Self Publish, Be Happy

Self Publish, Be Happy
StatusActive
Founded2010
FounderBruno Ceschel
Country of originUK
Headquarters locationRidley Road, Dalston, London
Publication typesBooks
Nonfiction topicsPhotography
Official websitewww.selfpublishbehappy.com

Self Publish, Be Happy (SPBH) is an organisation founded by Bruno Ceschel[1] in 2010 that aims to help aspiring photographers to self-publish their own books.[2][3][4][5][6][7] It does so through workshops, talks, exhibitions, live events, on/offline projects and publicising of books. It is based on Ridley Road, in Dalston, London, where it keeps a library of some 2000 donated self-published zines and books.[7]

Since 2012 Self Publish, Be Happy has also published photography books as SPBH Editions.[2][8] Ceschel is its director and Antonio de Luca its art director. It has published books by Broomberg & Chanarin, Cristina de Middel, Mariah Robertson, Lorenzo Vitturi and others.

SPBH produces various series of publications—SPBH Book Club, which are sold as part of a yearly subscription as well as sold separately; SPBH Pamphlets, pamphlets with photography and text, including one by Anouk Kruithof; and Self Publish Be Naughty (SPBN), books of intimate pictures of people by their romantic partners.[5]

In November 2015 Ceshel's book Self Publish, Be Happy: A DIY Photobook Manual and Manifesto was published by Aperture.[6][9][10]

  1. ^ Christiansen, Hanne (14 July 2015). "The most exciting new photography books". Dazed. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b Jobey, Liz (27 February 2015). "Why photobooks are booming in a digital age". Financial Times. London. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  3. ^ Everett, Lucinda (19 April 2014). "The photobook today". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Self Publish, Be Happy: DIY zines and books are shaking up the publishing industry". Huck. 28 October 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b O'Hagan, Sean (14 April 2013). "How photographers joined the self-publishing revolution". The Observer. London: The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  6. ^ a b "A Manifesto to Self-Publishing Your Own Photobooks". Time. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  7. ^ a b Christiansen, Hanne (23 September 2015). "Want to publish your own photo books? Here's how". Dazed. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  8. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (25 July 2012). "The DIY photobook phenomenon". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Self Publish, Be Happy: A DIY Photobook Manual and Manifesto By Bruno Ceschel". Aperture Foundation. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  10. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (25 November 2015). "Self Publish, Be Happy! The DIY saviours of photography". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 November 2015.