It could be argued that the book is the ‘first and proper home of the photographic image,’ and today, presenting your own work is easier than ever with self-publishing technologies readily available online. But how do you ensure that your book conveys the concepts crucial to your vision through writing, image selection, post-production, graphic design, paper choice, and more?

In Bookmaking: Critical Content, students are provided the space, time and context to unpack ideas, explore themes, and create fascinating juxtapositions between text and image. In these eight sessions, SPAO Director of Education and master printmaker Michael Tardioli will work with you to develop a book concept or enhance an already-existing book project. Sessions will be spent considering historical and contemporary book forms and defining production workflows with a focus on content, book parts, editing + sequencing and online book printing options.