Due to the immense number of new photobook publications, we felt the need to change how we accept book submissions. We are now asking you (Artist, Author, Photographer, Publisher, Publicist) to submit your photobook submission request directly to a book reviewer who is most aligned with your publication. Please submit to only one reviewer, otherwise your submission will not be accepted. You can expect a response in three weeks or less. If your submission is not accepted by the book reviewer you contacted, then a second submission can be made to another book reviewer.
For a book submission, please include a low-resolution book pdf or at least six page-spreads, your book’s artist statement and your bio/cv. For our book submissions we are evaluating the criteria of photographic quality, visual and emotional impact, editing, sequencing and layout design, the narrative, presentation of your intent and other book publication attributes.
Finally, your book must be published in its final form, as we do not review book dummies or evaluation book and project concepts. We do not review photographic technique or technical (how-to) photographic books.
When a book reviewer accepts your submission, you will be provided their mailing address where to send your printed review copy.
Submit to:
Hans Hickerson, Associate Editor: Photobooks crafted to take advantage of the book’s potential as a vessel for photographs (and texts) to present narratives, stories, experiences, and themed content. Not as enthusiastic about project-based work or traditional genres of landscapes, portraits, or nudes. Email Contact: hhickerson@hotmail.com
Gerry Clausing, Editorial Adjunct: Surrealism and ambiguity. Email contact: gerry@photobookjournal.com
Paul Anderson, Contributing Editor: Computer or software manipulated photography, digital art, camera-less photography, abstract and experimental photography, architecture, cities (especially Asian), trains and subways. Email contact: litespeeddad@gmail.com
Melanie Chapman, Contributing Editor: Street and Documentary publications, as well as career retrospectives. Contact: melanieachapman@gmail.com
Steve Harp: Contributing Editor; Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, the Holocaust; photographic work with pronounced philosophical, literary or psychoanalytic underpinnings. Email contact: sharp@depaul.edu
Lee Halvorsen, Contributing Editor; with interests in documentary, personal story or memoir, environment (conservation/preservation), conflict, and street photography. Email contact: leehalvorsen@mac.com.
Brian O’Neill, Contributing Editor; socio-cultural, environmental; political; historical; documentary; artist books. Email contact: brianfoneill@immaterialbooks.com
Matt Schneider (https://mjschneider.net/) Contributing Editor and a sociology professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. His interests include visual politics, civic engagement, environmental (in)justice, and urban development. Contact mjschneider40@gmail.com or mail a review copy to: Matt Schneider, 4904 Big Gum Rd., Wilmington, NC 28411.
Rudy Vega, Contributing Editor: Conceptual work, work in a series, time based, typology, portraiture; social, personal, and off beat/ironic/self- reflexive; surreal photography; contemporary academic. Email contact:
rudy.vega@gmail.com
Cheers!
The Editorial team of PhotoBook Journal
PhotoBook Journal 
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