In terms of timing, photography is quite a recent storytelling medium. Appeared a mere couple of hundred years ago, it has evolved over time from a way to documenting everything from a family portrait to landscapes, war zones, street scenes, and beyond. In the end, I don’t know anyone who described photography better that Susan Sontag: “To collect photographs is to collect the world.”
I like “The Photography Show” because of the way it reflects the worldliness of photography today. Through an eclectic but fine curation, the show manages to hit the spot and to give a taste of a multitude of viewpoints of what is considered photography today. This year I was especially excited to see an extended section of photo book publishers — showcasing a selection of fine and beautiful photo books, all crafted with attention to the final product I’ve never seen in book publishing before.



















My Favorite Photo Books from 2018 AIPAD Photography Show
Photo Book Publishers
U.S.A.
- TIS Books (Brooklyn) tisbooks.pub
- Aperture (New York) aperture.org
- Artbook (New York) artbook.com
- Kris Graves Projects (Queens, NYC) krisgravesprojects.com
- Light Work (Syracuse, NY) lightwork.org
- Silas Finch (Upstate NY) silasfinch.org
- Conveyor Editions (Jersey City, NJ) conveyoreditions.com
- 21st Editions (South Dennis, MA) 21steditions.com
- Daylight Books (Durham, NC) daylightbooks.org
- Harper’s Books (East Hampton) harpersbooks.com
- Hesse Press (LA) hessepresse.com
- Lodima Press (Ottsville, PA) lodima.org
- Minor Matters (Seattle) minormattersbooks.com
- Radius Books (Santa Fe, NM) radiusbooks.org
- TBW Books (Oakland, CA) tbwbooks.com
- Twin Palms (Santa Fe, NM) twinpalms.com
- Zatara Press (Richmond, VA) zatarapress.com
International
- AKIO NAGASAWA Gallery (Tokyo) akionagasawa.com
- Damiani (Italy) damianieditore.com
- L’artiere (Italy) lartiere.com
- Mack (London) mackbooks.co.uk
- Super Labo (Japan) superlabo.com
