Shelf Life Photo Book Edition, 2025

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set of six cards and sticker sheets

Shelf Life is a series of actions that examine the completeness or incompleteness of your personal library by identifying systems of power a reader might overlook for the merits or pleasure of a particular title.

Shelf Life: Photo Book Edition is a starting point for a deeper conversation about the power within photography and photographic collections. Historically, the camera, the photographer, and the dissemination of the photographic image have been tools of colonial consumption, touristic fascination, and relational power. Guided by the prompts, apply stickers to your photo book collection and reflect on how the publications shape knowledge and your understanding of the world we live in. 

Shelf Life: Photo Book Edition was created in partnership with Agustina Triquell of Asuncion Casa Editora, an independent art publisher in Buenos Aires that specializes in artists’ photo books.