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Untitled from the series Farewell Photography by Daido Moriyama.a three-hour period produced 50
photobooks using experimental
printing methods such as ironpowder and cement. These live
bookmaking performances
highlight the way contemporaryartists are experimenting
with different mediums and
techniques, showing the diversityUntitled from the series Vertigo, 2014 by Daisuke Yakota.of practice in the craft of
photobook making. Many artists
are pushing the boundaries of the
photobook, such as contemporary
photographer Antony Cairns.
Born and raised in London,
Cairns has been photographing
his home town at night since he
was a teenager and has published
a series of books dedicated to the
city at night, LDN, LDN2 LDN3.
During Offprint, Cairns launched
his newest project LDN E1, an
electronic photobook displayed
on a hacked Kindle.
During his hour-long
demonstration visitors were
invited to bring along their
disused Kindles to be hacked
by Cairns who then uploaded
the entire back catalogue of
his LDN series to their device.
The images can then be viewed
on the Kindle and browsed at
leisure. Cairns primarily shoots
on black & white film and often
uses traditional photographic
techniques that have been
forgotten or discarded, creating
a variety of textures and
imperfections on the surface of50-53 A MODERN_EYE_180 ER/MB.indd 5250-53 A MODERN_EYE_180 ER/MB.indd 52 16/07/2015 11:5816/07/2015 11:58