Packing up another 50 plus books today for the Kickstarter fulfillment to get collected tomorrow, shipping to the EU, US and everywhere else. Tipping in prints to copies of Travelogue 2 to go with The Edge of Ruin. All wrapped, packed and shipped with care.

“I particularly liked Jan Tschichold. He subjected this beautiful classicism to the rigor and rationale of Modernist systems. I kept looking at these classical serif typefaces, thinking they were post-punk…” — Peter Saville. www.pinupmagazine.org/articles/pet...

I saw this film this evening, and it’s highly recommended… ‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Review: Tell Me Everything www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/m...

Reflecting on some fascinating talks over the past week. @richove.bsky.social in conversation with Joel Meyerowitz, for the Richard Benson Lecture @bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Constance Talbot: Early Photographer and Lifelong Artist by @roseteanby.bsky.social. And Daniel Meadows, Shuttles, Steam and Soot.

“Sara Terry had a keen sense for protecting people … Her work, was about “going deep, making sure she was retaining the dignity of her subject.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/a...

It’s really great seeing the book starting to arrive with buyers…and their responses to it. Thank you Mark

A few more tea toned Cyanotypes that I made a while back - the beginnings of a new project that was put on hold but I’m hoping to start again soon.

As with every stage of the book design process, it’s all about conversation and collaboration. Marc and I chose a dark grey Brillianta cloth that contrasts and complements the Swiss-bound cover shades and the case lining—tones that echo those found in Marc’s work.

For me it's all about collaboration in photobook making and self publishing

Marc and I liked the Materica sheet so much, we used two further shades in the books production. Pitch for the case lining. And Ardesia for the Swiss-binding cover.

Thanks so much Ian!

“Tell a story, with as many elements as possible — emotion, drama, composition, light. I want you to pause, and say: what’s happening?” — Lynsey Addario. www.ft.com/content/90cb...

With the books now all with me I can begin the fulfillment process for the 250 books preordered in the kickstarter and since. Each book needs to be signed, placed in its bubble wrap, then cardboard wrap with the postcard and then the various printed labels attached, before it...

‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

How Lunar Photography Brought the Heavens Down to Earth. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Walking back to the car. The end of 5 hard days work on location here in Poland. 15km of walking today, 45 km in all. Have really broken my new boots in. Back to my room now to back up work and plan what I need to do tomorrow before my evening flight home.

“How Living Are His Portraits of the Dead.” Toni Morrison on the Photography of James Van Der Zee lithub.com/how-living-a...

Seydou Keïta and the Forging of West African Identity. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/a...

“I never prepare my self-portraits; it’s something that happens in the moment, usually when I’m in a bit of a crisis” Graciela Iturbide. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Photography folks, I would love for more people to see this list. Please share it! bsky.app/profile/did:...

12 hours on the road and I find myself on the eastern edge of the (current) EU. 1.5 hours on a bus 2.5 hours on a plane 4.5 hours in a car I’ve passed a dog on a lead, with no human & a nun walking in the dark. Dinner’s a supermarket hot dog, cheese crisps and apple juice. Here’s my room for tonight

The new European Butterfly Red List shows that butterflies are under increasing threat across Europe, with the number of species at risk of extinction up from 37 to 65 (73%) in the last 10 years. See our Press Release www.bc-europe.eu/documents/68...

“Of all the directors I have worked with, Sergio Leone was the best collaborator. We were the perfect couple: one heart, one soul” Renato Casaro. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/m...

As ever, all the design choices are based around what helps the subject matter and images. It's been a wonderful process.

Really loved working with @marcwilson.co.uk on his new book The Edge of Ruin. And could not be happier with how it’s turned out — printed in five colours by Team Impression on Munken and Materica papers from GF Smith, and Swiss-bound in an oversized case.

