This recent Radius release offers an expansive framework of the principles of publishing including the layered roles and responsibilities inherent within the creation of a photobook. NOT a how-to guidebook, this beautiful object elegantly packages decades of research and provides contemporary resources to illustrate the endless possibilities of the photobbook. Swanson and Himes share the mission to create impactful photography books by encouraging all artists to: slow down idea formation, linger in the making mode, and do thy research.

In this conversation, Swanee and Darius discuss, among other things:

The biggest challenge - conceiving the idea

Fostering a dynamic engagement with one's ideas

Seeing the end in the beginning

Play, patience & persistence

Concept guiding context

Stepping outside the medium of photoogrpahy to clarify and deepen your idea

Critical thinking 

Not rushing the monograph

The book as art form

Photogrpahs as raw material

Impact of digital publishing

Pivotal role of self publishing

University Presses

Balancing creative & business perspectives

The evolving life of marketing a book