The fall is a busy time for photobook enthusiasts. Not least for Lesley Martin, director of the Aperture book program and editor of the newsprint journal The PhotoBook Review. When Raw File spoke with Martin she’d just come off the back of four days at the New York Art Book Fair and, the week prior, a jury-process in which she pored over 800 books on the way to selecting 30 for the shortlists of the Paris-Photo/Aperture Photobook Awards, the winners of which will be announced at Paris Photo which opens on Thursday.
Martin has edited over 65 photography books with the likes of Vik Muniz, Richard Misrach, Takashi Homma and Paul Fusco. PDN named her “one of the fifteen most influential people in photobook publishing” and thanks to her promotion of experiments with materials, American Photo recognized Martin as one of the Innovators of the Year.
Take It From a Publishing Pro: The Photobook Format Is Up for Grabs | Raw File | Wired.com
