What inspired you to start publishing books?

It’s a wish to edit a sequence and control a distribution of your own work, which sometimes takes a long time and requires significant effort in a production.

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What draws you to the photobook as a format?

Mostly, it’s a lack of opportunities for emerging artists, and the possibility to show your work in full.

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How has your practice changed over time?

Practice is evolving gradually and without notice)

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What's a book you've been involved with that surprised you — either in how it came together or how it landed?

I like how our only offset-printed photo book (300 copies), 'Infrastructures' (with Max Sher as a co-author), a massive page-turner, was compiled and distributed worldwide while we were in Russia. It looks like an act of resistance now.

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What's next for you?

Another solid paper brick on the topic of urban gentrification in London, and a couple of reprints of the previous, now discontinued titles next year.