Camera and Inspiration #37 | PPN | How to publish your photo book with Martin U Waltz

On this PPN Camera and Inspiration episode, Marco interviewed the photographer, author, and educator Martin U Waltz on the show. Martin has published three different photo books with three different publishers in the past 12 months and shared his different experiences and tips as a photographer about the process of photo book publishing.

 

Martin was also on the previous PPN Camera and Inspiration podcast episode #28, where he shared tips on how to get your photos into a photo exhibition. You can go back and listen to this episode here:

https://www.photopodcasts.com/podcasts/camera-and-inspiration-28-ppn-how-to-get-your-photos-into-an-exhibition-with-martin-u-waltz

This show is sponsored by MPB.com: www.MPB.com

Inspirational Photographer of the Month:

Martin picked Tunesion-born photographer Skander Khlif. Skander is a documentary photographer who is based in Munich, Germany. He describes his work as “documenting life in public space by telling stories while retaining a note of mystery.” Martin is very impressed by Skanders work, whom he describes as a wanderer between worlds and cultures with a vast portfolio of extremely creative and well-composed images.

You can find out more about Skander Khlif's work by visiting his website:

https://skanderkhlif.com/stories

How to get your photo book published:

In the main segment of this show, Martin shared valuable information and different approaches on how to get your photo book published by a publisher. His information is based on the different photo books that he has published with different publishing houses in the past and covers the main steps from the photo book idea, selecting and contacting publishers, to the writing and photo selection process.

Inspirational Photo Book Pick of the Month: Martin’s pick: “Harry Gruyaert” Photographs by Harry Gruyaert.

Martin picked the photo book: “Harry Gruyaert” by Magnum photographer Harry Gruyaert.

From the publisher's description: “Born in Antwerp in 1941 and a member of Magnum Photos since 1982, Harry Gruyaert revolutionized creative and experimental uses of color in the 1970s and 1980s. Influenced by cinema and American photographers, his work defined new territory for color photography: an emotive, non-narrative, and boldly graphic way of perceiving the world…

…Gruyaert’s images are autonomous, often independent of any context or thematic logic. This volume, the first retrospective of his work, is a superb overview of his personal quest for freedom of expression and the liberation of the senses.” 

The book is published by Thames & Hudson and has 144 pages

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3NuuU1b

 

Marco also mentioned the three books, that Martin has recently published and talked about on the show:

 

Streetfotografie made in Germany

357 pages in German, published by Rheinwerk Verlag

Amazon: https://amzn.to/46vIk5K

 

Next Level Streetfotografie:

256 pages in German, published by dpunkt Verlag

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3NvwW1g

 

Berlin Unseen:

208 pages in English and German, published by teNeues Verlag

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3PEBrsT

 

Links to Martin U Waltz:

Web: https://www.StreetBerlin.net 

 

Links to Marco Larousse:

Web: www.MarcoLarousse.com 

Twitter: @HamburgCam

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marco.larousse/ 

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