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Independent, boutique style publisher dedicated to contemporary photography. Established on July 1, 2012 and based in Warsaw, Poland.

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).

09/11/2025

Back on board! 🚢📚

We’re returning to the legendary — the photobook fair that floats on the Seine and fills Paris with stories you can touch. Join us on Bateau from November 12–16 and dive into the latest BLOW UP PRESS titles.

Expect the same fierce lineup, the same love for the printed page — and the same artists who make it unforgettable.

Book signings ahead:

📅 Friday, Nov 14
5:00 PM — EST AT NON EST
6:00 PM — HOMESICK NEW YORK

📅 Saturday, Nov 15
5:00 PM — VIRIDESCENT, AFIRE
6:00 PM — .wiernik & ONCE A YEAR THE STICK SHOOTS

🗓 November 12–16
📍 Polycopies, Bateau Concorde Atlantique booth B21

Come by, say hello, and feel the heartbeat of photobooks on the river!

08/11/2025

Paris, here we come! 🇫🇷✨

This November, BLOW UP PRESS lands at — as the first-ever Polish publisher to join this iconic event! You’ll find us at , booth K02, November 13–16 (with VIP preview on November 12).

We’ll be celebrating the world premiere of HOMESICK NEW YORK by — a haunting, luminous meditation on memory and belonging.
Alongside it, we’ve prepared special collector’s editions of legendary titles:
📖 DECEITFUL REVERENCE by
📖 LAND by
📖 UNDERTOW by
…and acclaimed releases such as:
📖 ENCYCLOPÆDIA by
📖 EST ET NON EST by
📖 ETERNAL U by
📖 ONCE A YEAR THE STICK SHOOTS by .wiernik &
📖 VIRIDESCENT, AFIRE by

Join us for daily book signings, including POLISH FRIDAY — an afternoon fully devoted to artists from Poland and one extraordinary Ukrainian guest.

Let’s meet, talk, and celebrate the beauty of the printed image ✨

🗓 November 13–16 (VIP preview on November 12)
📍 Paris Photo, Grand Palais, booth K02

Project supported by the Adam and co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.

05/11/2025

Are you in Paris? Us too!

November in Paris is going to be wild — books, art, and conversations everywhere.

We’re thrilled to join with ’s solo show viridescent, afire hosted by the legendary (123 Boulevard Saint-Germain) — the oldest Polish bookstore in France, standing proudly since 1833.
Exhibition opening: November 6, 6:00 PM

BLOW UP PRESS + Polish Artists presentation: November 15, 2:00 PM
Followed by a book signing with the artists.

This November, Paris becomes our playground — from Saint-Germain to the Grand Palais, from quiet bookstores to buzzing fairs.

If you’re around, come say hi and discover books that spark questions, emotions, and new perspectives.

Follow our Paris adventures →

21/10/2025

Great news came from London! Congratulations !
🤩🤩🤩

News from :

🌟 The 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize shortlist is here! 🌟

We’re delighted to announce the four artists shortlisted are:

Jane Evelyn Atwood

Weronika Gęsicka

Amak Mahmoodian

Rene Matić .matic

The 2026 shortlist explores themes of exile and memory; gender inequalities and advocacy; identity and belonging, subculture and class in contemporary life; and the shifting boundaries between photographic fact and fiction.

Jane Evelyn Atwood (b. 1947, New York, USA) is shortlisted for her publication Too Much Time / Trop de Peines, a revised, bilingual reprint of two works originally published in 2000 and updated by Le Bec En L’Air, Marseille in 2024.

Weronika Gęsicka (b. 1984, Włocławek, Poland) is shortlisted for the publication Encyclopaedia, published by BLOW UP PRESS and Jednostka Gallery in November 2024.

Amak Mahmoodian (b. 1980, Shiraz, Iran) is shortlisted for the exhibition One Hundred and Twenty Minutes at the Bristol Photo Festival, UK (16 October – 17 November 2024).

Rene Matić (b. 1997, Peterborough, UK) is shortlisted for the exhibition AS OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH, at CCA Berlin, Germany (8 November 2024 – 15 February 2025).

Congratulations to all the artists! We look forward to sharing their work in the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize exhibition at The Photographers’ Gallery from March 2026.

Visit our website to read more about the 2026 shortlisted artists

20/10/2025

📚✨ A new festival dedicated to the beauty of photography on paper is coming — and we’re thrilled to be part of it!

