta Kowalczyk | no. of pages: 100 + inserts + 10-page-long leporello | no. of photos: 54 | language: English | publisher: BLOW UP PRESS
Thank you Robin Titchener 💚
Hubert Humka - Eternal U
2023 - BLOW UP PRESS
Numbered edition of 550 copies.
Some books you just have to see and handle. You have to smell them and run your fingers over the papers.
I had been aware of Eternal U for some time but to be honest, I didn’t “get it”.
A book which celebrates the natural cemeteries that forests can become?
I understood it, I just didn’t “get it”.
Until I finally got the chance to meet up with Grzegorz and Aneta from BLOW UP PRESS earlier this year.
At that point I was able to handle the book and properly look at it for the first time.
Printed in muted tones on recycled papers, the colours and textures - and yes - the smell (book people understand) combined with the fascinating back story, completely won me over.
“Sorry, we didn’t have any signed copies to bring along”.
Mission accomplished Grzegorz and I couldn’t be happier to recommend this fascinating, textural delight of a book.
Please, do not approach with caution.
Eternal U is not the domain of darkness and grief, rather a celebration of lives lived and what is to come.
“Imagine that after death you will become a tree, part of the forest, unlimited and free energy. A lively monument will grow on you.
Eternal U is a story about the so-called good death and eternity. Through photographs of forests being natural cemeteries where the dead are buried in biodegradable urns or coffins, marked only with a previously selected tree, Humka shows a certain way of thinking about us as a code, an immortal chain of some larger universe. During life, we all draw from it, to later give it a part of ourselves:
“I like to think that the roots of these trees, drawing from the people buried under them, include them in their existence, that nothing ends, that it is only our human self that changes. We become a tree, a forest, part of something bigger that reaches beyond us. We connect with the universe, we become infinite - says Hubert.”
Link to the book in bio.
Thank you 💚
(PL) / Eternal U
GOLD in Book Layout
The jury congratulates the author for an innovative way of presenting a personal project on such complex topics as death and eternity in connection to the forest and nature. The book features high-quality photographs that create surprising spreads and encourage reflection. Typography, when used, is embossed rather than printed, thus serving as another vehicle for the sustainability argument. Additionally, the book invites reflection on sustainability through its original and honest paper choices, which complement the use of artistic nature pictures. Despite the technical difficulties involved, the book is impeccably produced to the highest standards.
Creative Director / Designer:
Photographer:
Editor:
Copywriter: Blow Up Press
Client: Blow Up Press
Thank you , Łódź and for organizing and inviting us to the Polish Photo Brunch à Arles, the only brunch like this during the 2024 festival! It was a pleasure to present our books there. 😉
The only brunch like this! Come and experience Polish photography and photobooks at Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles festival!
Polish Photo Brunch à Arles
Friday, July 5
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Croisière (rooftop)
65 bd. Emile Combes
Organised by Institut Polonais de Paris, Fotofestiwal Lodz, Polish Photographic Publication of the Year and Contemporary Lynx.
Do you have one hour of your time free on Thursday? Then come to the talk about death in photobooks moderated by our with participation of the following artists: , , and . ☠️
The talk is part of the 2024 ’ Arles Books Fair organized by .
Our Book Signing Program for Arles 2024:
Hubert Humka - Eternal U
Michael Honegger - The Need to Know
Damien Daufresne - Undertow
Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles
École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie
France PhotoBook
As you can presume, there is a lot of happenings in Arles during the Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles festival. They all have one thing in common: photography. One of the parallel events is the Librairie du Palais’ Mirage Photobook Fair where you can also find our books. We will be there on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday to answer all your questions regarding our books. Be there too!
Mirage Photobook Fair
@ Mirage
14, rue de Vernon, Arles, France
July 3 + 5-6, 2024
Salut!
Arles! Arles! Arles! All roads lead to Arles this week to celebrate another edition of the Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles festival. Our one leads there too as we will participate in the 2024 Arles Books Fair organised by . Come to the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie starting from Tuesday and dive into stories that matter. We will be there for you till Saturday.
Arles Books Fair
@ École Nationale Supérieure de Photographie
30, av. Victor Hugo, Arles, France
July 2-6, 2024
Salut!
Would you like to improve your visual narration skills? Then this is something for 🫵🏻!
News from :
Kranj Foto Fest is bringing the renowned publisher BLOW UP PRESS to Kranj for a two-day intensive workshop on photobook sequencing, with the editors Aneta Kowalczyk and Grzegorz Kosmala. During the workshop 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤, you will develop the skills in sequencing your own photographic project, which is the most important thing to do before making a photobook. You will learn how to tell a story with images, how to present it to a potential publisher, and how to work in cooperation with graphic designers and publishing houses. Together with the editors, you will set the main framework for your photographic projects.
