Podcast
The Photobook
The Photobook is an audio podcast hosted by photographer Priyanka Chharia. The show features extended conversations with acclaimed photographers, bookmakers and publishers from all over the world. In its first season, the show featured ten unique conversations that perfectly capture the journey of a photobook from conception to reality. Join us in this adventure as we break down the process of bookmaking, one episode at a time.
- Episodes
- 28
- Releases
- Monthly
- Typical length
- 45 min
- On air since
- 2023
- Latest episode
- 3 weeks ago
Episodes
28 episodes, newest first
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55 min
Sudeshna Rana : "Discovering how, why, and by whom photobooks are made and circulated really shocked me."
Season 3, Episode 28
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook features features Sudeshna Rana, an independent writer, researcher and poet working across print and digital media. A multi-time South Asia Speaks fellow and winner of the TAKE on Art Writer’sAward, she is the co-founder of Poorvanchal aur Palayan and a co-recipient of the 10×10 Research Grants. Join us as we explore the joy of words and the unique perspectives of a writer navigating contemporary photobook and publishing practices across South Asia.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Sudeshna Rana at @the_blackcottoncandy and Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer on Instagram
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54 min
Kutty Press : "Zines belong in archives!"
Season 3, Episode 27
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook features Bhavani Balasubramanyam and Deepesh Sangtani, the creative minds behind Kutty Press. With backgrounds in architecture and design, the co-founding duo use their independent publishing platform to create intimate, tactile zines that preserve local histories and celebrate community. Join us as we explore the enduring power of zine culture in an increasingly digital world.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Kutty Press at @kuttypress. studio, Bhavani at @bhankadraws and Deepesh at @deepstagram27 on Instagram
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55 min
Joyona & Abhishek : "We approached the archive in a humane way."
Season 3, Episode 26
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook features Joyona Medhi and Abhishek Basu, recipients of the Alkazi Photobook Grant andco-authors of Sparseeing. Their debut photobook breathes new life into the forgotten photographic archives of Keki Gazder and his family, who were among the last of Jamshedpur’s once-prosperous Parsi community. Join us as we turn back the clock to witness the quiet brilliance of an artist at work and the awakening of a city.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Joyona Medhi at @moi_joyona and Abhishek Basu at @withbasu_ on Instagram
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39 min
Laila Nahar : "My photography is not for the wall."
Season 3, Episode 25
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook features Laila Nahar, a photographer and book artist whose life and art bridges two distinct worlds. Born and raised in Bangladesh, Laila moved to the U.S. in her late twenties to study engineering. After a successful twenty-four-year career in the tech industry, she stepped away in 2021 to pursue her lifelong passion for the book arts. Since then, she’s trained under industry legends like Eugene Richards, Elizabeth Avedon and Amy Arbus. Join us as we explore her inspiring book works, including The Crescent Moon and Unfolding Color of Life.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Laila Nahar at @naharlaila on Instagram
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55 min
Raj Lalwani : "A book allows you to reimagine your work in different ways."
Season 3, Episode 24
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Mumbai-based photographer, writer and self-publisher Raj Lalwani. A former Deputy Editor at Better Photography, Raj's work has been exhibited across India, including at the Delhi Photo Festival, the GoaInternational Photo Festival and the Indian Photography Festival in Hyderabad. In 2018, he was selected as one of the 20 best emerging photographers in the world doc! photo magazine and Blow Up Press. In 2025, he self-published his first photobook called Daydream Delusion, which captures the everyday anxieties of living in a modern metropolis. Join us as we do a deep dive into Raj's practice as a photographer, writer and bookmaker.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Raj Lalwani at @lookdoyousee on Instagram
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31 min
Ketaki Sheth : "My world was the world of books."
Season 3, Episode 23
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Mumbai-based photographer Ketaki Sheth whose signature blackand white photographs have come to define contemporary portraiture in India. Author of multiple books including Photo Studio, A Certain Grace: The Sidi, Indians of African Descent, Twinspotting: Photographs of Patel Twins in Britain & India and Bombay Mix, she is a recipient of the Sanskriti Award for Indian Photography and the Higashikawa Prize. Join us as we listen to Ketaki sharing her early experiences with photography and the making of her latest photobook Flashback.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Ketaki Sheth at @sheth.ketaki on Instagram
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45 min
Swapan Parekh : "Too many good frames are boring!"
