We are delighted to present our second Book & Magazine Fair, showcasing national and international publishers. The 2012 edition, held at Moxie Studios, will be the ideal place to purchase contemporary books, meet the publishers in person, network, find inspiration and browse through the amazing publications on display. All events are free.

Weekend Schedule

6pm Grand Opening at Moxie Studios

To cut it short, this day is a BIG celebration. To accompany the opening of the main exhibitions at Moxie Studios, On Migration, Books on Migration, Magazines on the Wall, and the launch of the Portfolio 12 weekend, the Book & Magazine Fair kicks off in style. Come and enjoy a drink on us, get your delicacies at the food stalls, meet and greet, and get to know all the international guests. A unique weekend in Ireland starts here!

7pm Source Magazine feature: ‘What is Conceptual Photography?’

A short film by Source Magazine, premiered in PhotoIreland Festival 2012.
Photography has become a mainstay of the art market. The term ‘conceptual photography’ is used increasingly to describe work that is found in galleries but has also been applied to reportage and advertising. Has the term been invented to legitimize photographs as artworks? Or, does it describe a genuine tradition of that has evolved from Conceptual Art? This film consists of a series of interviews with key participants in this debate including, artists John Hilliard and Suzanne Mooney, theorists Lucy Soutter and John Roberts, journalist Sean O’Hagan and curator Louise Clements.

12-5pm Book & Magazine Fair

Publishers present: Jan Babnik (Fotografija), Pavel Banka (Fotograf), Reinhard Braun (Camera Austria), Gösta Flemming (Journal), John Duncan (Source Magazine), Dewi Lewis (Dewi Lewis Publishing), Katarzyna Majak (Kwartalnik Fotografia), Andreas Müller-Pohle (European Photography), Markus Schaden (Schaden), Christopher Anhalt (HomePark Press), Dienacht Mag, ESC Zines, and Ontario Paper.
Also on show, PhotoIreland’s public collection of over 700 photobooks: The Library Project

1pm Creating the Perfect Print – Canon Workshop

In order to get the most out of the digital photographic printing process it is necessary to understand how colour works and is controlled in the digital environment. This one hour seminar shows photographers how to control the colour chain from capture to print in order to get the best quality exhibition prints possible. By understanding the medium and its limits the photographer is empowered to fully participate in and control the creative process. Special workshop by Hugh McElveen sponsored by Canon Ireland. Find out more and book your space »

2pm Doug Dubois talk

My Last Day at Seventeen is a somewhat fictional, somewhat documentary coming of age story about a small group of teenagers from Russell Heights  —  a housing estate in Cobh, County Cork. Doug DuBois came to Cobh in 2009 at the invitation of the Sirius Arts Centre. Since then, he has returned each summer to photograph the young people from the neighborhood. Doug DuBois recently received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship to continue the project, which will be exhibited in Cobh this October. Doug will present a selection of photographs from My Last Day at Seventeen and discuss his process and the issues surrounding the work.

3pm PhotoIreland Festival 2013 Presentation

Open to everyone, this Q&A session gives you the opportunity to express your views and present your feedback on PhotoIreland Festival. Festival Director Ángel Luis González and Curator Moritz Neumüller will present to the participating audience the raw concept for the 4th edition of Ireland’s International Festival of Photography and Image Culture. Engage!

4pm Irène Attinger talk

Guest curator Irène Attinger, head of the Maison de la Photographie Européenne’s Library, one of the world’s largest collections of its kind, has brought to Dublin a selection of 20 photobooks from her own collection, which covers the time-span of over a hundred years and a wide range of countries and circumstances. Starting with Augustus Sherman’s Ellis Island, the systematic recording of a registry clerk with the immigration division, this exhibition features masterpieces of the documentary genre, such as Dorothea Lange’s American Exodus (first published in 1939), as well as recent publications, such as Thomas Mailaender’s Cathedral Cars, a recording of the often strange vehicles that cross over the Mediterranean from Marseilles to North Africa, visually defying the laws of gravity, expressing tied-up dreams.

5pm Gösta Flemming talk

Gösta Flemming, the director of the Swedish publishing company Journal, will present his exhibition project for PhotoIreland 2013, which will be focused on the Scandinavian view on Ireland. His selection will include highlights such as Pentti Sammallahti’s Irish Portfolio from the late 1970’s.

6pm Publishers talks

Introducing exciting news and publications by Dienacht Magazine, ESC zine, Homepark Press, and Ontario Paper – who will discuss about the current situation on the photobook market.

7.30pm Jean Revillard Opening

All guests and visitors are invited to head to The Copper House Gallery to attend the opening of Jean Revillard, Sarah on the Bridge, at 8pm.

12-5pm Book & Magazine Fair

Publishers present: Jan Babnik (Fotografija), Pavel Banka (Fotograf), Reinhard Braun (Camera Austria), Gösta Flemming (Journal), John Duncan (Source Magazine), Dewi Lewis (Dewi Lewis Publishing), Katarzyna Majak (Kwartalnik Fotografia), Andreas Müller-Pohle (European Photography), Markus Schaden (Schaden), Christopher Anhalt (HomePark Press), Dienacht Mag, ESC Zines, and Ontario Paper.
Also on show, PhotoIreland’s public collection of over 700 photobooks: The Library Project

1pm Creating the Perfect Print – Canon Workshop

In order to get the most out of the digital photographic printing process it is necessary to understand how colour works and is controlled in the digital environment. This one hour seminar shows photographers how to control the colour chain from capture to print in order to get the best quality exhibition prints possible. By understanding the medium and its limits the photographer is empowered to fully participate in and control the creative process. Special workshop by Hugh McElveen sponsored by Canon Ireland. Find out more and book your space »

3.30pm Dewi Lewis talk

In this talk, Dewi Lewis will present The European Publishers Award for Photography, which celebrated its 19th Edition in 2012. Each year, the winning project from an open submission process is published in book form simultaneously by the Actes Sud (France), Blume (Spain),
 Kehrer Verlag (Germany), Peliti Associati (Italy), and, of course, Dewi Lewis Publishing (UK).

4pm Magazines on the Wall talk

5pm David Kronn talk

Why Bother Collecting Photographs? The Collectors Response.
The talk will discuss how David Kronn developed his interest in photography, why he started collecting, what he has learned along the way – and how he plans to develop his collection.

6pm On the Future of Photography Education

Often discussions about education concentrate on the ever-present question of resources. In a context where the crisis in public finance since 2008 has impacted across all education provision, in summary, the mounting pressures of rising student and receding staff numbers; the decline in funding and grants with a possible return of fees, poor post-graduate funding opportunities and much more competitive job market. This discussion will take the form of series of short presentations from a number of key representatives in photography education on the island of Ireland and but also international representatives including IADT, DIT, Limerick School of Art, IED Institute, Madrid amongst others. More details