“Properly made sequencing of images in a photobook is also important because it is the only place where the artist has full control over the viewer’s movement.” – Aneta Kowalczyk and Grzegorz Kosmala.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: August 22-23, 10:00 to 17:00, during the Opening Week of Kranj Foto Fest 2024, Kranj, Slovenia.
For more info on how to apply, follow this link 👉 https://kranjfotofest.org/en/workshop-bup/ and then send your application to [email protected] under the subject Workshop BUP.
We will choose up to 10 participants to take part in this workshop. The participation fee for the workshop (in case you are selected) is 150 EUR.
Good luck! 🍀
Our temporary base for this weekend is located in Geneva. It is because of the 4th edition of Photobooks Switzerland, of course. Who else would be there with us?
Photobooks Switzerland
@ Centre de la photographie Genève
rue des Bains 28, Geneva, Switzerland
June 22-23, 2024
Our program includes book presentation:
ETERNAL U by Hubert Humka
Saturday, June 22 at 2 PM
Check entire program of the festival 👉 https://photobooksswitzerland.com or here 👉 Photobooks Switzerland 2024 !
Cheers!
The Need to Know by Michael Honegger among top 10 finalists ♥️🤞🤞🤞
Athens Photo Festival is excited to present the 10 finalists of the APhF Pick: 24 Book Award 💥
The winner will be announced Sunday, June 16, from 18:00 to 21:00 at the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138.
BOOK AWARD CEREMONY�21:00, as part of the Book Program 2024.
Admission is free.
Thank you all for submitting your work to this edition of APhF.
A big thank you to the jury team
Sylvia Sachini .ps
Ioli Tzanetaki
Enri Canaj
Eduardo Cadava
Congratulations to the 10 finalists:
📚 ATACAMA: Renewable Energy and Mining in the High Desert of Chile
Jamey Stillings
Published by Steidl
📚 Far Away From Home: The Voices, the Body and the Periphery
Hristina Tasheva
Self Published
📚 Hunting in Time
Ronit Porat
Published by Sternthal Books
📚 I won’t come down
Laura Leonelli
Published by Postcart
📚 Motherland. Far Beyond the Polar Circle
Georgs Avetisjans
Published by Milda Books
📚 Sex.Death.Transcendence.
Linda Troeller
Published by TBWbooks
📚 Shepherds and the Slaughterhouse / Pastirji in klavnica
Simon Chang
Published by Galerija Fotografija
📚 Silent River
Eugenia Maximova
Published by Fotohof edition
📚 The Need to Know
Michael Honegger
Published by BLOW UP PRESS
📚 When Cages Fly
Kiana Hayeri
Published by Raya Editorial
Hello Łódź! Hello Poland! 🇵🇱
We are here this weekend:
2024 Fotofestiwal Lodz
Art_Inkubator
3 Tymienieckiego St.
Come to check our books and archive issues of doc! photo magazine
Na razie!
One good news is not enough for today. So here is another one: ETERNAL U by Hubert Humka also got Honorable Mention at the 2024 Polish Photographic Publication of the Year contest! 💥💥💥
In this case, the justification reads: “For masterfully combining project work with photography and creating a vivid and coherent whole, so lyrical, and yet documentary.”
All shortlisted books are on display in the within the 2024 Fotofestiwal Lodz. Our book stand is there too, so don’t be shy - come, say hi and buy some fascinating books from us, including the one above. We’ll be here till Sunday, June 16.
Tap on this link to read more about the book and order your copy 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/products/eternal-u
ETERNAL U | photographs and texts: | visual concept of the book and design: Aneta Kowalczyk | no. of pages: 92 | no. of photos: 65 | language: English and French | publisher: BLOW UP PRESS
Let’s start the weekend with some good news. Michael Honegger’s book THE NEED TO KNOW got Honorable Mention at the 2024 Polish Photographic Publication of the Year contest! 💥💥💥
The justification reads: “For the authors’ work with archive material and the resulting brilliant book, both in terms of design and content. For creating a suspenseful spy story taking place in the excellence setting, with lots of evidence and clues.”
All shortlisted books are on display in the within the 2024 Fotofestiwal Lodz. Our book stand is there too, so don’t be shy - come, say hi and buy some fascinating books from us, including the one above. We’ll be here till Sunday, June 16.
Tap on this link to read more about the book and order your copy 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/products/the-need-to-know
THE NEED TO KNOW | photos: Michael Honegger | essays: Brenton Hamilton, Barbara Honegger, Aline Smithson & George A. Reisch | book design: Aneta Kowalczyk | no. of pages: 100 + inserts + 10-page-long leporello | no. of photos: 54 | language: English | publisher: BLOW UP PRESS
WOOOOOOOOOW‼️‼️‼️
Absolutely smashing and fantastically great news has just come from Arles! Two our books, Hubert Humka’s ETERNAL U and Michael Honegger’s THE NEED TO KNOW, are shortlisted for the 2024 Arles Prix du Livre award in the Photo-Text category! 💥💥💥
They will compete with 30 other books shortlisted within this category. Please, keep your fingers crossed for a happy end for one of them! 🤞🤞🤞
All shortlisted books will be exhibited during the 2024 Les Rencontres de la photographie, Arles festival at the Mécanique Générale (LUMA Arles Foundation, 33 avenue Victor Hugo, Arles, France) between July 1 and September 29, 2024.
