The Value of Photo Books Today
Posted: November 05, 2019
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The digital world is here to stay, there's no arguing that. Even with all the places online to showcase photographs, it's never a bad thing to have alternative options to share them with people. If the internet suddenly went away, how would you get your work in front of people? You may think of giving a photo book a try under those circumstances.....so why not give it a try now?
Adam Welch, photographer and contributor to Digital Photography School, shares the value of photo books in today's digital world.
Imagine the internet never existed. I know – you’re reading this while on the internet – but bear with me. As a photographer, how would you show your photographs to other people? There would be no Instagram, no Flickr, no Facebook. The reality of this fictional internetless world would leave you with limited outlets for your work. In short, you would have to find a way to physically park your photos in front of the eyes of other humans. Galleries would certainly be an option; magazines and journal publications would be another. Of course, there would be another option; the construction of a photo book.
Aside from a solo exhibition, there is perhaps no better way for a photographer to express their exact creative vision than with a well-executed photo book. Even in today’s elevated climate of digital photography, photo books have managed to keep their foothold as one of the most impactful methods of distributing photographs to the masses, all the while maintaining allegiance to the original photographs as we meant for them to be viewed.
Read the entire article,
Photo Books: Value and Worth in Today’s Digital World, on
Digital Photography School.