Concentric Circles

Monte Packham

Format
Paperback
Publisher
Steidl Publishers
Country
DE
Published
11 February 2025
Pages
176
ISBN
9783969993750

Concentric Circles

Monte Packham

This is a new edition of the 2010 chronicle of printer and publisher Steidl, renowned for its photobooks and literature list including Nobel Laureates Guenter Grass and Halldor Laxness. Concentric Circles takes us behind the bustling scenes at Steidl in Goettingen, Germany, revealing the surprising realities of bookmaking and personality of Gerhard Steidl, founder of the company in 1968 and described by The New Yorker as "the printer the world's best photographers trust most." The chronicle's first section "Daily Circles" is a log of everyday life at Steidl in 2008 and 2009, full of unexpected details and anecdotes: an urgent fax from Karl Lagerfeld about an elaborate Chanel catalogue, problems on press with Roni Horn's book, Robert Polidori recalling his many visits to photograph the Palace of Versailles... The second section "Artistic Circles" contains in-depth interviews with photographers including Robert Frank, Dayanita Singh, David Bailey and Juergen Teller exploring their experiences making books at Steidl. This paperback edition fea- tures a new introduction by Monte Packham reflecting on life and work at Steidl today, as well as updated artists' biographies.

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