Press briefing today at IUCN Global Biodiversity Conference, giving results of the new Red List of European butterflies. It’s not good. Full details will be published tomorrow. Watch this space @europebutterfly.bsky.social

“It’s only after I have taken a photograph that I really discover what an image is about” Andreas Gursky. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

“I intended to cover the situation from the standpoint of the underdog, the downtrodden…was not neutral and was not interested in capturing it so.” - Chris Steele-Perkins www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

V O L C A N O N I G H T Alnmouth, September 2025

“Avedon was at war with the cliches of portraiture, including the cliches of ageing, and anything that seemed either merely pious or too picturesque offended him. Contradiction was the engine of his art.” (Toni Morrison, writer, New York, 10 September 2003). www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Join me in person or online on 5th November 1pm for a Photo Oxford talk at @bodleianlibs about the photographic and artistic life of Constance Talbot. She witnessed the birth of #photography but maintained a love of art throughout her life. Details here: photooxford.org/events/const...

Praha-Bubny railway station, Prague. 2018. More than 50,000 Jews were transported from this station to Auschwitz. From 'A Wounded Landscape - bearing witness to the Holocaust'. buff.ly/3pgxQE4

Some recent Gallery pieces from @ftweekend.com magazine. Mustafa Hassouna in Gaza @worldpressphoto.bsky.social; Mark Steinmetz at David Hill Gallery; Helen Chadwick @hepworthwakefield.bsky.social; Mohamed Bourouissa at Fondazione MAST

As with any list, there are bound to be choices that make you pause—but there are also some truly great magazine covers here. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/t...

Our annual Open Call is accepting submissions through October 12th. Follow this link for details: www.klompching.com/fresh-2025-c... #photography #opencallforart #fresh2025

Really enjoyed this evening’s talk from Dr Bronwen Colquhoun (Senior Curator for Photography, National Museum Cardiff), and Dr Tom Allbeson (Reader in Media & Photographic History at Cardiff University). On Picture Post—its history, influence and legacy—were both fascinating and thought-provoking.

“I began to love what occurs when you coat good paper by hand with these remarkable metals. My delight in the material itself makes me seek out subject matter that will best take advantage of these possibilities" — Irving Penn. www.phillips.com/article/1620...

I’ve long admired the pioneering Scottish photographer John Thomson (1837–1921), so it was a real treat to pause at lunchtime and catch Deborah Ireland’s engaging talk at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk. John Thomson: Through Siam, Cambodia and China with a Camera.

I'm hoping to bring a set of printed sheets to @orielcolwyn.bsky.social in N.Wales and then perhaps, I hope an advance copy to show at BOP 2025 in Bristol. You can pre-order a copy here: www.marcwilson.co.uk/book-print-s...

What Catherine Leroy’s Fearless Photographs Reveal About the Vietnam War www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...

Full (double set) of sheets for 'The Edge of Ruin'. Litho printed from 13 plates. This set, when folded, gathered, cut, section sewn and bound, will make the books 136 pages and cover. I will try to bring a set with me next weekend to THE NORTHERN EYE 2025 at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social

"Anything can be a source, even a mistake..." Corita Kent (1918–1986). marcianoartfoundation.org/exhibition/c...

Yesterday I spent the day in Leeds at my printers, Team Impression, passing the book on press. 5 hour drive there, 6 hours on press, 5 hour drive back - about 10 coffees! They use a very special Hybrid UV litho print system that allows the inks to dry immediately on...

Our #rivers are in crisis – polluted & stripped of their natural features. We’re calling on the government to urgently make #SpaceForWater & support a network of nature-rich river corridors including meadows. Sign the petition and help restore our rivers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

I love it when a car park proudly declares what it is in concrete. St Clement Street Car Park, Truro, Cornwall.

Cover to "Progress" for Summer 1952 - the house journal for Unilever. #graphicdesign by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion, the German born designer who moved to Britain in 1936. flic.kr/p/2ru8zPF

“Why should you pander to what people think you should be and sit within the box that they’ve created?” Joy Gregory. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign....

A new exhibition showcasing African American photography in rural and urban areas of Texas underscores the role of the community photographer in documenting local life and culture www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The design process is complete for 'The Edge of Ruin'. Paper stock and other materials approved. Wetproofs approved. Text pages and cover pdf approved. Press pass (printing) next Wednesday. Very exciting.

Photographers, I'm giving away two copies of Stephen Shore's new book this week. Learn more about how you can win "Early Work" at the link on my profile — Good luck! ✌️📚📸