The winners will be announced on July 1. 😳😳😳
Follow proper link to read more about our books:
🍀ETERNAL U 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/products/eternal-u
🍀THE NEED TO KNOW 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/products/the-need-to-know
See all books shortlisted for the 2024 Arles Prix du Livre award 👉 https://www.rencontres-arles.com/en/prix-du-livre/
Save the date! The 23rd Fotofestiwal Lodz is coming! We couldn’t miss such fantastic feast of photography. Thus, from Wednesday, June 13 till Sunday, June 16 we will be waiting for you in Łodź, Poland behind our table located in Art_Inkubator.
Fotofestiwal Łódź
@ Art_Inkubator (3 Tymienieckiego St.)
June 13-16, 2024
including book signing:
Hubert Humka
👉 DEATH LANDSCAPES (last copies!)
👉 ETERNAL U
at 6 PM on June 15
Come and discover our books sharing stories that matter!
And keep your fingers crossed for and Michael Honegger Photography. Their books are shortlisted for the 2024 Polish Photographic Publication of the Year award. The winners will be announced in Łódź this Wednesday too. 🤞🤞🤞
Do zobaczenia! 👋👋👋
Today is the day to announce the winner of this year's edition of BUP Book Award contest. The project submitted by the main prize winner will turn into a real photobook. Who is this?
🥁🥁🥁
Ladies and gentlemen, the winner is...
Marcos Rico (ES) with a project titled RAHASIA! 💥💥💥
Our congratulations! 👏👏👏
RAHASIA (secret in Indonesian) explores the reality of the Muslim homosexual community in Indonesia. The project focuses on the moral dilemma faced by this group as their sexual condition calls into question their own Islamic beliefs. Growing up in a system where you can't say who you really are puts them in a constant situation of negotiation between their life and a hostile environment. They must follow their religion and respect their family to maintain their honor. These complexities make it difficult for them to come out as gay.
For us, RAHASIA by Marcos Rico is a perfect example of how difficult topics can be presented in a visually stunning way. Beautifully composed images contradict the situation of the project's characters. Man versus a system motivated by religion. Love versus beliefs. Can the BLOW UP PRESS motto be better illustrated?
We would like to thank all participants of the 5th edition of our contest. We were impressed by your submissions, the topics you covered and power of their messages. We also thank our jurors: Mireia Alises (ES), Laura Carbonell (CO), Ania Nałęcka-Milach (PL), Manuel Sigrist (CH), Douglas Stockdale (US) and Robin Titchener (GB). You had a very difficult task to complete, but you handled it brilliantly.
Follow this link to read more 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/pages/bup-book-award-2024
See you next year!
The 2024 BUP Book Award is organised by BLOW UP PRESS publishing house with a support from Arctic Paper.
To all our Polish speaking followers:
Listen to our editors, Aneta Kowalczyk and Grzegorz Kosmala, talking about the stories behind our books and BLOW UP PRESS itself during the Głębia Ostrości program hosted by Iga Niewiadomska on the PolskieRadio24.pl channel.
Go to the program 👉 https://polskieradio24.pl/artykul/3387218,blow-up-press-tworzymy-kolekcjonerskie-obiekty-artystyczne
Thank you, Iga, for inviting us to your program! 🙏🏻
Follow this link to see our publications 👉 https://blowuppress.eu
Thank you for including ’s book GLITTER BLUES in your list of favourite books of LGBTQIA+ community. We are very honoured! 🙏
News from Fisheye Magazine :
Here is a selection of our favourite photographic works dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community. With a variety of approaches, this selection of intimate portraits gives pride of place to representation.
1 - 1 2 3 2 1 by . Self-published.
2 - De chlore et de Rosé by . Published by .
3 - Long Night Stands With Lonely, Lonely Boys by . Self-published.
4 - Flags for countries that don’t exist but bodies that do by .matic. Published by .
5 - Eye to Eye: Portraits of Le****ns by .Published by .
6 - New Q***r Photography by . Published by .
👉 7 - Glitter Blues by . Published by .
8 - with . Published by Éditions Hoëbeke. Pre-order this book with the crowdfunding available in their Instagram!
