Category: Bookshelf

If You Leave Magazine

If You Leave is an online photography gallery started in 2009 by London-based Laurence Von Thomas, with more than 500 contemporary photographers featured and 4 books published in the past few years. We recently talked about If You Leave showcase, the photography exhibition that If You Leave organised in London in October 2014, which coincided with the release of the project’s first issue of its bi-annual magazine.

If You Leave #01 doubles as a show catalogue for the showcase and includes 10 prints by the artists featured in the exhibition. The magazine’s first issue is beautifully designed, with a hard cover containing a folder with the prints and the magazine itself printed in 100gsm recycled paper. The magazine is supported by the app that If You Leave created for the exhibition, allowing the reader to access interactive content on some of its pages.

With a focus on online photography and how photographers use online platforms, the first issue features selection of photographs taken from Instagram and Tumblr profiles and conversations on Facebook between If You Leave‘s editor Laurence Von Thomas and photographers Clemens Fantur and Luke Byrne. If You Leave #01 also dedicates some of its pages to photo books, including a selection of independent publications curated by London-based distributor and publisher Antenne Books.

www.if-you-leave.tumblr.com

March 1, 2015
Make your Mark: the Creative’s Guide to Building a Business with Impact

We follow 99U by Behance religiously – it’s an award winning online magazine, an annual conference and a series of books, all providing insights on creativity and how to make your ideas happen.

Make your Mark: the Creative’s Guide to Building a Business with Impact is the latest title from the ongoing 99U book series in which entrepreneurs and designers behind some of the world’s most known companies – such as Google, Facebook or Buffer – share their knowledge about starting up and “making a dent in the universe”.

As you may know, we’ve recently launched Future Positive Studio, the digital and creative consultancy arm of Future Positive, and Make Your Mark is an integral part of our start up journey. Beautifully designed and described as “a business book for makers, not managers”, this title is a collection of short essays full of actionable inspiration and examples on how to build a successful and creative business or project. A motivating, quick to read book, full of transferable concepts which can be used both in setting up a business and everyday situations.

99u.com

January 25, 2015
Girls on Film Vol.2 Book Giveaway

To celebrate the launch of the new Girls on Film book, published by Future Positive co-founder Igor Termenón with Korean publisher SSE Project, we are giving away one copy of the book on our Instagram profile. Keep on reading and find out how to enter the giveaway after the photos!

Girls on Film Vol.2 Book features film photography portfolios by 14 photographers and interviews with these photographers, providing an insight into their practice, inspirations and future projects.

The list of featured photographers includes established and up-and-coming names such as Andrew Nuding, Berta Pfirsich, Bradford Gregory, Danielle Suzanne, David Gomez, Harry Were, Katherine Squier, Katie Silvester, Kitty Riddell, Lukasz Wierzbowski, Megan Cullen, Nina Ahn, Stella Berkofsky and Thomas Slack.

You can find more information about Girls on Film and the book at:

www.girlsonfilmzine.co.uk

To enter the giveaway, just visit our Instagram profile, follow us, find the photo below and leave a comment in the form of an emoji combination that shows how much your want the book. The best emoji combination will win a copy of Girls on Film Vol.2 Book!

A winner will be chosen between all comments posted before February 6th 2015. Good luck!

www.instagram.com/futurepositive_

January 19, 2015
Nothing in the world but you by Rosaline Shahnavaz

Rosaline Shahnavaz is an English photographer based in London whose work has been featured in publications such as AnOther, Dazed Digital, Aesthetica and TANK.

Rosaline has recently published ‘Nothing in the world but you’, a zine showcasing personal photos of her boyfriend Ben shot on different trips and escapes they’ve taken to just be together and away from everything else. The film images give the viewer an intimate insight into the couple’s relationship and the times spent together in those remote places.

In a recent interview with the Telegraph, Rosaline talked about one of her favourite images, which is featured in the zine (third photograph below): “We’d had a long day driving and gone for a swim and then collapsed in the room, I like the way he has angled his face so that the light lit him quite beautifully. It wasn’t planned or staged, it was just spontaneous. It was a very tender moment. The way he looks so relaxed, it’s as if I’m not there. He is able to be totally himself in that photograph.“

If you’re interested in buying a copy of ‘Nothing in the world but you’ you can contact Rosaline at rosaline.s@live.com

www.rosalineshahnavaz.com

December 28, 2014
Herb Lester Associates Travel Guides

Since we introduced the City Guide section on Future Positive, we pay a lot of attention to city guides available in bookshops. When travelling, we try to avoid the most touristy spots in the city and always look for places that will let us experience the city as it really is.

While planning our next trip, we came across Herb Lester Associates illustrated guides. These compact guides present a great curation of places with tried and tested tips on how to get around the city and make the most out of your trip. Each map presents a digestible selection of shops, cafes, places to eat, galleries, museums and parks – perfect for a weekend away.

We’ve already got our hands on the Barcelona guide. Have a look at their website for a full list of cities across the globe!

www.herblester.com

Images via Herb Lester Associates

November 17, 2014