Welcome to a festival entirely dedicated to Photo Books, with Artist Talks, Exhibitions, Work- shops, Lectures and a Book Market that host a broad range of small publishers and unique self published books from all over the world. We have a festival full of great events!Artist talks! Exhibitions! Book Releases! Lectures! Bookfair! Book Signings! Socialising! Come by and get inspired, meet photographers and artists.

This year Fotobok Gbg collaborates with the Academy Valand and Hasselblad Foundation in the presentation of the research project "Photography in Print & Circulation. Part II: The Writing of History ".

Read more about the research project and see the full program below:

”Photography in Print & Circulation. Part II: The Writing of History” The book is an integrated and important part of photography, and the interest in the history of the photo book is an expanding field. It started early 2000 with Andrew Roth’s Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books in the Twenties Centery (2001), and the exhibition and publication The Open Book at Hasselblad Centre (2004). Martin Parr and Garry Badger has made a ground breaking contribution with their series: History of the Photo book volume I, II and III (published 2004–2014). It has been followed by a number of books and exhibitions focusing on national histories of the photo book. Now it is time to look critically on the histories that have been produces during the last decade. What perspectives have guided the histories? How have they been mediated and – most importantly – what has still to be done? The symposium will address these important questions. The symposium is part of Hasselblad foundation and Valand Academy’s joint research project: Photography in Print & Circulation.