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Opening hours

Vega Scene
Salongen, 2nd floor
Friday 12 September, 5-8pm
Saturday - Sunday 13-14 September, 11-4

PHOTOBOOK FAIR 2025

2025 is all about the book fair, a cornerstone in the distribution of both artist books and photobooks. Here, we will gather publishers from Norway and different parts of Europe who will present newly published titles and quite possibly your next favorite photobook. Come by and say hi, browse through the rich selection of books, and find your newest title!

Below you can read more about this year's participants.

Andrea Grundt Johns

For over 10 years I have been working with the book as a way of approaching sight through tactility, and explore the idea of seeing with other senses. My books are a combination of (riso)printed larger editions and handmade, unique and sculptural works. My work also explore our relationship to nature - how nature shapes us and how we shape nature - looking into the past and present as well as into a speculative future."

Website: agjohns.com
Instagram: @agjohns

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Bjørka Publications

Bjørka Publications is the publishing platform of Bjørka, a professional workshop and production space for artists working with photography in Oslo since 1998. For Fotobokfestival Oslo 2025, we have curated a selection of artist books and in-progress book dummies, extending the workshop into the public and offering a space for testing, sharing, and unfolding ideas beyond Bjørka.

Website: bjorka.org
Instagram: @stiftelsen.bjorka

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Book & Hedén

Ingrid Book og Carina Hedén har samarbeidet siden slutten av 1980-tallet, med fotografi, video, objekter og installasjoner. De står bak forlaget Hong Kong Press, som Hedén startet i 1986 i samarbeid med den islandske kunstneren Magnús Pálsson, som et nordisk kunstnerbokforlag. Hotellnotater 1982-2023 er Hong Kong Press nr. 20.

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IHA Editions / Ethan Rafal

IHA Editions is a publishing platform and mentorship program run by Ethan Rafal. The project is a means to publish artists’ books and photography-oriented editions. The primary goal of the project is to empower artists to self-publish and self-distribute, with an emphasis on touring, organizing, performance, and related time-based art practices. For the Fotobokfestival 2025, Rafal will show a selection of books, ephemera from prior touring and organizing projects, and prototypes and the first hand-made books from the forthcoming artists’ books edition The Evening Pink (2011-2025).

There will also be a video presentation of The Evening Pink project on Saturday, September 13 at 16:15.

Website: ethanrafal.com
Instagram: @ethanrafal

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Journal

The Swedish publishing house Journal, with its focus on photo literature,  was started in 1991 by Gösta Flemming. To date, around 180 titles, including various language editions, have been published to high acclaim both in Sweden and internationally.

Website: journal-photobooks.com
Instagram: @journalphotobooks

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Kult Books

Kult Books is an independent publishing project for photography and other lens-based visual arts founded by Janne Riikonen in Stockholm, Sweden. Kult Books publishes monographs and artist books that embrace a personal artistic vision and visual language. The publications are created in close collaboration with the artists, the physical form designed to support the concept of the work.

Website: kultbooks.com
Instagram: @kultbooks

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Multipress

Multipress is a non-profit publisher for artist books and publications based in Oslo, Norway. With an emphasis on photography, it is run as a platform for artists working with publications as an artistic practice. All of the book projects are a result of a collaborative effort, thoroughly working out all the elements specific to each project.

Website: multipressforlag.com
Instagram: @multipress_forlag

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Northing / kinakaal forlag

Northing-Centre for East Asian Art and Culture is a non-profit contemporary art centre focusing on promoting cultural exchange between Norway and East-Asia. Initiated by Ben Wenhou Yu and Yilei Wang, Northing supports artists from East-Asia living and working in Norway, through providing opportunities to develop projects and reach a local audience. Northing also strives for possibilities of head-on communication and collaboration between artists from Norway and East
Asia. Through its cross-disciplinary activities, including exhibition programs, publications, lectures and participatory events, Northing aims to enrich the diversity of cultural life in Bergen and the whole Norway. Currently, Northing has three primary functions: the exhibition venue Northing Space, the art book publisher and design studio Kinakaal, and the tiny art and design bookshop Elephanten. 
Kinakaal is an art publishing house focusing on book design and conceptual books that are treated as works of art in their own right. Through Kinakaal, Northing seeks to explore the potential of the artist’s book as a physical object in a digital world, and to create new opportunities for dialogue and collaboration between East Asia and Norway. Kinakaal aims to facilitate direct contact and collaboration between East Asian and Norwegian artists and designers through art publications and design projects. Since its establishment, Kinakaal has won Årets vakreste bøker (The Year’s Most Beautiful Books) four times and received several international design awards. Each year, Kinakaal takes part in a number of art book fairs around the world to promote its exchange projects and to build bridges with books between Norway and East Asia.

