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Photobook Mania 2025
18 and 19 October in Bologna, Italy
Join us for the first edition of PhMuseum’s biennial event dedicated to photography and printed matter. Within the 500 sqm natural setting of Serra Madre, located in a beautiful area of Bologna, we will bring together a curated selection of international, independent publishers.
Leave your email for updates- 20+ publishers showcasing and selling their titles
- Workshop with Aaron Schuman
- 3 Photobooks Exhibitions with international authors
- 29 book and dummy presentations by international artists
- PhMuseum 2025 Photobook Award live results announcement
- PhMuseum Annual printed publication launch
- 2 full days to meet people from the community, enjoy books, and the city of Bologna
- Free admission to the event
10% discount on official merchandise, 5% discount on publishers who decide to participate, plus a few reserved seats in the talk area for Card Cultura annual subscription holders.
Come visit us in Le Serre, Bologna
Contact us at support@phmuseum.com
Program
Saturday 18 October
Day 1
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h. —Fiera di editoria fotografica con 23 editori
/ Photobooks fair with 23 Publishers -
h. :30Visita alla mostra
/ Exhibition TourPhMuseum 2025 Photobook Award Exhibition + Cult of Photobooks, a selection from PhMuseum Lab’s library curated by Small Photobook Cult -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationThe Weight Of The Word
Piero Martinello e Piero Casentini (Leporello photobooks et al.) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationThe Lines We Draw
Lavinia Parlamenti e Manfredi Pantanella -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationCtonio
Alessandra Calò (Studiofaganel) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationMise en Abyme
Yelena Yemchuk (Départ Pour l’Image) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationSospese
Matteo Girola e Walter Costa (Tiratura) -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationIt’s Only October
Konrad Bryczek (RUST Publishing) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationTexas Trigger
Luca Santese e Marco P. Valli (Cesura Publish) -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationWhen I Feel Down I Take A Train To The Happy Valley
Pierfrancesco Celada (Muddyisland) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationWar Chronicles: Ukraine (2014–2025)
(FotoEvidence) -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationLove Letters to Donbas + Ukraine: Love + War Serhii Korovainyi e altri artisti (FotoEvidence) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationThings That Happen Inside And Outside Of Me
Mara Palena (Artphilein Editions) -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationViewfinders
Matteo Girola (Studiofaganel) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationPhMuseum Annual #01 – Imperfetto
Giuseppe Oliverio, Camilla Marrese (PhMuseum) -
h. :30Cerimonia
/ CeremonyPhMuseum 2025 Photobook Award + MPB Special Mention + Banca di Bologna Grant -
h. —Proiezioni / Screening (PhMuseum Grants Shortlist & Kranj Foto Fest)
+ Drinks & Dj set
Sunday 19 October
Day 2
-
h. —Fiera di editoria fotografica con 23 editori
/ Photobooks fair with 23 Publishers -
h. :00Colazione
/ BreakfastPhotobooks For Breakfast: Acts Of Resistance
con Sugar Paper -
h. :00Visita alla mostra + presentazione
/ Exhibition Tour + Dummies PresentationDummies & Books from FOLIO 2024/25 – PhMuseum Masterclass on Photobook Making -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationThe Line Of Water
Sara Palmieri (Witty Books) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationWild Flowers
James Gallagher (Départ Pour l’Image) -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationIn Praise Of Shadow
Tomasz Kawecki (RUST Publishing) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationAltari
Paolo Covino (The Velvet Cell) -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationOrigines
Revue Macaroni (Macaronibook) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationOceanic
Alexis Vasilikos (Zoetrope Athens) -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationBubble Gum Stuck On My Shoe
Carolina Pimenta (Atelier Tatanka) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationHabitat 1150
Lucrezia Ceselin (Giostre Edizioni) -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationThe Thing That Never Vanished
Emanuele Satolli (GOST Books) -
h. :00Presentazione
/ Book presentationBorderland
Filippo Barbero (Witty Books) -
h. :30Presentazione
/ Book presentationMy Father Died Three Times
Clara Simas (Havaiana Papers) -
h. :00Proiezioni
/ ScreeningPhMuseum Grants Shortlist & Kranj Foto Fest
Serra Madre at Le Serre dei Giardini
Via Castiglione 134, 40136, Bologna
18-19 October
10 am - 9 pm
How to get there
From the central train station, you can take bus lines 32 or 33, which will take you to Porta Castiglione (a 2-minute walk from the Serre). Alternatively, bus line 30 and the shuttle bus A both stop at the “Porta Castiglione” stop, just 40 meters from the Serre.
Publishers
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Talks
Speculative Documentary Photography with Max Pinckers
In collaboration with MAST Foundation, Photobook Mania will be preceded by a talk titled Speculative Documentary Photography held by photographer Max Pinckers.
Following an introduction by PhMuseum Founding and Artistic Director Giuseppe Oliverio, Max will give an improvised talk in which he speculates about his own practice in relation to documentary photography.
Exhibitions
Dummies and Books from FOLIO 2024/25
The exhibition presents the photobook prototypes developed during the fifth edition of FOLIO - PhMuseum Online Masterclass On Photobook. Over the course of eight months, a group of 14 participants worked under the guidance of Loose Joints co-founder Lewis Chaplin with the aim of concluding a body of work and having it ready for publishing. The initiative is an opportunity to reflect on transforming photographs into cohesive narratives within the physical format of a book.
PhMuseum 2025 Photobook Award Exhibition
A jury composed by Max Pinckers, Yumi Goto, Karla Hiraldo-Voleau, Giuseppe Oliverio and Camilla Marrese selected 30 photobook projects from the Open Call for a dedicated display at Serra Madre.
Cult of Photobooks
The exhibition presents a selection of titles from the PhMuseum Lab library in Bologna, curated by Small Photobook Cult, a homely podcast about photobooks hosted by Gabriele Chiapparini.
Workshops
DUMMY DEEP DIVE with Aaron Schuman
Dummy Deep Dive is aimed at photographers and artists who are in the midst of developing a photobook dummy of their own, or have the ambitions to do so with a recent body of work.
The workshop is held by Aaron Schuman and organized by PhMuseum during Photobook Mania 2025, Bologna, on 18-19 October 2025.
Be part of Photobook Mania
Partner with us
Partners allow us to expand our program and the satellite activities of Photobook Mania. To become a partner please write an email to partnerships@phmuseum.com, we would be more than happy to find together the best way to collaborate.
Volunteer
Every year, volunteers are key to the full realisation of our events. If you are visiting Bologna this autumn and are eager to learn and take an active part in the realisation of Photobook Mania, email support@phmuseum.com to send your candidature.