Join BLOW UP PRESS at the first edition of , a fresh initiative celebrating the printed image, photobooks, and the material magic of paper.

🗓 25–26 October 2025
📍 5 Gallery,
2 Sejmu Śląskiego Square, Katowice, Poland
🔗 https://paperphoto.pl

💥 Polish premiere
once a year the stick shoots
by & .wiernik
🗓 26 October | 1 PM
📍 Room 211 Gallery, Katowice – Miasto Ogrodów

Come explore our books, meet us in person, and dive into stories that unfold through images and paper.

Let’s celebrate photography where it truly belongs — in print.

15/10/2025

✨ If in Brooklyn, NY…

Breaking news from :

I’m very happy to participate in a pop up group exhibition „Resonance Moon” to celebrate the great photography studio run by and

I will exhibit work from the book Homesick New York, to be published in November by , alongside 3 other exhibitions - Vertical TIme, curated by Origins curated by Mitchel and Ebru and Resilience curated by

Brooklyn Grain - 1166 Manhattan Avenue suite 302 Brooklyn 11222

Opening October 24 - 6 - 10 pm and open the next days from 12pm - 5pm. With hopes of extending until the end of the month, when Mitchel and Ebru must leave the space.

Thank you for including me.

🖤

14/10/2025

3×3 =

We’re thrilled to announce that BLOW UP PRESS will take part in the third edition of the Vienna Art Book Fair — marking our third appearance at this wonderful event!

Join us from October 18–20, 2025, at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Vordere Zollamtsstraße 7) to explore our latest photobooks and artist’s books that challenge perspectives and spark reflection.

See you in Vienna!

11/10/2025

✨ We are deeply honored to have been part of 10×10 Photobooks Salon #82, which took place on the last Sunday of September, just before the Photobook Fest.

Organized by — a non-profit devoted to fostering engagement with the global photobook community — the salons are intimate, invitation-only gatherings where photobook enthusiasts and professionals meet to share their passion and insights.

For us, it was both a nobilitation and a great honor to present the story of BLOW UP PRESS and our books to such a remarkable group of people. It was truly an evening to remember.

Discover more about 10×10 Salons and their mission ➡️ https://10x10photobooks.org/salon-82/

09/10/2025

06/10/2025

✅ IPC Photobook Fest – checked.
✅ Foto Wien Book Days – checked.
Next stop: in Bielsko-Biała (Poland), October 11–12!

Take a break and drift among the clouds with — it’s time for the Polish premiere of his book EST ET NON EST on Saturday, 2:45–4:00 PM, followed by a book signing session with the artist.

A poetic meditation on presence and absence, EST ET NON EST invites you to pause, breathe, and lose yourself between what appears and what fades away.

Curious to discover what’s there and what’s not? Don’t miss the chance to explore it in person.

📍You’ll find us in the Aula of the Mikołaj Rej School Society (12 Modrzewskiego Street).

ℹ️ More about the festival 👉 https://fotoartfestival.com

📚 More about EST ET NON EST and our other publications: link in bio

03/10/2025

Big thanks to for featuring Weronika Gęsicka’s ENCYCLOPÆDIA in their October issue! 📖✨ It’s great to see the book highlighted among the latest recommended reads and exhibitions.

You can explore the issue here 👉 https://harpers.org/archive/2025/10/

Follow the link in our bio to order your copy.

ENCYCLOPÆDIA | images: | essay: | book design: | pages: 252 | images: 862 | language: English | publishers: & | partner:

02/10/2025

✨ The only numbers you need this weekend:
8️⃣4️⃣→ the street address: 84 Ludlow Street, home of the International Center of Photography in New York
3️⃣ → the 3rd floor, where all the magic happens
0️⃣3️⃣1️⃣2️⃣ → our table number – your destination!

📚 Find us at ICP Photobook Fest, now through Sunday. Come say hi, discover our books, and let the stories unfold!

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Established in 2012, BLOW UP PRESS is a boutique publishing house focused on contemporary photography. Our aim is to show unique photo/visual art projects in a form of book. At the beginning we were just online publisher but in 2016 we switched entirely to paper as the best and the only possible medium for photography. Our publications (books and magazine) follow the motto: WHEN THE STORY MATTERS. We don’t want to produce one-time-seen books. We want to create thoughts provoking art objects making people to return.

You can read also an interview with BLOW UP PRESS publishers at Contemporary Lynx

https://blowuppress.eu