It is an intensive workshop where we will undertake the creation of a photobook, on the basis of a previous photographical work. We will go over the different processes which should be followed before the final edition. A two-day workshop where practice and dialogue will be part of the group learning.

The first session will deal with the analysis of the materials, the conceptual approach, the development and the design of the photobook.

• Meaning and goal of a photobook.
• Analysis of the work material (photographical selection, text, etc.) and search of the conceptual approach.
• Development of the idea and implementation of the design as a tool for development.
• Interaction with the environment. Which elements should be taken into account?

In the second session of the workshop we will finish the edition and we will devote time to present the projects and discuss about them. 

Biography:

Ángel Álvarez. Graphical designer and publisher.

From Tipode Office he focuses his task in the typography as a language applied to different fields, mainly editorial design. Some of the publications he has designed have been chosen and awarded on the national and international stage in contests like PhotoEspaña or Prix Bob Calle. He has been lecturer on typography in the Master’s degree of Design and Illustration in the Fine Arts Faculty of the UPV. At the same time he has implemented projects, like Open Publishing Room, which reflect on the editorial practice.

Ricardo Cases. Graduated in Information Sciences from the University of the Basque Country (Bilbao).

In 2006 he became a member of the group of photographers Blank Paper. In 2009 he set up the publishing house Fiesta together with the designer Natalia Troitiño. He has published the books Sol (Dalpine, 2017), El blanco (Dalpine, 2016), El porqué de las naranjas (Mack Books, 2014), Paloma al aire (Photovision-Schaden-Dewi Lewis, 2011), La caza del lobo congelado (Fiesta Ediciones-Cuadernos de la Kursala, Universitat de Cadis, 2009) and Belleza de barrio (Universitat d’Extremadura, 2008). Since 2007 he has worked as a teacher in the European School of Design, in EFTI and in CASA (a training programme developed together with the photographer Pablo Casino here in Valencia). In 2017 he was awarded with the Culture Prize (photography) of the Community of Madrid.