Season 3, Episode 22
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Swapan Parekh, a recipient of the prestigious World Press Photo award and an alumnus of the International Center of Photography, New York. Based in Mumbai, Swapan picked up the camera as a teenager as a tribute to his late father, Kishor Parekh. His early years as a photographer were shaped by a distinctive documentary aesthetic, which he later introduced to the world of print advertising. Author of Between Me & I and A Little Peace on Earth That's Mine, Swapan's work has been published, recognised and awarded across multiple realms of documentary, advertising, commissioned and personal photography.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Swapan Parekh at @swapanparekh on Instagram
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44 min
Ravi Agarwal : "Photography is a medium of self-communication."
Season 3, Episode 21
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Ravi Agarwal, an interdisciplinary artist who investigates the relationship shared between humans and the non-human world through photography, video, text and installation. His work ranges from the long documentary to the conceptual and performative. Author of several photobooks and diaries including The Power Plant – Fragments in Time, In the Shadow of the Vulture and Down & Out, he has exhibited widely at international museums and at the Biennials of Havana, Yinchuan, Kochi, Sharjah and Documenta XI. He is the recipient of the UN-IFCS Award for Chemical Safety and the Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Ravi Agarwal at @ravig64 on Instagram
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35 min
Saba Hasan : "A family book becomes a cultural legacy."
Season 2, Episode 20
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Saba Hasan, a contemporary artist working with photography, painting, printmaking, sculpture and film. A recipient of the Raza National Award for Painting and the Pollock - Krasner Foundation Grant, Saba questions the notion of truth and knowledge through prolonged inquiry and experimentation. Her practice transforms books through folding, cutting, burning and embedding, eventually turning the book into a sculptural artifact. Join us as we come away inspired by Saba's remarkable book sculptures.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Saba Hasan at @sabahasanart on Instagram
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54 min
Tasveer : "We wanted to look at the book as a form of community engagement."
Season 2, Episode 19
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Tasveer, a Lahore-based publishing initiative that seeks to expand bookmaking practices beyond normative structures and identities. Launched in 2023 by photographer Nad E Ali and Zeerak Sohail, Tasveer explores photographic materiality through photo zines with the aim to create a community of bookmakers, readers and publishers that challenge the existing sociopolitical discourses. Join us as we discover what it takes to create a micro-publishing initiative in the volatile political climate of South Asia today.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Tasveer at @tasveeranthology on Instagram
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38 min
Ritesh Uttamchandani : "Books opened doors for me that I didn’t know existed!"
Season 2, Episode 18
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features adept photojournalist and chronicler of cities, Ritesh Uttamchandani. Author of Red Cat and Other Stories, Where are You and Snoops on a Train, Ritesh's bookmaking practice investigates his lived experiences and everyday life, be it Mumbai, Manchester or Liverpool. A dedicated self publisher, he often uses locally available materials and recycles what's at hand. Join us as Ritesh shares his journey from a press photographer to a bookmaker and the publishing dos and do'nts he's picked up along the way.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Ritesh Uttamchandani at @riteshuttamchandani
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34 min
10x10 Photobooks : "The historiography of photobooks has been too narrow."
Season 2, Episode 17
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook features Olga Yatskevich and Russet Lederman, the co-founders of 10 x 10 Photobooks, an organisation that is synonymous with the dissemination and understanding of photobooks today. Founded in 2012, 10 x 10 has fostered engagement with the global photobook community through reading rooms, salons, publications, online communities and research grants. In 2018, 10 x 10 published a pivotal anthology called How We See: Photobooks by Women that finally acknowledged a feminist history of bookmaking. It was soon followed by What They Saw: Historical Photobooks by Women and Flashpoint!- two recent publications edited by Olga and Russet - that continue to showcase diverse perspectives and practices. Join us as we learn about the coming together of 10 x 10 Photobooks with Olga Yatskevich and Russet Lederman.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and 10x10 Photobooks at @10x10photobooks
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39 min
Debsuddha : "A book is a powerful archival object."
Season 2, Episode 16
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Kolkata-based photographer and debutante bookmaker Debsuddha Banerjee, who's work often explores personal narratives and the lives of his family and close friends. In 2024, he published Crossroads, which examines kinship, sisterhood and companionship through the lives of his two aunts Gayatri & Swati Goswami. The book was published by Images Vevey and shortlisted for the Arles Author Book Award earlier this month. Join us as we delve into Suddha's invigorating world filled with loss and longing, but also hope and love.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Debsuddha at @debsuddha on Instagram
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34 min
Debsuddha : "My aunts edited my photographs in a very organic way."