Website: northing.no
Instagram: @northingspace

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NW Gallery

NW Gallery (Est. 2017) is an artist-driven curatorial platform and exhibition lab for contemporary art photography located in Copenhagen. The space curates exhibitions with upcoming, new and established, nordic as well as international artists. The exhibitions are rooted in photography and photographic artist books. NW Gallery aims to include the process of making, and the artistic experimentations of combining mediums and methods, exploring  possibilities, and limitations. 

The space and its project room also offers Masterclasses, mentorships, and artist-in-residency programmes.

Website: nw-gallery.dk
Instagram: @nw_gallery_dk

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Shadowlab

My publishing house and practice is exclusively based on publishing books by Morten Andersen. Andersen have since 1999 published 18 books on his own and 11 with other publishers. For the fair I will bring a selection of all books available.

Website: shadowlab.no

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Skeleton Key Press

Skeleton Key Press, an independent publisher based in Oslo, Norway, was founded in 2018 by Russell Joslin, who previously spent 17 years as the Editor and Publisher of Shots magazine. Joslin’s experience in editing, curation, and book design enables him to collaborate closely with artists to create beautifully crafted photography monographs that genuinely reflect their voices. SKP is dedicated to quality and meticulous attention to detail in every phase of the production process.

Website: skeletonkeypress.com
Instagram: @skeletonkeypress

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Sun Archive

Sun Archive, founded in 2024 from the photo gallery MpM_14, is a concise publishing house dedicated to contemporary lens-based art and the materiality of photobooks. We believe in tangibility and photobooks as an object. Recent titles include Wet Paint by Studio Prokopiou, partnered All Empires Will Fall by Łukasz Rusznica, History of Poland vol.2 by Michał Sita, and coming soon Extraction by Michał Łuczak. Our books have been recognised this year with: the Rencontres d'Arles Book Awards nomination, International Photography Awards (IPA) shortlist, Photo London Book of the Month, Photographic Book of the Year at Łódź Fotofestival, and 1st prize winner of The Most Beautiful Polish Books. Operating like an artist-run space, Sun Archive is supported by the cultural institution OPT Zamek, Poland. Our activities are curated by editor and producer Łukasz Rusznica.

Website: sunarchivebooks.com 
Instagram: @sunarchivebooks 

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Sverre Zines

Sverres Zine is exploring the intersection of the generic and the unique: the matrix where the local meets the global. More specifically, I question whether our orientation to  materialism has paradoxically alienated us from materiality.

The previous issue «Not Alone" is a book composed entirely of found photographs, which psychoanalyzes the market adaptation of stock imagery. And the latest issue "Omsetning" launching at this year's festival, is a book with the audience's responses to "Not Alone».

Website: sverrestrandberg.com

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THE PHOTO BOOK

VOICE OF SCANDINAVIA. THE PHOTO BOOK is an independent publishing company based in Oslo, Norway – run by photographers Massimo Leardini and Hans-Olav Forsang. THE PHOTO BOOK seeks collaboration with photographers and artists who have high quality book projects under planning. We can offer contribution to an overall process from idea to finished book. Our assistance will include counseling for funding applications, mentoring, image reviews, design and marketing. THE PHOTO BOOK strongly believe in a close collaboration with the artists, designers and our international network for distribution, marketing and sales.

Website: thephotobook.no
Instagram: @_the.photo.book

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Uncertain States Scandinavia

Uncertain States Scandinavia is primarily an artist-led project that publishes and distributes a free quarterly broadsheet newspaper showcasing lens-based art.