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Follow this link to read more about GLITTER BLUES and order your copy 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/products/glitter-blues
Glitter Blues: Photographs: Lorenzo Castore | Essays: Francesco Franchina Grasso and Lorenzo Castore | Book design: Aneta Kowalczyk | Format: 165x235 mm | No. of pages: 204 | No. of photographs: 132 | Language: English | Publisher: BLOW UP PRESS
Do you speak German? If you do, watch almost 30-minute-long discussion about Tomasz Tomaszewski’s book THE WORLD IS WHERE YOU STOP within the Photoszene Köln event - Das Fotobuch-Quartett with participation of Frank Dürrach(Fotoakademie Köln), Damian Zimmermann (Photoszene Köln), Markus Schaden (The PhotoBook Museum.) and Alexa Becker (photobook-coach and advisor).
Four books were discussed during the event, including our black monolith. It took place in Literaturhaus Köln on March 1. The video recording of the part devoted to THE WORLD IS WEHRE YOU STOP has been just released 👉 https://www.photoszene.de/de/diskurs/fotobuch-quartett/tomasz-tomaszewski/
Follow this link to order your copy of the book 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/products/the-world-is-where-you-stop
THE WORLD IS WHERE YOU STOP: Photographs: Tomasz Tomaszewski | Essays: Kent Kobersteen and Tadeusz Gadacz | Book design: Aneta Kowalczyk | Format: 280x370 mm | No. of pages: 320 | No. of photographs: 150 | Language: English | Publisher: BLOW UP PRESS
It’s almost midnight… We don’t want you to wait any longer. So, it is a great pleasure to announce the 2024 BUP Book Award shortlist coming from the scores submitted by our fantastic jurors. The list is in alphabetical order and includes 23 artists:
👉 Maria Abranches (, Portugal)
👉 Karina Andrade (Portugal)
👉 Germina Artemova (, Ukraine)
👉 Christelle Boulé (, Switzerland)
👉 Jesse Egner (, USA)
👉 Yuki Furusawa (Japan)
👉 Ursula Gross (, Germany)
👉 Mie Inada (, Japan)
👉 Joel Jimenez Jara (.jj, Spain)
👉 Gregory Jundanian (USA)
👉 Rosa Lacavalla (, Italy)
👉 Leonardo Magrelli (, Italy)
👉 Marcin Mirosławski (, Poland)
👉 Ryan Mitchell (, USA)
👉 Tomoko Nagakawa (, United Kingdom)
👉 Dan Nelken (, USA)
👉 Mark Peterman (, USA)
👉 Cléa Rekhou (, Algeria)
👉 Marcos Rico (, Spain)
👉 Hyunmin Ryu (, South Korea)
👉 Alnis Stakle (, Latvia)
👉 Valentin Joseph Valette (.valette, France)
👉 Weronika Woźniak (, Poland)
Congratulations to all shortlisted artists! 👏👏👏
Using this opportunity we would like to thank our jurors for their work: Mireia Alises (.alises, Spain), Laura Carbonell (, Colombia), Ania Nałęcka-Milach (, Poland), Robin Titchener (, United Kingdom), Manuel Sigrist (Switzerland) and Douglas Stockdale (, USA). We know it wasn’t easy process to go through all submissions and to evaluate them. Now this tough job is waiting for us.
The winner of this year’s edition of BUP Book Award will be announced on June 9.
Stay tuned! 🤞🤞🤞
Follow this link to see more 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/pages/bup-book-awaed-2024
The 2024 BUP Book Award is organised by BLOW UP PRESS publishing house with a support from Arctic Paper.
And she got GOLD! 🍾🍾🍾
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This is the final call to apply to our 2-day workshop “Visual Narration: How to Sequence Your Story to Create an Inspiring Photobook” during the Kranj Foto Fest in August! Do it NOW‼️ When 👉 August 22 and 23, during the 2024 Kranj Foto Fest Opening Week Where 👉 @kovacnica_inkubator, Kranj, Slovenia Deadline 👉 July 28 (this Sunday‼️) Follow this link to apply 👉 https://kranjfotofest.org/en/workshop-bup/ Remember: only 1️⃣0️⃣ seats are available! See you in Kranj! #blowuppress #bup #kranjfotofest #workshop #visualnarration #photobook #photography #photofestival #kranj #slovenia #whenthestorymatters
Knock, knock, is anybody out there? Sorry for interrupting your weekend but we have exciting news for you. You have one extra week to apply for our 2-day workshop “Visual Narration: How to Sequence Your Story to Create an Inspiring Photobook” Don’t oversleep the final deadline this time! When 👉 August 22 and 23, during the 2024 Kranj Foto Fest Opening Week Where 👉 @kovacnica_inkubator, Kranj, Slovenia Deadline 👉 July 28 Follow this link to apply 👉 https://kranjfotofest.org/en/workshop-bup/ Remember: only 1️⃣0️⃣ seats are available! Good luck and see you in Kranj! #blowuppress #bup #kranjfotofest #workshop #visualnarration #photobook #photography #photofestival #kranj #slovenia #whenthestorymatters
