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1854 Presents: Bruno Ceschel on rethinking the photobook

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1854 Presents: Bruno Ceschel on rethinking the photobook

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“Photography is a tool that can help people grow”

In collaboration with Direct Digital – the leading international photographic equipment rental service – 1854 Media and British Journal of Photography presents Industry Insights, a series delving into the ins and outs of working in the photography industry.

Interviewed by 1854 Media’s Zoe Harrison, photographer, writer, curator and publisher Bruno Ceschel discusses his multifaceted role as educator and facilitator in both publishing and academic circles. Investigating gender, sexuality, and race through his work, Ceschel founded Self Publish, Be Happy, an organisation dedicated to shaping contemporary photography and visual culture through publishing, online and offline events, and education programmes.

 “I am interested in the language of photography, especially artists who work to challenge and renew its language– it is my role to help them” Ceshel explains. The photobook, in all its forms, is analysed in this interview, as Ceshel explores how and why the medium still holds such importance.

Isaac Huxtable

Isaac Huxtable is a Yorkshire-born, London-based writer and curator. He works across the photographic medium with a central focus on race and realism. Isaac is currently an Assistant Curator in Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art, followed by roles at the British Journal of Photography, the Photographers' Gallery, and the art agency Artiq. His words have featured in the British Journal of Photography, Elephant Magazine, Galerie Peter Sillem, The Photographers' Gallery, and The South London Gallery. He is particularly interested in documentary practices, gender, class, and the body.