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    Staying inspired and up-to-date is no easy task. We constantly turn the pages of new releases and classics and send you the ones we can’t live without.

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    Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness
    by Zanele Muholi
    "I have been waiting for this book. Some photo books I tear through. This book stayed with me. I sat and I looked. I made tea and I read. Somnyama Ngonyama is a book about being seen. It’s about representation and agency, perception and assumptions. One hundred self-portraits that are at once both personal and political, paired with poems and written vignettes by over twenty authors, curators and poets. These photographs made me question what I thought I was, at first glance, seeing. The complexity of Muholi’s work is made even more powerful by the apparent simplicity of the photographs themselves, mirrored by the understated design of this gorgeous book. This is a book about the experience of being and the experience of seeing. It is about the monumental power of the image, as a historical record and as a catalyst for fundamental shifts in our perspective. This is a book to begin conversations.”
    — Curated for Charcoal Book Club by Cig Harvey
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    "PRINT IS DEAD!"

    (That's our favorite joke.) Our daily lives are flooded with pixels and digital images—most of which are neither intellectually nor creatively stimulating. We demand meaningful objects that inform our minds and inspire our souls. But unfortunately, people don’t always have access to great bookstores or hours to wander the stacks. That’s where we come in.

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    Our team is made up of photographers, publishers, and book buyers (in other words: photobook nerds) who obsess over each new release. Think of us as your friends who love combing through mazes of shelves, turning the pages of hundreds of art books each year. We source the best emerging and essential titles directly from more than 250 independent publishers worldwide, including Aperture, Mack, Steidl, and Twin Palms just to name a few you may be familiar with.

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    Books have the unique power to transform and transport your mind. Each month, we’ll surprise you with the newest, best, and most overlooked artists whose work fascinates, inspires, and takes you to amazing new places.

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    In addition to the club, our curated, on-demand bookstore features a selection of highly anticipated new releases and rare and out-of-print photobooks that are tough to find elsewhere. As a member, you’ll get the first crack at new titles and special pricing.

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