The Need to Know by Michael Honegger among top 10 finalists ♥️🤞🤞🤞 Athens Photo Festival is excited to present the 10 finalists of the APhF Pick: 24 Book Award 💥 The winner will be announced Sunday, June 16, from 18:00 to 21:00 at the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138. BOOK AWARD CEREMONY�21:00, as part of the Book Program 2024. Admission is free. Thank you all for submitting your work to this edition of APhF. A big thank you to the jury team Sylvia Sachini @sylvia.ps Ioli Tzanetaki @iolitzan Enri Canaj @enricanaj Eduardo Cadava Congratulations to the 10 finalists: 📚 ATACAMA: Renewable Energy and Mining in the High Desert of Chile Jamey Stillings @jameystillingsphoto Published by Steidl @steidlverlag 📚 Far Away From Home: The Voices, the Body and the Periphery Hristina Tasheva @hristina_tasheva Self Published 📚 Hunting in Time Ronit Porat @ronit_porat1 Published by Sternthal Books @sternthalbooks 📚 I won’t come down Laura Leonelli Published by Postcart @postcartedizioni 📚 Motherland. Far Beyond the Polar Circle Georgs Avetisjans @georgsavetisjans Published by Milda Books @mildabooks 📚 Sex.Death.Transcendence. Linda Troeller @lindatroeller Published by TBWbooks @tbwbooks 📚 Shepherds and the Slaughterhouse / Pastirji in klavnica Simon Chang @simonchang30657073 Published by Galerija Fotografija @galerijafotografija 📚 Silent River Eugenia Maximova @emax Published by Fotohof edition @fotohof 📚 The Need to Know Michael Honegger @michaelhoneggerphotos Published by BLOW UP PRESS @blow_up_press 📚 When Cages Fly Kiana Hayeri @kianahayeri Published by Raya Editorial @rayaeditorial
It’s almost midnight… We don’t want you to wait any longer. So, it is a great pleasure to announce the 2024 BUP Book Award shortlist coming from the scores submitted by our fantastic jurors. The list is in alphabetical order and includes 23 artists: 👉 Maria Abranches (@maria_abranches, Portugal) 👉 Karina Andrade (Portugal) 👉 Germina Artemova (@geraartemova, Ukraine) 👉 Christelle Boulé (@christelle_boule, Switzerland) 👉 Jesse Egner (@jesseegner, USA) 👉 Yuki Furusawa (Japan) 👉 Ursula Gross (@uschigroos, Germany) 👉 Mie Inada (@mie_inada, Japan) 👉 Joel Jimenez Jara (@joelr.jj, Spain) 👉 Gregory Jundanian (USA) 👉 Rosa Lacavalla (@rosalacavalla, Italy) 👉 Leonardo Magrelli (@leonardomagrelli, Italy) 👉 Marcin Mirosławski (@marcinmiroslawski, Poland) 👉 Ryan Mitchell (@tiermir, USA) 👉 Tomoko Nagakawa (@tomoko_nagakawa, United Kingdom) 👉 Dan Nelken (@dan_nelken, USA) 👉 Mark Peterman (@markpetermanfineart, USA) 👉 Cléa Rekhou (@cleaphotography, Algeria) 👉 Marcos Rico (@marcosrico___, Spain) 👉 Hyunmin Ryu (@hyunminr, South Korea) 👉 Alnis Stakle (@theoryofme, Latvia) 👉 Valentin Joseph Valette (@valentin.valette, France) 👉 Weronika Woźniak (@weronikawozniak__, Poland) Congratulations to all shortlisted artists! 👏👏👏 Using this opportunity we would like to thank our jurors for their work: Mireia Alises (@mireia.alises, Spain), Laura Carbonell (@puntodefugabogota, Colombia), Ania Nałęcka-Milach (@tapir_book_design, Poland), Robin Titchener (@robins_photobook_collection, United Kingdom), Manuel Sigrist (Switzerland) and Douglas Stockdale (@douglasstockdale, USA). We know it wasn’t easy process to go through all submissions and to evaluate them. Now this tough job is waiting for us. The winner of this year’s edition of BUP Book Award will be announced on June 9. Stay tuned! 🤞🤞🤞 Follow this link to see more 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/pages/bup-book-awaed-2024 The 2024 BUP Book
That’s the news we like! Our art director and chief designer, Aneta Kowalczyk, got Gold Award in the 2024 European Design Awards’ Book Layout category for designing Hubert Humka’s book ETERNAL U. The awarding ceremony took place in amazing Teatro Mercadante in Naples, Italy. When receiving the award, Aneta said:“I would like to thank the author of the book, Hubert Humka, for giving me a total freedom in designing it. There was just one condition: it had to be the best book I’ve made so far. Well, now I can say: mission accomplished.”Take a look at the short summary of the yesterday events and join us in congratulating Aneta this her huge success. Bravo, Aneta! 👏👏👏And in case you would like to buy the book, follow this link 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/products/eternal-u ETERNAL U | photographs and texts: @huberthumka | visual concept of the book and design: @_aneta_kowalczyk_ | no. of pages: 92 | no. of photos: 65 | language: English and French | publisher: @blow_up_press#blowuppress #bup #huberthumka #eternalu #photobook #artbook #edawards2024 #europeandesignawards #goldaward #anetakowalczyk #booklayoutcategory #naturalcementeries #deathtrilogy #naples #italy #whenthestorymatters
‼️BUP BOOK AWARD‼️ It’s Saturday, May 11. The day is sponsored by the vowel O and consonants T, M and R. Guess what word you can form from them? You are right! This word is TOMORROW! Coincidently, our deadline is also… TOMORROW! 😱😱😱 So, set your clocks for the midnight TOMORROW and remember to submit your photography-based project to us before that time. 🤯🤯🤯 Follow the link read the rules and download submission form: https://blowuppress.eu/pages/bup-book-award-2024 Deadline: May 12, 2024, that is TOMORROW 😉😉😉 Good luck! 🤞🤞🤞 The 2024 BUP Book Award is organised by BLOW UP PRESS publishing house with a support from Arctic Paper. #bupbookaward #blowuppress #bup #bupbookaward2024 #arcticpaper #photobook #artbook #bookcompetition #opencall #international #whenthestorymatters
