Photobook Masterclass with Calin Kruse and Yana Kruse / dienacht Publishing

Editing, Sequencing and Design of a Photobook

For any photographer, the recording of images is the first part of their journey with a story. The process that begins after the camera has been put down is often more challenging. The photographer is required to reflect, to speak and even to write so that their work can have a full life.

This masterclass is about the creation of photobooks on the one hand, as well as about rethinking the project in the context of a photobook as a specific medium, on the other hand. We will work closely with the participants on the production of a dummy from their own photo projects, focusing on the analysis of the project, editing, sequencing, design and the importance and choice of materials in the production of photobooks.

This workshop culminates with each participant creating a photobook dummy.

Maximum 6 Participants. The workshop will be held in English.

Calin Kruse studied Graphic Design. He is the founder and maker of dienacht Magazine and dienacht Publishing, director of the Leipzig Photobook Festival, and is a photographer himself. Calin is also a curator, holds guest talks, lectures, makes photobook workshops and masterclasses around the world (Berlin, Vienna, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Moscow, Lagos, Georgetown, Mexico City, Yangon, Yerevan, etc.), and reviews portfolios for photography and photobook festivals.

Yana Kruse studied Linguistics and Literature and has five-year experience as institutional photography curator in Moscow. During this time, she curated and co-curated over fifteen exhibitions and edited several photobooks. She has been dienacht editor, curator and designer since 2018.

dienacht Publishing is an independent photobook publisher whose aim is to showcase carefully selected photographers through a limited circulation of beautifully produced books. dienacht Publishing have received several awards for its publications: Best German Photobook Awards, Best Books of the Year, Shortlist at the Paris Photo – Aperture Award, and a range of LeadAwards.

6 participants
Early price: €650 for first two applications
Normal price €700
Can be paid with instalements
Deadline 01 June