TheLibrary in its first iteration was presented as a temporary space celebrating the tranquility of photobook from 8—30 April 2017, at tête Schönhauser Allee 161A in Berlin.
The project was conceptualized and initiated by Richard Rocholl and executed in collaboration with Kamilla Gylfadóttir, Alina Topf, and Edden Wallace.
TheLibrary invited visual artists to share a curated collection of their favorite photobooks with the community. This first edition of TheLibrary has been featuring the favorite books from the private collectons of Clara Bahlsen, Joachim Bartsch, Nadja Bournonville, April Gertler, Hannah Goldstein, Fred Hüning, Richard Rocholl and Joachim Schmid.
TheLibrary has been hosting a number of events like discussions, artist talks and presentations of photobooks.
In addition to the programmed events photographers from around the world were invited to show their work. The final selection at TheLibrary included the following artists and photo books:
Katherine Akey
Antigua
Jocelyn Allen
Reality of Youth Going Backwards in Vain
Tawan Arun
the long way toward south
José Bacelar
(O)Porto
Vivian Bax
Enforced Encounters
Lemia Monet Bodden and Nick Carbonaro
Respond & Rebuild: A Rockaway Portrait
Stéphanie Bonn
Je vous salue Marie
Stanislav Bříza
Hitchhike US
Stephan Bögel
Scenic Utah
Giorgio Caione
She Dreamt about a Valley in the Caucasus
Cédric Calandraud
Viral Lie
Camille Carbonaro
Mouni Mouni
J’ai arraché mon premier cheveu blanc
POMAKS
Damien Daufresne & Marie Sordat
rumeurs
Sarah Diekmann
Ordnung der Dinge – für Dich für Morgen
Warten Auf dem Standesamt
Die Trennung meiner Eltern
Anna Eckold
Pearl Divers
Teresa Eng
Speaking of scars
Self Portrait
Patricia Escriche
Desvelos
Jonas Feige
Nacht auf der Sonne
Rinske Former
“It’s beautiful when it flies”
Ayala Gazit
You Don’t Say
Was it a Dream
Lena Gudd
Traces
Brittney Hollinger
Youthquake
Hervé Humbert
Natalie, 2007
Peter Jaunig
Japan is veiled
Zeynep Kayan
untitled
Stefan Klein
Vacuum
Christoph Kohlmann
Weltreise
Dagmar Kolatschny
en generale
Ellen Korth
CHARKOW
Brigit Krause
cups and balls
Svitlana Levchenko
Message
Lisa McCarty
Circles
Nikola Mihov
Hello and welcome to Paris
Wataru Murakami
Himi City
Aleksey Myakishev
Vyatka
Hilde Pank
things + kings
Piotr Pietrus
Jozio
Prophit Art Zine
Christian Reister
Alle Katzen Grau
Felipe Russo
Centro
Lukasz Rusznica
The most important I do not tell you at all
Images (2) Courtesy of Ayala Gazit