Teun van der Heijden 14.5.2025, Photobooks: Thinking in Practice

Описание: Photobooks: Thinking in Practice – open talk series

The contemporary photobook is a complex medium with many forms and variations. Join us to hear more about the topic!

Photobooks: Thinking in Practice – open talk series continues this May with three insightful speakers who will lead us into the world of photobooks. A photobook is not just a collection of photographs – it is a form of thinking.
They will share their experience in thinking, making and disseminating photobooks. Each session consists of a talk, exploring what the photobook can be or do, followed by a Q&A discussion with the audience.

This open talk series is organized by Aalto Photography in collaboration with bookRoom, Reflektor and Photobooks from Finland.


Wed. May 7, 2025, 17:00–19:00 (EEST)
José Luís Neves: ‘If the photobook is unbound, what remains of its form, and what becomes possible?’

Sat. May 10, 2025, 13:00–15:00 (EEST)
Emma Lambert: ‘Where are you a local?’

Wed. May 14, 2025, 13:00–15:00 (EEST)
Teun Van der Heijden: ‘How to sit in a photobook?’


Teun Van den Heijden is a graphic designer and co-founder of Heijdens Karwei, a graphic design agency based in Amsterdam that is known for award winning photobooks.
Next to running Heijdens Karwei Teun is professor Visual Design and Hybrid media at the LUCA School of Arts in Genk, Belgium and a faculty member of ICP, the International Center of Photography in New York and a regular visiting tutor at the MAPS program (Master Photography and Society) at the KABK (Royal Academy of Arts) in The Hague.
Together with his partner Sandra van der Doelen Teun teaches photo book workshops and
masterclasses all over the world. Teun is author of ‘Of Simple Cells and Visual Associations in Photobook Editing’ - an article that is featured in the international open-access peer-reviewed journal Trans Asia Photography Vol. 14, published by Duke University Press.