Gallery Visit: 'E Book Show' - John Hansard Central Gallery: Part 1
POSTED ON Monday, 4 February 2013 AT 12:46 \\
The E book show is an exhibition showcasing a variety of different photobooks from all over the world by a whole host of different photographers, students and artists. Some of the photobooks are handmade, others made professionally or using online book publishing software and come in all shapes and sizes.
I attended the opening night of the book show for a first glimpse of some of the work on display and was stunned by the amount of creativity and diversity amongst the selection.

the gallery space




The name of each artist whose photobook was featured in this year's show was printed on the gallery wall.


One large table positioned at an angle going diagonally through the space. 

Books are all positioned on this singular table along with a name tag to each book including a website, number of copies, and other information. The use of white throughout the exhibition space (table, ceiling, walls) to keep things neutral and not to distract the viewer from the works. the long tubes of lighting above the books had to be considered too. Positioning the light to close could injure or distract the audience, and too high up could cast shadows on the books. Every effort was made to create the appearance of natural light so that colours in the books wouldn't be altered by a yellow/harsh coloured light. Overall, I really liked the simplicity of this gallery space. It kept the focus purely on the books themselves, books that in many cases were small and intricate and required your full attention to understand them. 

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