ON PHOTOBOOK PUBLISHING

Through Nelson Chan’s experience as the co-publisher of TIS books, his expertise as a respected printer and the former production manager of the Aperture Foundation, to being a leading art academic as the Graduate Program Director of RISD’s Photography Department, this discussion-based webinar will provide great insight to a world that is often hard to access and understand. Primarily driven by the interests and curiosities of the participants, the topics of this workshop can range from the business side of things, to book production, self-publishing, or the current state of photobook publishing today.

About the Instructor

Nelson Chan was born in New Jersey to immigrant parents from Hong Kong and Taiwan and has spent most of his life between the States and Hong Kong. Having grown up on two continents with unique cultures, this immigrant experience has influenced the majority of his work.

Nelson is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he received his BFA and a graduate of the University of Hartford, Hartford Art School, where he received his MFA. He has been exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions such as the Museum of Chinese in America, New York, NY; Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA; The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA; Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany; and 798 Space, Beijing, China. His books are collected in the institutional libraries of the Harry Ransom Center, The MET, The Guggenheim, The Whitney, and MoMA.

Book publishing is a primary focus of Nelson’s studio practice. He is a co-founder of TIS books, and from 2016-19 he was the Production Manager of Aperture Foundation. Based in the Bay Area, Nelson is an Assistant Professor of Photography at the California College of the Arts.