PHOTO BOOK CLUB

Meeting once a month, the Photo Book Club explores photobooks as tools for learning and inspiration, exposing members to a wide range of photographers while examining sequencing, narrative, design and technique.

Photo by Andy Laycock

The October 2026 VanSPC Photo Book Club meeting was held at C41 Coffee. In an intimate gathering, members brought books that they’ve found useful and inspiration their work, spanning a variety of works across the genre, and even a work in progress!

Books shared at the October 2026 meeting included:

  • Canadian Photographs - Geoffrey James

  • Looking up Ben James: A Fable - James Gossage

  • The Polaroid Book - Barbara Hitchcock

  • How to Rhyme a Photograph (Draft)- Barbara Strigel

  • Modernism on the Ganges - Raghubir Singh