Website: ucsscandinavia.com
Instagram: @ucsscandinavia

 

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Opening hours

Vega Scene
Salongen, 2nd floor
Friday 12 September, 4-8pm
Saturday - Sunday 13-14 September, 11-4

PHOTOBOOK FAIR 2025

2025 is all about the book fair, a cornerstone in the distribution of both artist books and photobooks. Here, we will gather publishers from Norway and different parts of Europe who will present newly published titles and quite possibly your next favorite photobook. Come by and say hi, browse through the rich selection of books, and find your newest title!

Below you can read more about this year's participants.

Andrea Grundt Johns

For over 10 years I have been working with the book as a way of approaching sight through tactility, and explore the idea of seeing with other senses. My books are a combination of (riso)printed larger editions and handmade, unique and sculptural works. My work also explore our relationship to nature - how nature shapes us and how we shape nature - looking into the past and present as well as into a speculative future."

Website: agjohns.com
Instagram: @agjohns

—

Bjørka Publications

Bjørka Publications is the publishing platform of Bjørka, a professional workshop and production space for artists working with photography in Oslo since 1998. For Fotobokfestival Oslo 2025, we have curated a selection of artist books and in-progress book dummies, extending the workshop into the public and offering a space for testing, sharing, and unfolding ideas beyond Bjørka.

Website: bjorka.org
Instagram: @stiftelsen.bjorka

—

IHA Editions / Ethan Rafal

IHA Editions is a publishing platform and mentorship program run by Ethan Rafal. The project is a means to publish artists’ books and photography-oriented editions. The primary goal of the project is to empower artists to self-publish and self-distribute, with an emphasis on touring, organizing, performance, and related time-based art practices. For the Fotobokfestival 2025, Rafal will show a selection of books, ephemera from prior touring and organizing projects, and prototypes and the first hand-made books from the forthcoming artists’ books edition The Evening Pink (2011-2025).

There will also be a video presentation of The Evening Pink project on Saturday, September 13 at 16:15.

Website: ethanrafal.com
Instagram: @ethanrafal

—

Journal

The Swedish publishing house Journal, with its focus on photo literature,  was started in 1991 by Gösta Flemming. To date, around 180 titles, including various language editions, have been published to high acclaim both in Sweden and internationally.

Website: journal-photobooks.com
Instagram: @journalphotobooks

—

Kult Books

Kult Books is an independent publishing project for photography and other lens-based visual arts founded by Janne Riikonen in Stockholm, Sweden. Kult Books publishes monographs and artist books that embrace a personal artistic vision and visual language. The publications are created in close collaboration with the artists, the physical form designed to support the concept of the work.

Website: kultbooks.com
Instagram: @kultbooks

—

Multipress

Multipress is a non-profit publisher for artist books and publications based in Oslo, Norway. With an emphasis on photography, it is run as a platform for artists working with publications as an artistic practice. All of the book projects are a result of a collaborative effort, thoroughly working out all the elements specific to each project.

Website: multipressforlag.com
Instagram: @multipress_forlag

—

Northing / kinakaal forlag

Northing-Centre for East Asian Art and Culture is a non-profit contemporary art centre focusing on promoting cultural exchange between Norway and East-Asia. Initiated by Ben Wenhou Yu and Yilei Wang, Northing supports artists from East-Asia living and working in Norway, through providing opportunities to develop projects and reach a local audience. Northing also strives for possibilities of head-on communication and collaboration between artists from Norway and East
Asia. Through its cross-disciplinary activities, including exhibition programs, publications, lectures and participatory events, Northing aims to enrich the diversity of cultural life in Bergen and the whole Norway. Currently, Northing has three primary functions: the exhibition venue Northing Space, the art book publisher and design studio Kinakaal, and the tiny art and design bookshop Elephanten. 
Kinakaal is an art publishing house focusing on book design and conceptual books that are treated as works of art in their own right. Through Kinakaal, Northing seeks to explore the potential of the artist’s book as a physical object in a digital world, and to create new opportunities for dialogue and collaboration between East Asia and Norway. Kinakaal aims to facilitate direct contact and collaboration between East Asian and Norwegian artists and designers through art publications and design projects. Since its establishment, Kinakaal has won Årets vakreste bøker (The Year’s Most Beautiful Books) four times and received several international design awards. Each year, Kinakaal takes part in a number of art book fairs around the world to promote its exchange projects and to build bridges with books between Norway and East Asia.

