I finally got round to reading a Guardian article I bookmarked last month: ‘Self-publish or be damned: why photographers are going it alone‘ by Sean O’Hagan and was struck by this paragraph:
In the continuing digital age, then, the future of the DIY photobook seems assured for perhaps the same reasons that independent record labels currently continue to thrive as major labels falter. The message seems to be that small is not only beautiful, it’s also cost-effective and creatively liberating. In today’s fragmented pop culture, some of the most interesting and challenging developments still happen on the margins, where the mainstream fears to tread.
It’s something I’ve been pleased to see happening on Hard Format:
- Dollboy
- Ghostwriter
- TQA Records
- Antonymes
- Mie Records
- Celer
yes! i firmly believe the self-published/hand-assembled approach is the future for hardfotmat releases, particularly the cd.