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 Vadim Marmer

In February 2026, the VanSPC Photo Book Club gathered once again at C41 Coffee Shop. Members brought photobooks they’ve found useful, beautiful, and inspirational—books that have shaped how they think about photography, sequencing, and visual storytelling. The selection reflected a wide range of approaches, from street and documentary work to retrospective personal and historical perspectives.

Books shared at the February 2026 meeting included:

  • A Color Legacy - Fred Herzog

  • Africa - Sebastião Salgado

  • Street Photographer - Vivien Maier

  • Saul Leiter: Centennial Retrospective

  • Trespass - Mark Cohen

  • Tall Socks - Mark Cohen

  • Under Vancouver - Greg Girard

  • Sophie Calle - Photofile. Intro by Clément Chéroux. Thames & Hudson

  • Issei Sud - Photofile. Publisher Thames & Hudson

  • Martine Franck, Photo Poche - Preface by Annick Cojean

  • The Proximity of Mortality - Stephen Starkman