dienacht Magazine + Publishing

Today is the second day of @thousandfold.fair at @mdbkleipzig in Leipzig. Come by, say hi! There is selection of publishers and also a Magazine Salon: a collection of international photography magazines over the last 10 years. Powered by @dienacht.verein

Hope you’re having the most serene time now between Christmas and New Year. We love this very very special week. Thank you to all the artists, printers, bookshops, curators, photobook enthusiasts with whom we worked together this year and also to all subscribers for supporting us this year. 🤍

We are into personal stories, you know that. And for us making books should also be about joy. They do not make you rich, as we all know, so why else then? The upcoming *Erlebnispark* is both intimate and fun. We met Paul at one of our workshops in France, we met Carla first through his pictures and then in Paris on the boat of Polycopies last year. Who are they? They are two people who went on a road trip around Poland searching for coal mines and ended up with the adventure park that you will see in the book. It’s simple and raw. Intimate and fun. Authentic. And this is all that matters. /Find the original version (without dinos) of the trailer is on our website/ https://www.dienacht-magazine.com/2023/11/03/paul-carla-erlebnispark — The book is already on our website and the official release with Carla Hartmann and Paul Bony will be in Paris at Polycopies Ten Years of and Maison Européenne de la Photographie . Save the dates! Polycopies: → 9 November, 5 pm
→ 10 November, 3 pm
Mep (Maison Européenne de la Photographie): → 12 November, 4 pm
— Video trailer: by Carla Hartmann

We are into personal stories, you know that. And for us making books should also be about joy. They do not make you rich, as we all know, so why else then? The upcoming Erlebnispark is both intimate and fun. We met Paul at one of our workshops in France, we met Carla first through his pictures and then in Paris on the boat of Polycopies last year. Who are they? They are two people who went on a road trip around Poland searching for coal mines and ended up with the adventure park that you will see in the book. It’s simple and raw. Intimate and fun. Authentic. And this is all that matters. /Find the original version of the trailer (without dinos!) on our website/ — The book is already on our website and the official release with Carla Hartmann and Paul Bony will be in Paris at @polycopies and @mep.paris. Save the dates! Polycopies: → 9 November, 5 pm → 10 November, 3 pm Mep (Maison Européenne de la Photographie): → 12 November, 4 pm — Video trailer: by Carla Hartmann

CAP Prize exhibition in the courtyard of Grassi Museum

Panel Discussion :The Value of the Photobook" with Adele Marini (Liberia Marini), Sebastian Arthur Hau (Polycopies etc), Michael Kollmann (Westlicht Vienna etc). Moderated by Alexa Becker

Photobook Market with 25+ publishers

Exhibition: Africa in the Photobook by Ben Krewinkel

Leipzig Photobook Festival ✦ Exhibition: Eiger Foundation African Photobook of the Year Award. – Launched in Geneva in 2021, it is the annual prize that supports work that contributes significantly to the evolving narrative of photography. In 2022, the prize was awarded to the most memorable photographic publication by a photographer from or working in Africa. One winner and three runners-ups were selected by the international jury from a total of 4000 submissions. The exhibition will feature the shortlist of 17 titles. – In the carousel: Winner: The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women, by Catherine McKinley. Most of us grew up with images of African women that were purely anthropological — bright displays of exotica where the deeper personhood seemed tucked away. Or they were chronicles of war and poverty — “poverty porn.” But now, curator Catherine E. McKinley draws on her extensive collection of historical and contemporary photos to present a visual history spanning a hundred-year arc (1870–1970) of what is among the earliest photography on the continent. These images tell a different story of African women: how deeply cosmopolitan and modern they are in their style; how they were able to reclaim the tools of the colonial oppression that threatened their selfhood and livelihoods. — Dates: 29 – 30 April Venue: Foyer of Grassi Museum of Applied Arts. For full programme of the Festival: www.dienacht.eu

Leipzig Photobook Festival ✦ Exhibition: Contemporary African Photography CAP Prize. One of the 3 special events with Focus on Africa is the CAP Prize exhibition. The exhibition shows the five winners of the CAP Prize 2022 selected by an international committee of judges. The prize aims to raise the profile of African photography within the arts and encourage a rethinking of the image of Africa. It is directed at photographers whose work engages with the African continent or its diaspora. It consists of a series of exhibitions in collaboration with significant photography festivals in Africa and the rest of the world. The winners and participants are: Amina Kadous (Egypt), Remofilmoe Nomandla Mayisela (South Africa), Lee-Ann Olwage (South Africa), Mahefa Dimbiniaina Randrianarivelo (Madagascar), Pamela Tulizo (Congo DRC). — Dates: 25 April — 7 May. Venue: Inner courtyard of GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst Leipzig. For full programme of the Festival visit the link in bio

This weekend you can touch our books at Tokyo Art Book Fair. There are only a few copies of each title, some are already sold-out. Come by, say hi!

