The Kitab | India's First International Photobook Festival

INDIA'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL PHOTOBOOK FESTIVAL

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EXPLORING CHINA – PHOTOBOOKS FROM MAO TO THE MAGICAL ARCHIVE

PHOTOBOOKS FROM USSR REGION: FROM TOTALITARIAN IDEOLOGIES TO CREATIVE FREEDOM

SPOTTING THE GERMAN EXPERTISE IN PHOTOBOOKS

BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHY IN BOOKS

EYEING DUTCH PHOTOBOOKS – RAW TO REBEL

RECOGNIZING ITALIAN PHOTOBOOKS

UPRISE OF SPANISH PHOTOBOOKS

THE NEW LATIN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY

INSIGHT INTO JAPANESE PHOTOBOOKS

WAR PORN – PHOTOBOOKS FROM THE CONFLICT ZONE

CELEBRATING QUEER PRIDE IN PHOTOBOOKS

THE MASTER PHOTO-BOOK-MAKERS

INDIAN LEGACY IN PHOTOBOOKS

THE WORLD OF PHOTO-ZINE MADNESS

MIDDLE-EASTERN MAGIC – PHOTOBOOKS FROM THE REGION

AFRICAN HERITAGE IN PHOTOBOOKS

SALUTING THE ART OF SELF-PUBLISHED PHOTOBOOKS

AMERICANIZATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN BOOKS

IRANIAN PHOTOBOOKS: FROM CENSORSHIP TO PHOTOGRAPHIC REVOLUTION

PHOTO-BOOK-ACTIVISM: FROM POLITICS TO PROTESTS

PERSPECTIVES

Videos about taking Photography to

the ‘Real People’ who matter.

PAINTER SHAN BHATNAGAR: “I THINK ITS GREAT TO LOOK AT OTHER CULTURES AND OTHER SOCIETIES BEYOND RESTRICTIONS”

SLUM DWELLER KISHORI LAL: “I REALLY LIKED TODAY’S PROGRAMME AS IT SHOWCASED A MOVIE ABOUT A TRANSGENDER AND HOW THEY SURVIVED IN OUR SOCIETY”

SLUM DWELLER HEMLATA DEVI: “I REALLY LOVED THE STORY THAT SHOWS THAT WOMEN CAN DO WHAT MEN CANNOT DO”

SLUM CHILD PIYUSH KUMAR: “I REALLY LIKED THE STORY IN WHICH ALBINO KIDS WERE PLAYING DESPITE SUFFERING FROM AN INCURABLE DISEASE”

DIFFERENTLY ABLED SHREYANSH GUPTA LOVED THE PHOTOBOOK – ‘ALLURING KASHMIR: THE INNER SPIRIT’

JAIL INMATE AKSHAY LIKED MATTHIEU GAFSOU’S PHOTOBOOK ‘ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME’ AS IT TALKS ABOUT HARD DRUGS AND WAYS TO OVERCOME DRUG ADDICTION

TEACHER MANJU AGGARWAL: “FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, I HAVE SEEN SO MANY DIFFERENT BOOKS FROM 30 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES”

JOURNALIST PUNITA MAHESHWARI: “FOR ME, IT IS ABSURD THING TO HAVE A COUNTRY AND NOT HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS HOMOSEXUAL”

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER SHEFALI KALRA: “IT’S A BRILLIANT WAY OF BRINGING DIFFERENT TOPICS THAT USUALLY IS VERY DIFFICULT TO TALK OR IS A TABOO”

ART LOVER WILL MULLFORD FINDS JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHER SAKIKO NOMURA’S PHOTOBOOK ‘GUN’ VERY TENDER AND BEAUTIFUL

SLUM DWELLER CHATARPAL SINGH: “WOMEN CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING IF THEY ARE EDUCATED AND WELL EXPOSED”

WOMEN EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE LADLI’S DARSHANA GOSWAMI: “GIRLS WERE REALLY MOTIVATED BY YOUR BOOKS”

SPECIALLY ABLED EDUCATIONIST DEEPAK KALRA: “IT’S FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD AN EXHIBITION LIKE THIS & I AM SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR SHARING THESE WONDERFUL BOOKS”