Website: northing.no
Instagram: @northingspace

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NW Gallery

NW Gallery (Est. 2017) is an artist-driven curatorial platform and exhibition lab for contemporary art photography located in Copenhagen. The space curates exhibitions with upcoming, new and established, nordic as well as international artists. The exhibitions are rooted in photography and photographic artist books. NW Gallery aims to include the process of making, and the artistic experimentations of combining mediums and methods, exploring  possibilities, and limitations. 

The space and its project room also offers Masterclasses, mentorships, and artist-in-residency programmes.

Website: nw-gallery.dk
Instagram: @nw_gallery_dk

—

Shadowlab

My publishing house and practice is exclusively based on publishing books by Morten Andersen. Andersen have since 1999 published 18 books on his own and 11 with other publishers. For the fair I will bring a selection of all books available.

Website: shadowlab.no

—


Skeleton Key Press

Skeleton Key Press, an independent publisher based in Oslo, Norway, was founded in 2018 by Russell Joslin, who previously spent 17 years as the Editor and Publisher of Shots magazine. Joslin’s experience in editing, curation, and book design enables him to collaborate closely with artists to create beautifully crafted photography monographs that genuinely reflect their voices. SKP is dedicated to quality and meticulous attention to detail in every phase of the production process.

Website: skeletonkeypress.com
Instagram: @skeletonkeypress

—

Sun Archive

Sun Archive, founded in 2024 from the photo gallery MpM_14, is a concise publishing house dedicated to contemporary lens-based art and the materiality of photobooks. We believe in tangibility and photobooks as an object. Recent titles include Wet Paint by Studio Prokopiou, partnered All Empires Will Fall by Łukasz Rusznica, History of Poland vol.2 by Michał Sita, and coming soon Extraction by Michał Łuczak. Our books have been recognised this year with: the Rencontres d'Arles Book Awards nomination, International Photography Awards (IPA) shortlist, Photo London Book of the Month, Photographic Book of the Year at Łódź Fotofestival, and 1st prize winner of The Most Beautiful Polish Books. Operating like an artist-run space, Sun Archive is supported by the cultural institution OPT Zamek, Poland. Our activities are curated by editor and producer Łukasz Rusznica.

Website: sunarchivebooks.com 
Instagram: @sunarchivebooks 

—

Sverre Zines

Sverres Zine is exploring the intersection of the generic and the unique: the matrix where the local meets the global. More specifically, I question whether our orientation to  materialism has paradoxically alienated us from materiality.

The previous issue «Not Alone" is a book composed entirely of found photographs, which psychoanalyzes the market adaptation of stock imagery. And the latest issue "Omsetning" launching at this year's festival, is a book with the audience's responses to "Not Alone».

Website: sverrestrandberg.com

—

THE PHOTOBOOK

VOICE OF SCANDINAVIA. THE PHOTO BOOK is an independent publishing company based in Oslo, Norway – run by photographers Massimo Leardini and Hans-Olav Forsang. THE PHOTO BOOK seeks collaboration with photographers and artists who have high quality book projects under planning. We can offer contribution to an overall process from idea to finished book. Our assistance will include counseling for funding applications, mentoring, image reviews, design and marketing. THE PHOTO BOOK strongly believe in a close collaboration with the artists, designers and our international network for distribution, marketing and sales.

Website: thephotobook.no
Instagram: @_the.photo.book

—

Uncertain States Scandinavia

Uncertain States Scandinavia is primarily an artist-led project that publishes and distributes a free quarterly broadsheet newspaper showcasing lens-based art.

Website: ucsscandinavia.com
Instagram: @ucsscandinavia