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Do you still buy Photo Books? (Patreon)

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2022-01-06 18:36:09
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Are photo books still relevant?

In this video I ponder about how we consume photos today. Do we still buy photo books do we still want to have a full body of work? Or is photography now some thing that we consume individually as a picture on Instagram or Facebook as small social experiences? Where did modern technology go with the iPad with the HDTV and other amazing devices? That’s photography still play a role on them?

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Daniel Andrews

Funny - I've just bought a photo book! London's Railway Termini - photographs at the end of the line - Kevin Nixon and Peter Lloyd. I was looking at trying proper photography this year. I've taken a few good shots over the years, and my camera from 2007 has some great manual settings, so this year I thought I'd give it a go. Then I saw a photo book in my railway news feeds, and went and bought the book - it was on Amazon. A real physical book - it's gorgeous.

Olivio Sarikas
>>75140135

That's really interesting. I still like photo books too. At the same time, I wonder why seemingly they have not found their way onto all of our wonderful new devices - in comparison to text books, films, music and even board games

Daniel Andrews
>>75140135

Just did a little search for "photo" on Apple Books (I'm a Mac user) - they do exist in Apple Books format. But like you say, perhaps a PDF and using Affinity Publisher. There's an idea for a video (series!)

Joanna Crosby

Books full of photos are often called 'coffee table books' here in UK, because they look lovely sat on your coffee table, but maybe they never get looked at. However I have loads, because I am a gardener and so I have lots of books that are mainly photos of gardens. To me a 'photo book' is one that you self publish, full of your favourite photos and you give it to your relatives at Christmas. I prefer a physical book to anything online.

Olivio Sarikas
>>75192267

ohhhh! I didn't know that. So, is coffee table book a demeaning term, or that's what everyone calls them? Thank you for clearing up that term

Olivio Sarikas
>>75187167

Really? That surprises me. Especially since Taschen Verlag started to bring out these very affordable books about all kinds of topics

Francesca Shearcroft

Very interesting and thought provoking video Olivio. Thank you. I have virtually stopped buying music. Photo books..yes I have lots, a mixture between how to and “coffee table” style. I believe there is a place for both. That said I look at lots of images on my iPad. I probably need to look at more art books and paintings.

Daniel Andrews
>>75192267

I always thought that a coffee table book (I'm also in the UK) was a book that a guest could pick up and browse without having to read. So maybe it was simple and elegant. Something that you could show off. I seem to remember that Stephen Hawkin's "A Brief History of Time" was a popular coffee table book in its day.

Balazs

For me the equation is simple: Photo Book = Wedding pictures. Or maybe a yearbook if I'm thinking about my own family. But when I think about it as a product, 99% of the time it's my wedding photography which can result a premium product like a nice photo book.

Olivio Sarikas
>>75140135

Thank you, I will look into that :) I only know Kindle eBook, and they are very bad for anything with images in it. Even Magazines on Kindle look really bad, because they use the same Layout as the books - which is to say non at all

Olivio Sarikas
>>75226653

Thank you and sorry of the late answer. I also have a nice collection of photo books (or coffee table books) - not as many as I have text books, and by far not as many as my mom has coffee table books. she really loves them. Especially about nature, animals and flowers, but also exotic countries, of which she has visited most in the meantime herself

Olivio Sarikas
>>75315192

I see what you mean. I rather meant books by photographers or books that are mainly photos. Others told me that they are called coffee table books. Although the topic of the year book is interesting as most people kind of hate their year book photo and it would be interesting to ask if those are photos as we usually understand them, or photos as a tool (similar to a security camera photo). maybe a topic for another video