About photo books and magazines

I'm a keen collector of photography books, they're a massive source of inspiration to me.

This week I received a copy of the book ‘Het fotograafschap’ (translated: Being a photographer) by Kees Molders. Kees is a photography friend and has already published a book about Snapseed. I interviewed him for 'The Dark Rooms Of...' a while back, so if you haven't read it yet, here’s your chance.

Het fotograafschap / Being a photographer is meant for club-based photographers. It has 144 pages and includes chapters on visual literacy, selecting, photo discussion, judging and more. The interview I had with Kees for ‘The Dark Rooms Of…’ is represented in the book, together with the questions I usually ask, as an excercise for photographers to learn about their own way of working and understand what ‘being a photographer’ means for them.

Next to that Kees interviewed me about composing a body of work. But what I like the most is the fact that three articles I’ve written for Darkrooms are also included in the book.

This book is written in Dutch, so not for most Darkrooms readers, but if …