‼️BUP BOOK AWARD‼️ The final countdown started! You have just 3️⃣ days to submit your photography-based project to the 2024 BUP Book Award! Let our jurors to discover you and your work! Who knows, maybe it is you who will be published by BLOW UP PRESS. Don’t miss this opportunity! This year’s submissions will be evaluated by the following jurors: 👉 Mireia Alises, PhotoArt Books (Spain) 👉 Laura Carbonell, Punto de Fuga Paris - Bogota (Colombia) 👉 Ania Nałęcka-Milach, photobooks' designer (Poland) 👉 Manuel Sigrist, Photo Elysée (Switzerland) 👉 Douglas Stockdale, PhotoBook Journal (USA) 👉 Robin Titchener, photobooks' collector (United Kingdom) The winning project will be transformed into a book format by Aneta Kowalczyk. Deadline for submissions: May 12, 2024 Follow this link to read the rules and download submission form 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/pages/bup-book-award-2024 Good luck! 🤞🤞🤞 The 2024 BUP Book Award is organised by BLOW UP PRESS publishing house with a support from Munken by Arctic Paper. #bupbookaward #blowuppress #bup #bupbookaward2024 #mireiaalises #photoartbooks #lauracarbonell #puntodefugabogota #anianaleckamilach #tapirbookdesign #manuelsigrist #photoelysee #douglasstockdale #thephotobookjournal #robintitchener #robinsphotobookcollection #arcticpaper #photobook #artbook #bookcompetition #opencall #international #whenthestorymatters
This day is sponsored by the number 7️⃣. And there is a very good reason why. It is the exact amount of days left to the 2024 BUP Book Award deadline. The final countdown started. There will not be any extension. So if you were waiting with your submission to the last moment, it has just come. Let our jurors discover you and your project. Send it now! Follow this link to read about the rules and get application form 👉🏻 https://blowuppress.eu/pages/bup-book-award-2024 Deadline: May 12, 2024‼️ Good luck!🤞🤞🤞 The 2024 BUP Book Award is organised by BLOW UP PRESS publishing house with a support from Munken by Arctic Paper. #bupbookaward #bupba2024 #yumigoto #remindersphotographystronghol #blowuppress #bup #photobook #artbook #contest #whenthestorymatters
“Masterpiece” Bogdan Frymorgen, Fotopolis.pl / “Most Notable Photobook of 2023” Viory Schellekens, photo-eye / “Powerful” Frédéric Martin, 5ruedu.fr / “Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ is rewritten” Fabien Ribery, lintervalle.blog / There are only a few photobooks that can be described as a manifesto. Undoubtedly The World Is Where You Stop by Tomasz Tomaszewski is one of them. The book is the culmination of his 50-year-long professional career, it is his personal commentary on the reality that surrounds us, on the condition of today’s man, and on the humanity. When we look at the black and white photos from the book, we realise that the greatest evil on Earth is the man himself, directing us towards a total apocalypse with his actions and thoughtlessness. This critical attempt to look at ourselves is intensified by two portraits that open and close the publication. The book uses photos taken over many years, many of which have never been published. The whole is arranged in a philosophical story about the man, the humanism, the good and the bad. The form of the book follows its content and together with two accompanied essays (by Kent Kobersteen, a longtime head of photography at National Geographic Magazine, and Prof. Tadeusz Gadacz, Polish philosopher) gives it a new meaning and takes it to a different level. Follow the link to order your copy of the book 👉 https://blowuppress.eu/collections/bup-publications/products/the-world-is-where-you-stop The World Is Where You Stop: Photographs: Tomasz Tomaszewski | Essays: Kent Kobersteen and Tadeusz Gadacz | Book design: Aneta Kowalczyk | Format: 280x370 mm | No. of pages: 320 | No. of photographs: 150 | Language: English | Publisher: BLOW UP PRESS #blowuppress #bup #tomasztomaszewski #theworldiswhereyoustop #photobook #artbook #anetakowalczyk #kentkobersteen #tadeuszgadacz #bogdanfrymorgen #fotopolis #vioryschellekens #photoeye #fredericmartin #5ruedu #fabienribery #lintervalle #whenthestorymatte
Picture Doc: Autumn even visited Pracownia Duży Pokój! We just wanted to remind you that the Eternal U - Hubert Humka exhibition is still ongoing. We invite you until November 12, 2023 from Thursday to Sunday from 15:00 to 19:00. You can purchase the premiere publications of Hubert and BLOW UP PRESS from us 💖 See you!
