Under the careful guidance of Kate Hutchinson, the 6th-semester students in our photography program have the opportunity to extend their knowledge about photography by applying it to bookmaking, which is a medium all to itself. This is a unique opportunity for students to explore and experiment using their imagery with bookmaking by seeing how books can add a new layer of understanding about visual storytelling.

Pictured above are examples of the many handmade photobooks our third-year photography students made in their Digital Lab 6 class. For this project, students print and bind a series of their images into a cohesive and thoughtful photobook. Through a series of workshops in DL6, students learn sequencing, layout, and book design, as well as Japanese stab binding, Smyth binding, adding a hard and soft cover to a book block, and dry mounting. After that it is up to the students how and what kind of book they make, as long as it flows and functions as a photobook and is not simply a collection of their best images. Come see these beautiful books in person at the third-year vernissage on May 24th!

Kate Hutchinson is a member of our teaching faculty. Not only does she teach about the bookmaking process, but she has published two books of her own titled, The Park, published by Les Éditions Du Renard, 2015 and Seasons of Separation, published by Anchorless Press 2022.

You can find more about her and her work by visiting her website at http://www.katehutchinson.com and find out more about her latest publication, Season of Separation at, https://anchorlesspress.square.site/product/seasons-of-separation-by-kate-hutchinson/166

Article by Peter Berra and Kate Hutchinson, May 2023.