JAIPUR BASED WOMEN EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVE LADLI’S STUDENT KAJAL LOVED HIMANSHU KHAGTA’S PHOTOBOOK “LIFE IN SPITI”

SLUM DWELLER MAYA DEVI: “WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN MANY THINGS IN LIFE BUT WE CAN SEE THEM THROUGH YOUR PROJECT”

JAIL INMATE AJAY BHATT FINDS MAGNUM PHOTOGRAPHER BRUCE GILDEN’S PHOTOBOOK “FACE” SIMPLE YET FABULOUS

GANG RAPE SURVIVOR BHANWARI DEVI – CATALYST FOR INDIA’S FIRST SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAW

DIFFERENTLY ABLED CHILDREN LOVED MAGNUM PHOTOGRAPHER CARL DE KEYZER’S PHOTOBOOK ‘CONGO’

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interviews

Dig deep into the world of

Photo-Book-Makers

MAX EICKE: “EXPLORING OUR SOCIETY THROUGH THE EYES OF SEX-WORKERS IN THE BDSM AND FETISH COMMUNITY”

XIAOYI CHEN: “MAKING A PHOTO BOOK IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REWORK MY WAY OF THINKING”

HIDEKA TONOMURA: “THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES BETWEEN NAKEDNESS, SEXUALITY AND THE EVERYDAY REALITY TO ME”

OLOF JARLBRO: “PHOTO BOOKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST WAY TO ABSORB PHOTOGRAPHY”

KATRIEN DE BLAUWER: “SINCE I WAS A CHILD, IT WAS A KIND OF NECESSITY, AN OBSESSION”

VALERIE PHILLIPS: “I LIKE REAL LIFE – UNSANITIZED, SOMETIMES UNPRETTY, BUT PACKED WITH SPIRIT AND CURIOSITY AND OBSESSION”

YOSHINORI MIZUTANI: “PHOTO-BOOKS MAKE YOU EXPERIENCE THE WORLD WHICH ARTISTS PRESENT”

MARCO TIBERIO: “I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT MIGRATION IN A DIFFERENT MANNER”

SAKIKO NOMURA: “BOOK IS THE SECRET RELATIONSHIP I HAVE WITH MY AUDIENCE”

FIONA CLARK: “GENDER EQUALITY IN THE ARTS IS STILL A HUGE ISSUE”

ULRIKE BIETS: “ZINE GIVES YOU MORE FREEDOM TO EXPERIMENT BECAUSE IT RELATES MUCH MORE TO THE DIY CULTURE THAN A BOOK”

MAT HENNEK: “GREAT LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPH IS: YOU HAVE TO LOVE WHAT YOU SEE; YOU HAVE TO FEEL THE SOUL OF BEAUTY.”

JEFF JACOBSON: “PHOTOGRAPHY LIVES BEST IN BOOK FORM”

ELIN HOYLAND: “I WANT TO BRING INVISIBLE LIVES TO OUR ATTENTION, TO TREASURE THE UNDEREXPOSED”

INDIGO LEWIN: “PEOPLE BE CAPITALIZING ON FEMINISM THAN SEXISM”

JOHN VINK: “MY WORK HAS TO DO WITH IDENTITY, WITH THE SENSE OF BELONGING, WITH DISRUPTIONS IN ORDINARY LIVES, AND WITH IMPOSED CHANGE”

HIROSHI TAKIZAWA: “PHOTOGRAPHY IS SIMILAR TO CRIMINAL PROFILING, WHERE EACH IMAGE REPRESENTS A PROOF OF THE WORLD AS IT EXISTED”

MAX PAM – “THE QUEST FOR INSPIRATION, THE HUNGER FOR NEW WAYS OF SEEING IS ALWAYS POTENTIALLY THERE, IN A PHOTOBOOK BY SOME WONDERFULLY ORIGINAL ARTIST”

TOMOKO SAWADA – “I ALWAYS PRODUCE MY WORK TO SHOW WHAT I AM CURRENTLY THINKING”

MARIETTE PATHY ALLEN: “I AM LUCKY TO GIVE VOICE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HIDDEN OR BULLIED BY THE SOCIETY”

