Nazraeli Press is a publisher of books of
photography
Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...
.
It was founded in 1989, in Munich, Germany, by Chris Pichler
and has been based in the USA since 1996.
Nazraeli publishes roughly 30 new titles each year
and has published over 400 with work by photographers from the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. Pichler runs the company with director Alison Crosby.
Nazraeli publishes traditional monograph books, and also produces books in various niche series where each series has its own characteristics: One Picture Book, NZ Library, and Six by Six.
Nazraeli has been based in Germany (1989–1996),
Tucson, Arizona
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, nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town"
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(1996–2001?),
Portland, Oregon
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(2001 – 2014/2015?) and
Paso Robles, California
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. (since 2014/2015?). It has facilities in Manchester, England, for sales in Europe.
Book categories
Nazraeli publishes traditional
monograph
A monograph is a specialist work of writing (in contrast to reference works) or exhibition on a single subject or an aspect of a subject, often by a single author or artist, and usually on a scholarly subject.
In library cataloging, ''monograph ...
s with print runs up to 3000 copies,
and also produces these book series:
*One Picture Book
– small sized format, hardcover, uniformly designed, 16 pages long, with a signed and numbered
tipped-in print (signed on the
verso
' is the "right" or "front" side and ''verso'' is the "left" or "back" side when text is written or printed on a leaf of paper () in a bound item such as a codex, book, broadsheet, or pamphlet.
Etymology
The terms are shortened from Latin ...
by the artist, hence the name of the series). Produced in groups of four titles at a time, approximately twice a year, in editions of 500 copies. The authors are both established photographers and unpublished, lesser-known photographers.
One Picture Book were first published in 2000 and will cease in this format in 2016 with the hundredth publication.
*NZ Library – 12 x 15 inches in size, in a
slipcase
A slipcase is a five-sided box, usually made of high-quality cardboard, into which binders, books or book sets are ''slipped'' for protection, leaving the spine exposed. Special editions of books are often slipcased for a stylish appearance when ...
. Produced as a set of six new titles, once or twice a year, in editions of 350 copies.
*Six by Six – oversized, in a slipcase, with a loose signed print. A total of six sets will be produced every six months, each set containing six titles, in editions of 100 copies.
In conjunction with Joy of Giving Something (JGS), Nazraeli distributed the seven issues of JGS' journal, ''Witness,'' between 2007 and 2009. For each issue a different photographer guest edited – choosing their own work and that of others for inclusion, and designing the cover and much of the contents.
Authors (selected)
Some of the people whose work has been published by Nazraeli Press:
References
External links
* (US site)
* (UK / European site)
Interview with Chris Pichlerby Lynette Letic at Lucida Magazine
Interview with Chris Pichler by Pilar Gonzalo
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Visual arts publishing companies
Book publishing companies based in California
Publishing companies established in 1989
1989 establishments in Germany