Season 2, Episode 15
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features Kolkata-based photographer and debutante bookmaker Debsuddha Banerjee, who's work often explores personal narratives and the lives of his family and close friends. In 2024, he published Crossroads, which examines kinship, sisterhood and companionship through the lives of his two aunts Gayatri & Swati Goswami. The book was published by Images Vevey and shortlisted for the Arles Author Book Award earlier this month. Join us as we delve into Suddha's invigorating world filled with loss and longing, but also hope and love.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Debsuddha at @debsuddha on Instagram
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42 min
Lukas Birk : "We must think about local materiality and printing practices."
Season 2, Episode 14
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook Podcast features noted photographer, publisher and curator Lukas Birk. Over the years, Lukas has continuously engaged with vernacular image-making practices in China, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan & Myanmar, leading to the publication of many photobooks including Indian Minute Camera Photographers and Afghan Box Camera. Additionally, he established Fraglich Publishing with the goal of making books by other authors, often focusing on overlooked or forgotten visual histories. Join us as we learn about Lukas' many projects and his deep commitment to local bookmaking practices and traditions.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Lukas Birk at @lukas.birk on Instagram
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57 min
Alana Hunt : "I don't approach bookmaking through images."
Season 2, Episode 13
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook features multidisciplinary Australian artist and writer Alana Hunt. Author of several artist books, Alana's bookmaking practice extends beyond images and stems from her deeply personal and research-oriented approach. Join us as we unravel Alana's artistic motivations and singular approach to bookmaking.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Alana Hunt at @alanavhunt on Instagram.
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34 min
Steevez Rodgriguez : "Is a camera needed to produce visuals?"
Season 2, Episode 12
Show notes
In this episode, #ThePhotobookPodcast features Chennai-based photographer and curator Steevez Rodriguez. An alumnus of Speos in Paris and Pathshala in Dhaka, Steevez often works on personal narratives inspired by his sociopolitical environment. Join us as we catch up with Steevez, who shares his continual experiments in bookmaking, especially his ongoing project Last Seen.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Steevez at @thesteevez on Instagram.
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59 min
Duncan Wooldridge & Lucy Soutter : "The book is a collaborative form."
Season 2, Episode 11
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook features UK-based artists Lucy Soutter and Duncan Wooldridge. Author of Why Art Photography?, Lucy is a reader in photography at the University of Westminster and a founding member of the Global Photographies Network along with Duncan Wooldridge, author of To Be Determined and a reader of Photography at the School of Digital Arts in Manchester.
Join us as we begin a new season of #ThePhotobookPodcast by sharing a few poignant perspectives on photography, photobooks and contemporary art.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer, Lucy Soutter at @lucysoutter1 and Duncan Wooldridge at @anti_photo
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47 min
Ishan Tankha : "All of us have Kevin Carter moments."
Season 1, Episode 10
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook features Ishan Tankha, a Delhi-based photographer and photo editor. Over the years, Ishan has covered a range of subjects ranging from student protests in Delhi and crop burning in Punjab to economic collapse in Sri Lanka and the ongoing political conflict in Chhattisgarh. Join us as we speak to him post the launch of his recent book, Still, Life.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com
You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Ishan Tankha at @ishantankha on Instagram.
To get a copy of Still, Life log onto www.ishantankha.com
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31 min
Rukminee Guha Thakurta : "The book has always been an art object."
Season 1, Episode 9
Show notes
In this episode, The Photobook features publication designer and founder of Letterpress Design Studio, Rukminee Guha Thakurta. An alumnus of NID Ahmedabad, Rukminee has designed multiple photobooks including Richard Barthlomoew's The Art Critic, Dayanita Singh's File Room and Raghu Rai's Trees. Join us as we come away inspired by her design philosophy and rigorous studio practice.
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To know more about our latest episodes, follow us on Instagram at @thephotobookpodcast or write to us at thephotobookpodcast@gmail.com.You can find Priyanka Chharia at @madamphotographer and Rukminee Guha Thakurta at @rukminee_guha_thakurta on Instagram.
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