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I was asked to write my thoughts on this subject as part of a forum in the form a blog, meaning FLAK PHOTO<\/a> and LIVEBOOKS<\/a> are writing about the subject and inviting others to join in by writing something, linking it, then they re-link it up for an ultimate future post of all of it together in one blog? I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m confused too. Blogs eat blogs, and they never be not hungry. <\/p>\n

Blogging is a good segway into my thoughts about the future of photo books. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m thinking the internet is turning into a library or more like jail for your photos. Yes, libraries are way awesome and yes we are all photo nerds forever learning, but how long can you stay in there. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like detention for your photos. Saturday school. Your photos need to get out, go on dates, and get into some shit. <\/p>\n

What happens next is what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s already happening now. Photogs are deleting their flickr and their blogs and crewing up with only the hardest realist ninjas. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hyper attack mode. Photogs are scrambling because their agency just cut them and their editors got laid off. Not to mention, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh, you shot this or that, someone else caught it before you on their cell phone and New York Times already spent their budget on those.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n

For a photographer, getting published is the validation. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s in the DNA. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s past money. And if they can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get any big names to put them out, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll put out their own stuff just like Lil Wayne blowing up off free mixtapes. Notice the decline in big publishers, yet the massive birth of brand new small publishers in this year alone. At one time print on demand services were a sketchy idea, now it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pretty normal. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think digital pdf download photobooks will ever enter the ring, maybe for press release type situations only. Viewing photos on an Ipod is ok for referencing stuff, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think anyone would enjoy a viewing a whole book that way.<\/p>\n

I think photo books will always be around and get better and better, and in 10 years they will look even better than we can imagine. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s brewing now. The perfect storm. All these self published titles will make the bigger companies step it up and take risks to survive. Also it will force content and quality up a notch, and bring ridiculous prices down. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think everything has been done yet. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m looking forward to it.. <\/p>\n

*The above photo is our hardcover book put out by POWERHOUSE BOOKS<\/a> a year or so ago, I like to think of it as our first full length recording and all the magazine stuff as singles and b sides. We got lucky..<\/p>\n

**Looks like you can get a copy for under $13 now off amazon<\/a>.. (??!!?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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