News from Setanta Books 🖤New! Need to Know by Michael Honegger Published by BLOW UP PRESS .... #photography #photographer #bookstagram #books #spy #coldwar #doubleagent #secretagent #suspense #secret #eastgermany #westgermany #USA #sovietunion #Michaelhonegger #photobookjousting
Hello Bristol! Enjoy the weekend with photobooks! Come and check our table full of books with stories that matter by excellent photographers! BOP - Books on Photography BOP Bristol Annual Photobook Festival @ Paintworks Event Space (stand 27) (The Airstream Main Courtyard, Bristol, United Kingdom) October 7-8,2023 See you there! #blowuppress #bup #bop #booksonphotography #bristolsannualphotobookfestival #martinparrfoundation Martin Parr Foundation #theroyalphotographicsociety The Royal Photographic Society #bookfair #photobookfair #photobookfestival #artbook #artbookfair #artbookfestival #paintworkseventspace #bristol #unitedkingdom #whenthestorymatters @obserwujący
TODAY IN WARSAW!!! ETERNAL U BOOK MEETING Pracownia Duży Pokój (Warecka 4/6), GUESTS: Hubert Himka - photographer, Aneta Kowalczyk - designer, Grzegorz Kosmala - publisher (BLOW UP PRESS) // BUY BOOK AT Pracownia Duży Pokój See U! #blowuppress #warsaw #warszawa #book #photobook #artbook #premiere #premiera #huberthumka #anetakowalczyk #duzypokoj #picturedocfoundation #fotografia #photography #art #argraf #whenthestorymatters
From today’s book signing of ETERNAL U by @huberthumka at Unseen in Amsterdam 🔥🔥🔥Learn more about the book and buy your copy https://blowuppress.eu/collections/bup-publications/products/eternal-u | ETERNAL U | photographs and texts: @huberthumka | visual concept of the book and design: @_aneta_kowalczyk_ | no. of pages: 92 | no. of photos: 65 | language: English and French | publisher: @blow_up_press #blowuppress #bup #huberthumka #eternalu #photobook #artbook #deathtrilogy #gooddeath #eternity #naturalcemeteries #anetakowalczyk #whenthestorymatters
Michael Honegger’s father was a spy during the Cold War. Bilingual in German and English, he worked for the U.S. Air Force and sent agents into East Germany and elsewhere behind the Iron Curtain. Follow the link in bio to learn more and preorder your signed and numbered copy of The Need to Know today! // THE NEED TO KNOW | photos: @michaelhoneggerphotos | essays: @brentonhamilton, @alinesmithson & George A. Reisch | book design: @_aneta_kowalczyk_ | no. of pages: 100 + inserts + 10-page-long leporello | no. of photos: 54 | language: English | publisher: @blow_up_press // #blowuppress #bup #michaelhonegger #theneedtoknow #photobook #artbook #anetakowalczyk #brentonhamilton #alinesmithson #georgereisch #familystory #spy #coldwar #ironcurtain #coldwarchronicles #spygamessaga #espionagetales #spycrafthistory #coldwarespionage #covertmissions #spyingthroughtime #stealthandintrigue #coldwarlegacy #spyingsaga #cloakanddaggerhistory #espionageescapades #coldwarintelligence #preorder #whenthestorymatters
The Hubert Humka exhibition and book launch of his latest book ETERNAL U took place this Saturday. See some impressions from this great event. And then plan your visit in the Pracownia Duży Pokój in Warsaw! For example on September 29 when Hubert and us will talk about our latest joint production. The meeting will start at 7.00pm. // Buy the book in the the gallery or in our online bookshop (link in the bio). // The exhibition is open till November 12 from Thursday to Sunday from 3.00pm to 7.00pm. // ETERNAL U - Hubert Humka @ Pracownia Duży Pokój Gallery (4/6 Warecka St., Warsaw, Poland) // 📷 @bo_hater // ETERNAL U | photographs and texts: Hubert Humka | visual concept of the book and design: Aneta Kowalczyk | no. of pages: 92 | no. of photos: 65 | language: English and French | publisher: BLOW UP PRESS // #blowuppress #bup #huberthumka #eternalu #photobook #artbook #preorder #deathtrilogy #evilman #deathlandscapes #gooddeath #eternity #naturalcemeteries #anetakowalczyk #pracowniaduzypokojgallery #picturedocfoundation Picture Doc #whenthestorymatters