KAVEH KAZEMI: “I BELIEVE MY MAIN MISSION IN PHOTOGRAPHY HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED”

LUIS MOLINA-PANTIN: “INSTEAD OF INVESTIGATING THE DISAPPEARING CULTURES OR THE SOCIETIES IN CRISIS, I CHOOSE TO DO THE OPPOSITE”

ALEX HANIMANN: “ARTISTIC AND FORMAL AESTHETIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN ECONOMIC ISSUES”

LAURA LARSON: “I WANT MY PHOTOGRAPHS TO TELEGRAPH THE COMPLEX EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN”

MARGOT WALLARD: “I PHOTOGRAPH WHAT I KNOW, WHAT SPEAKS TO ME, WHAT TOUCHES ME AND WHAT I LIVE”

PIXY LIAO – “PHOTOGRAPHING ‘EXPERIMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS’ MADE ME MORE AWARE OF MY FEMALE-SELF AND EAGER TO EXPLORE WHAT INTERESTS ME AS A WOMAN”

JAN HOEK: “A LOT OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS HAD SUPERPOWERS, AND A UNIQUE BRAIN THE MOST ARTISTS WOULD BE JEALOUS OF”

OSAMU YOKONAMI: “ANONYMITY OF INVISIBLE FACES MAKES PEOPLE USE THEIR IMAGINATION”

MIKE MANDEL: “PHOTOGRAPHS ARE A POEM ABOUT THE AMPUTATION OF HUMAN SENSITIVITY IN SERVICE TO TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS.”

EKATERINA VASILYEVA: “A HANDMADE BOOK IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT TEACHES TO BE PATIENT AND TO OVERCOME DIFFICULTIES”

GEORG ZINSLER: “SINCE WE ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THE AFTERMATH OF NUCLEAR CATASTROPHES, I THINK THE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL OF A BOOK ARE FAR MORE PROBABLE”

MASHID MOHADJERIN: “I DO NOT THINK THAT CITIZEN JOURNALISM IS CAPABLE OF TAKING OVER THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY”

LEIF SANDBERG: “PHOTOBOOK COMMUNICATES MY FEARS FOR PANIC AND DYING, IT ALSO SHOWS THE HAPPINESS OF A LONG RELATIONSHIP”

MAGNUS CEDERLUND – “IN THE END, IT IS NOT JOURNALISM OR ACTIVISM BUT AN AESTHETIC ENTERPRISE, SO THE INSPIRATION, NOT SYMPATHY, IS PARAMOUNT”

GUO YINGGUANG: “I CHOSE THIS SUBJECT BECAUSE THE PHRASE “LEFTOVER WOMEN” WAS WIDELY USED IN CHINA AT THE TIME, AND I WAS ONE OF THESE “LEFTOVER WOMEN” MYSELF.”

SMITA DARYANANI: “THERE IS A RAWNESS AND IMPERFECTION IN ‘ABSTRACT ART’ WHICH I FIND APPEALING”

BAHADIR AKSAN: “IF YOU ARE MISLED & THE ONLY AIM IS TO BECOME THE WINNER, YOU MAY EASILY MISS THE MAIN BEAUTY OF PREPARING A PHOTO BOOK; THE EXCITEMENT, ENERGY & JOY IT BROUGHT TO YOU TO ACHIEVE A DUMMY THAT SATISFIES & REFLECTS YOU TOTALLY”

KOICHIRO KIMURA: “IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO EXPRESS THE UNIVERSAL FEELING OF FAMILY LOVE, PLEASURE AND ENTERTAINMENT IN MY PHOTOBOOKS”

GÖZDE ‘MIMIKO’ TÜRKKAN: “ACT OF TAKING AND DISPLAYING PHOTOGRAPHS IS, SIMILAR TO LAYING OUT THE DIRTY LAUNDRY”

Photobook Festival captivates the youngsters in the Tricity

The festival will bring much needed global exposure to the remote region of Almora by featuring a range of work by famous photographers across issues such as education, gender, human rights, health, environment and conflict.

The Kitab concludes leaving Doonites in complete Awe!

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