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NY Low and High by Marco Onofri is a self-published artist book (2010) featuring black & white and color photographs from New York City in April of 2009.

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Produced for the Indie Photobook Library by Stephanie Obernesser

Direct link to the book in the iPL catalog: indiephotobooklibrary.org/​2010/​09/​ny-low-and-high/

It was an honor to share my list of photobooks that made an impression this year for photo-eye‘s “Best Books of 2010.” For their list I intentionally wanted to highlight mostly self-published titles that had passed by my desk on their way to the Indie Photobook Library. Ten was just too limiting a number for me, and because I focused on self-published titles, I ended up omitting my favorite traditional trade publications. So here is the extended list (in no particular order) that includes everything from artist books, zines, self-published and indie published photobooks, to trade editions.

Larissa Leclair

Here the link to see the list of books

” For nearly two decades photo-eye has been selecting the best photography books of the year. In the past we sat around the table at Director Rixon Reed’s home or in our Santa Fe bookstore debating for hours on topics such as each book’s historical importance, how a particular title contributes to the expansion of our understanding of an important photographer’s oeuvre or the nature and relevance of the book as object. The features or factors making a book the best for one person are not always the same for another. As the years progressed, the list of nominees and the stack of books to review in one evening made the task of narrowing down the list to a few titles almost impossible. In 2008, photo-eye decided to invite some of our favorite contemporary publishers, writers, photographers and photo professionals to assist us in this process. Their opinions reflect the diversity of the medium. This year’s list of contributors offers up the aesthetic tastes of 27 contributors from Europe, the US, Japan and Mexico.

The evolution and shift of interest in the photobook community has come to rest heavily on self-published and indie books. These titles have shot a breath of fresh air into not only the photobook world, but into the art community as a whole. Self-published titles such as Rob Hornstra & Arnold van Bruggen’s Empty Land and Maxwell Anderson’s See You Soon make it onto several of our contributor’s lists and showcase the diversity and creativity that self-published and indie titles have brought to the table. Several of our contributors are leading voices in this exploding new photobook world. Self-Publish, Be Happy’s Bruno Ceschel, Indie Photobook Library’s Larissa Leclair and curator of Publish It Yourself Laurence Vecten were included this year as representatives of this phenomenal movement. Even well-established photographers such as Alec Soth and Martin Parr give their nod to the self-publishing industry. We are honored to have such a diverse list of contributors reflecting this shift in aesthetic trend ” .

Photo Eye

here the link to see the photo eye selection – photoeye bestbook 2010

www.marconofri.com

NY low and high by marconofri

backstage photos by andrea piffari

The Indie Photobook Library (iPL) was founded in 2010 by Larissa Leclair. It is an archive that strives to preserve and showcase self-published photobooks, photobooks independently published and distributed, photography exhibition catalogs, print-on-demand photobooks, artist books, zines, photobooks printed on newsprint, limited edition photobooks, and non-English language photography books to be seen in person through traveling exhibitions and as a non-circulating public library. Having a specific collection dedicated to these kinds of books allows for the development of future discourse on trends in self-publishing, the ability to reflect on and compare books in the collection, and for scholarly research to be conducted in years, decades, and centuries to come.

here u can see DIVE at the IPL  DIVE

here u can see NY LOW AND HIGH at the IPL   NY LOW AND HY

These books will be shown at the FLASH FORWARD FESTIVAL (Toronto, CANADA) from the 6 – 10 October throught the INDIE PHOTOBOOK LIBRARY.