First official preview of our new book: Eternal U by Hubert Humka which will be launched tomorrow at the opening of his exhibition @ Pracownia Duży Pokój in Warsaw. Be there! Eternal U - Hubert Humka, Pracownia Duży Pokój Gallery (4/6 Warecka St., Warsaw, Poland). September 16, 2023. Start at 7.00pm. You have time till midnight today to reserve your copy of the book in preorder. Follow the link on bio to do this!ETERNAL U | photographs and texts: Hubert Humka | visual concept of the book and design: Aneta Kowalczyk | no. of pages: 92 | no. of photos: 65 | language: English and French | publisher: BLOW UP PRESS #blowuppress #bup #huberthumka #eternalu #photobook #artbook #preorder #deathtrilogy #evilman #deathlandscapes #gooddeath #eternity #naturalcemeteries #anetakowalczyk #pracowniaduzypokojgallery #whenthestorymatters
How about spending this weekend in Switzerland and enjoying photobooks over the banks of Lake Geneva? Sounds cool! So, we hope to see you there visiting our book stand at Booklette in Lausanne and at Photobooks Switzerland in Geneva! Booklette @ Photo Elysée (Place de la Gare 17, Lausanne, Switzerland) September 15-16, 2023 Photobooks Switzerland @ Centre de la photographie Genève (Bâtiment d’Art Contemporain, 28, rue des Bains, Geneva, Switzerland) À bientôt! For more details, full lists of exhibitors and accompanying events, go to 👉 https://elysee.ch/2023/08/booklette/ or https://photobooksswitzerland.com/, respectively #blowuppress #bup #booklette #photoelysee #imagesvevey Images Vevey #photobooksswitzerland #centredelaphotographiegeneve #photobook #fair #bookfair #artbook #lausanne #geneva #switzerland #whenthestorymatters
Introducing THE NEED TO KNOW by Michael S. Honegger - an intimate exploration of his family's past. Unveiling his father's undercover life as a Cold War spy, this project takes us on a journey through a hidden history.Bilingual in German and English, Honegger's father worked for the U.S. Air Force, sending agents into the heart of East Germany and beyond. Between 1959 and 1963, the Honeggers resided in West Germany during the Cold War's peak. Since his father’s job was shrouded in secrecy, questions regarding unusual events in the family’s life were met with a cryptic paternal response: "Do you have the need to know?".Only after retirement did fragments of the truth emerge, painting a portrait of a counterintelligence special agent leading a dual life. This project delves into the shards of those conversations, Michael's fascination with Cold War espionage, and its enduring impact on his family. A life of enigma and clandestine operations, where mysterious figures slipped in and out of their lives, radio waves carried coded messages, and coincidences held untold significance. /// Don't miss out—secure your copy at a special price of EUR 59 (normally EUR 65) with the pre-order. Book delivery begins this October. /// https://blowuppress.eu/products/the-need-to-know /// THE NEED TO KNOW | photos: Michael Honegger Photography | essays: Brenton Hamilton , Aline Smithson & George A. Reisch | book design: Aneta Kowalczyk | no. of pages: 100 + inserts + 10-page-long leporello | no. of photos: 54 | language: English | publisher: @blow_up_press /// #blowuppress #bup #michaelhonegger #theneedtoknow #photobook #artbook #anetakowalczyk #brentonhamilton #alinesmithson #georgreisch #coldwarchronicles #spygamessaga #espionagetales #spycrafthistory #coldwarera #secretOpssaga #coldwarespionage #covertmissions #spyingthroughtime #stealthandintrigue #coldwarlegacy #spyingsaga #cloakanddaggerhistory #espionageescapades #coldwarintelligence #munkenpaper #arcticpaper #argraf #whenth
Hello Bergen! We are back! Come and check our table with some of our books! This weekend only! Bergen Art Book Fair @ Bergen Kunsthall (Rasmus Meyers allé 5, Bergen, Norway) April 14-16, 2023 More info and full list of exhibitors 👉 https://babf.no/ (Bergen Art Book Fair 2023) Ser deg der! #blowuppress #bup #bergenartbookfair #babf #bookfair #artbookfair #photobook #photobookfair #bergen #bergenkunsthall #norway #whenthestorymatters
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