The first OFFPRINT artist book fair in Paris dedicated to photography publications from November 18 – November 21, was a big success – not only for Fotohof edition. On all four days there were enourmous crowds in the Espace Kiron flipping through book projects of about 40 exhibitors. Focusing on independent publishing companies, OFFPRINT aspires to be a meeting place for Artists, Photographers, Graphic designers, Curators, Artistic directors, Journalists, Collectors… who deal with "printed" photography: books, magazines, zines, prints.
We met a lot of friends and artists like Lewis Baltz, Valerie Belin, Jeffrey Ladd, Alix Delmas, Eva Maria Ocherbauer, Haubitz +Zoche, Rob Hornstra, Martin Parr, Nina Korhonnen, Daniel Blaufuks, Lillian Birnbaum, Oliver Sieber, Veronique Bourgoin, Jörg Koopmann, Antje Hanenbeck, Jutta Benzenberg, Miklos Boros, Philipp Gerlach, Marion Kalter, Johannes Steidl, Paula Muhr, Stefane Couturier, JH Engström, Andrew Miksys and many more.
Parallel to the book presentations there were enriched meetings and portfolio reviews with young artists from all over the world including a nice lecture of young dutch book designers.
Yannick Bouilly, organisator and creator of OFFPRINT seemed also surprised by the enormous interest and announced a second edition next year.
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