In partnership with our friends at Bookmobile, we helped six artists and photographers create their own books for FREE (five of which are now complete). We’re so proud to share these fantastic finished projects! This time around the winners were: Manda Quevedo, Adri Tan, Cleo Peng, Kevin Hopkins, Taylor Naoko & CJ Tuff, Marco Gehlha. Some of them opted to upgrade and enhance certain aspects of their books, and our fav thing is seeing the different directions each person goes.
Independently owned and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Bookmobile began as a design and typesetting production house in 1982, then started offering print services in 1996, and distribution services in 2004. When your books come to Bookmobile, they get the benefit of forty-one years of know-how. If you want to learn more about Bookmobile, you can check out their website here, or email them directly here.
We know it’s a dream for many of you to publish a book of your own work, so we’re thrilled to announce that we are continuing this partnership again this year! Have a look at five of the completed book projects and pre-register for our 2025 Art & Photo Book Award below:
Manda Quevedo is a queer nonbinary Latinx photographer, bookmaker, and fine art printer. Their book, Love Letter To Death Match, explores the captivating world of deathmatch wrestling. “The wrestling community intersects in so many ways with the queer community, punk music, and performance art like go-go and burlesque dancing. It’s my favorite place to be. I love capturing the main action-packed moments, along with quieter and brief fleeting moments of beauty within these performances”.
Place by Place is a charming little photo book by Taylor Naoko (photographer, designer) and CJ Tuff (writer), perfectly capturing the essence of Kissaten – traditional Japanese coffee shops. Highlighting 7 individual kissaten, the project is a tribute to the influence of the Shōwa Era, and its aesthetic, on coffee culture in Japan. The photos and writing draw attention to architectural details, interior, location, and personalities of the respective cafes.
Cleo Peng is an emerging Chinese artist and illustrator, whose career began during the pandemic, after graduating from The New School in 2020. In her book, Can you ____ me?, Peng examines the relationship of humans, the city, and nature.
Available for purchase: Can you ____ me?
In in his book, Fushintexme, artist Kevin Hopkins explores nostalgia and identity through an examination of his childhood aspirations. Our favourite works are the body pillow paintings which are cut out of canvas and sewn into a three-dimensional forms filled with stuffing. “In my youth and times of difficulty I dreamt of what it would be like to be one of the cartoon characters I consumed. I wondered what it would be like to be a person of importance; born with a unique gift that makes their lives significant.”
Adri Tan is a queer, non-binary Malaysian-Chinese American photographer, born and raised in Minnesota and living in New York. Wa Leng Wa Hor is a deeply personal tribute to their late grandmother Chong Ah Chin who was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2015 and passed away in July 2023. “Through this work, I contend with the grief of forgetting in all of its tenses. How do you grieve for someone who is still alive, and what parts of a culture die with one person?”
Available for purchase: Wa Leng Wa Hor
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