The dark soul of the dienacht is back with ‘Relaxing Chamber‘ by Aleksei Kazantsev. In anticipation of the major release in November you can get collectible limited edition prints from the book, produced in special techniques exclusively for this release. And also support the publication! Read below ↓ https://www.dienacht-magazine.com/2022/09/15/relaxing-chamber-aleksei-kazantsev . Relaxing Chamber is a continuously developing series of photographs that revolves around one common theme: the idea of consciousness in humans and animals. The images are motifs of human faces and animal forms, often not immediately recognisable. There are claws and tentacles, trusting out, stiffened, at rest. And, there are people, surrounded by a black void, some seemingly asleep, some in an ecstatic trance, others in contemplation. The project circles around the human psyche and is involved with archetypal symbolism of animals in collective unconscious memory, hypnotic state, altered states of consciousness in trance and related phenomena such as feelings of euphoria, isolation and dissociation in everyday life. . In September and October we’ll be offering collectible prints that can be purchased within one week. All prints are in various unconventional techniques. Of course it’s possible to get one, two or none, but if you get all of them, you basically get a unique Special Edition set of the book Relaxing Chamber. All items are numbered and limited. They won't be available afterwards and are printed in special techniques exclusively for this book release. . The first collectible item is the close-up eye print "Relaxing Chamber #416". Printed with SILVER ink on Fedrigoni ultra black paper. There are only 40 available. The print is available within 1 week: from 15 to 23 September. Find out all the details on https://www.dienacht-magazine.com/2022/09/15/relaxing-chamber-aleksei-kazantsev . Sound in the video by Piotr Tolmachov . Thank you for supporting our effort to publish i

How many Paolas do you see? All ‘Come Closer’ are hand titled by the photographer Dinaya Waeyaert. Meet us and our books today and tomorrow in Rotterdam Haute Photographie⚡️ Saturday: 10 to 19 Sunday: 10 to

10 years dienacht-night celebration!

It’s 10 years dienacht Publishing this year! And we want to celebrate it with you. Bildband Berlin will host dienacht Publishing on April 7 for a book presentation, signing and artist’s talk by Dinaya Waeyaert with her book "Come Closer". The evening will include a pop-up exhibition by dienacht artists! Prints, books and special editions will be available for purchase. We start at 7 pm. Join 10 years dienacht-night celebration! Event group: https://fb.me/e/4j2bImCnZJoin

Photobook making Workshop with dienacht Publishing in Metz (France)! 25-28 April. Will be held as part of Photographie mon amour Festival. . 4 full days, 6 participants and 6 physical dummies ready as a culmination of the Workshop. It’s about the creation of a photobook on the one hand, as well as about rethinking the project in the context of a photobook as a specific medium, on the other hand. . For more info: https://www.dienacht-magazine.com/events/photobook-workshop-metz

⚡️Photobook making Workshop with dienacht publishing in Nantes (France)! 3-5 March. Within the frames of 'Journées de la Photographie à Nantes'. New format: 6 photographers team up with 6 graphic designers and under the supervision of dienacht Publishing will go through the complete process of the creation of a photobook. Each team will be encouraged to take their own approach in the creation of the book, where both photographer and designer could best express themselves and convey the idea of the project. Result is a physical dummy. Designers and design students are welcome to apply to learn how to work with the medium of photobook. Photographers and designers, please, apply until the end of January. Details here: https://www.dienacht-magazine.com/events/photobook-workshop-with-calin-kruse-and-yana-kruse-dienacht-publishing Write to Calin Kruse: speak2me (AT) dienacht-magazine.com . Subsidized(!) price: 150€/participant In Collaboration with: Le Centre Claude Cahun

Since the first meeting with Claudia in Mexico, it took quite a while for this project to turn from a dummy into a proper book but we never stopped believing in it and kept it in our dark closet as a hidden gem. And now we are more than happy to finally say: the first photobook by the Mexican photographer Claudia López Ortega "The Three Corners of the Ocean" is ready for pre-order! "This project is about love and the touch of madness in my experience of motherhood. In my family, there are things that are impossible to talk about – although you have been able to sense them since you were a child. There are secrets and looks. There are questions about our female lineage that are never addressed. The silence speaks louder than words. Victoria, my daughter, dared to take a risk and accompanied me into this travesty to express, in her own way, all the feelings rooted deep inside generations of our family. She let me know how sad, lonely and distant she felt from me, just as I felt as a child with my mother and as she felt in turn with my grandmother. These are the three corners of the ocean." Take a closer look and pre-order it at a reduced price: https://www.dienacht-magazine.com/2021/11/01/the-three-corners-of-the-ocean-claudia-lopez-ortega

We are very excited to be back to TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR this year at least on its Online Venue. Discover 240 international exhibitors in an amazing game-like graphics. All exhibitors are split by 6 various vegetable. Why vegetables? No clue! 🙂 We belong to the Radish garden. And so that you can see us better, there is a cow on our plot. It’s all for real — come and see yourself! https://online.tokyoartbookfair.com Dates: October 22 — 31. JOIN OUR EVENTS AT THE FAIR All stream links here: https://www.dienacht-magazine.com/2021/10/22/meet-dienacht-at-tokyo-art-book-fair-online-venue 🥕 25 October MONDAY 10 a.m. CET (17:00-17:40 JST) Online Talk about the book Come Closer with the photographer Dinaya Waeyaert, publisher Calin Kruse & editor Yana Kruse. 🌶 27 October WEDNESDAY 10 a.m. CET (17:00-17:40 JST) Online BOOK RELEASE of Dios Mio! with the photographer Brian Sergio and publisher Calin Kruse. 🍅 28 October THURSDAY 11 a.m. CET (18:00-18:40 JST) Online Talk about the artist’s book eyrie with the photographer and publisher Calin Kruse.

Right from Unseen Amsterdam where the very first copies of ‘Come Closer’ were put together by Dinaya live (see the video!) we’re coming to Brussels. We’ll see you today at L'Enfant Sauvage Bxl to share all the details! Get your questions about photobook publishing ready.