MiamiPhotoFest and Daylight Books bring you the opportunity to participate in a unique experience with featured MiamiPhotoFest - Daylight Books Artists.
- Amy Gelb
- John A. Chakeres
- Peggy Nolan
The Artist will discuss their latest Daylight Book Releases. Your host will be Daylight Books co-founder, Michael Itkoff. Michael will discuss their book projects. Participants will gain great insight into the world of photography book publishing in general.
The talk will be followed by book signing and an audience Q&A session for answers to all your questions.
***All Attendees will recieve a free copy of Daylight Books / Bull City Summer: A Season at the Ballpark
Bull City Summer: A Season at the Ballpark brings together a team of artists and documentarians to find stories and images on the field and behind the scenes, presenting a microcosm of contemporary America engaged in a favorite pastime.
*** Quantities are limited, while supplies last.
Daylight is a nonprofit organization dedicated to publishing art and photography books. By exploring the documentary mode along with the more conceptual concerns of fine art, Daylight’s uniquely collectible publications work to revitalize the relationship between art, photography, and the world at large.
Michael Itkoff is an artist and Cofounder of both Fabl and Daylight Books, a non-profit organization dedicated to publishing art and photography books. For over a decade, Daylight has been dedicated to publishing art and photography via its print and digital publishing programs. By exploring the documentary mode along with the more conceptual concerns of fine-art, Daylight’s uniquely collectible publications work to revitalize the relationship between art, photography, and the world-at-large.
Itkoff has been deeply involved in the publishing industry in both print and digital media and he has written for the NYTimes Lens blog, Art Asia Pacific, Nueva Luz, Conscientious blog and the Forward.
Before starting Daylight, Michael interned at the Annie Leibovitz Studio and Aperture Foundation among others and worked at Rizzoli International Publications. His monograph, Street Portraits, was published by Charta Editions in 2009. He received his BA from Sarah Lawrence College and his MFA from ICP/Bard College.
Since 2003, Daylight has engaged in innovative photographic publishing and community art projects by re-imagining the documentary mode. Through collaboration with established and emerging artists, scholars, and journalists, Daylight has become one of the premier showcases for contemporary photography.
