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My favourite books of 2025
I had ninety 2025 books to enjoy reading and rereading at a quiet pace.
open.substack.com
Finally, my favourite own photobook year-end list!
Weekendreading
Found on the Meta-list
-You Are What You Do – Daniel Arnold
-Catálogo – Ricardo Cases
-Algo que pesa – Daniel L. Fleitas
-4 Sides of the Table – Ruth Lauer Manenti
-Too Many Products Too Much Pressure – Janet Delaney
-The Weight of Ash – Ian Bates
viory.substack.com/p/informal-c...
Found on the Meta-list
-You Are What You Do – Daniel Arnold
-Catálogo – Ricardo Cases
-Algo que pesa – Daniel L. Fleitas
-4 Sides of the Table – Ruth Lauer Manenti
-Too Many Products Too Much Pressure – Janet Delaney
-The Weight of Ash – Ian Bates
viory.substack.com/p/informal-c...
February 7, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Weekendreading
Found on the Meta-list
-You Are What You Do – Daniel Arnold
-Catálogo – Ricardo Cases
-Algo que pesa – Daniel L. Fleitas
-4 Sides of the Table – Ruth Lauer Manenti
-Too Many Products Too Much Pressure – Janet Delaney
-The Weight of Ash – Ian Bates
viory.substack.com/p/informal-c...
Found on the Meta-list
-You Are What You Do – Daniel Arnold
-Catálogo – Ricardo Cases
-Algo que pesa – Daniel L. Fleitas
-4 Sides of the Table – Ruth Lauer Manenti
-Too Many Products Too Much Pressure – Janet Delaney
-The Weight of Ash – Ian Bates
viory.substack.com/p/informal-c...
"The Post has always been a writers’ paper, a newsroom so thoroughly scrappy that simultaneously anything seems possible—big ideas, big ambition—and it still feels like a small miracle each day when such consistently good journalism emerges from such glorious mayhem." They deserve so much better.
The Murder of The Washington Post
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM
"The Post has always been a writers’ paper, a newsroom so thoroughly scrappy that simultaneously anything seems possible—big ideas, big ambition—and it still feels like a small miracle each day when such consistently good journalism emerges from such glorious mayhem." They deserve so much better.
Finally, my favourite own photobook year-end list!
My favourite books of 2025
I had ninety 2025 books to enjoy reading and rereading at a quiet pace.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Finally, my favourite own photobook year-end list!
(gift link)
ICE is turning its surveillance state on U.S. citizens. This is known:
ICE is turning its surveillance state on U.S. citizens. This is known:
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:54 AM
(gift link)
ICE is turning its surveillance state on U.S. citizens. This is known:
ICE is turning its surveillance state on U.S. citizens. This is known:
In case you need new energy after these exhausting two weeks.
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 1:52 PM
In case you need new energy after these exhausting two weeks.
“We urge you to consider how the proposed layoffs will certainly lead us first to irrelevance – not the shared success that remains attainable," WSJ staffers wrote [to owner Besos]. “We know what happens when newspapers slash their international sections: they lose reach and they lose relevance.”
‘No one knows anything’: Washington Post staffers fear major cuts
Members of foreign staff send letter to billionaire owner Jeff Bezos urging him to change course
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 AM
“We urge you to consider how the proposed layoffs will certainly lead us first to irrelevance – not the shared success that remains attainable," WSJ staffers wrote [to owner Besos]. “We know what happens when newspapers slash their international sections: they lose reach and they lose relevance.”
“I barely park my car and I’m running out screaming and crying, ‘You stole a fucking flower from a dead woman. Like, are any of you [ICE] human anymore?’” (...) It reminded me again of the Tahrir Square protests in 2011, when so many people seemed to have reached a moral and political turning point.
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:47 PM
“I barely park my car and I’m running out screaming and crying, ‘You stole a fucking flower from a dead woman. Like, are any of you [ICE] human anymore?’” (...) It reminded me again of the Tahrir Square protests in 2011, when so many people seemed to have reached a moral and political turning point.
I came to understand that Europe finally decided to end appeasement politics. I hope this shows the New York Times is planning the same, and other media will follow. More like this, please.
Opinion | How Trump Has Used the Presidency to Make at Least $1.4 Billion (Gift Article)
The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I came to understand that Europe finally decided to end appeasement politics. I hope this shows the New York Times is planning the same, and other media will follow. More like this, please.
❄️✨ Table 1 (New Year!) ✨❄️
Looking forward
To a more sensitive and sensible year
❄️ Ctrl Shift+J – Sayuri Ichida
❄️ Trois mers et quatre terres – Stéphane Charpentier & Damien Daufresne
❄️ Dissonances – Boris Snauwaert
❄️ Blank Notes – Marshall To
❄️ Dilucolo “Before the Dawn" – Ben Osborne
Looking forward
To a more sensitive and sensible year
❄️ Ctrl Shift+J – Sayuri Ichida
❄️ Trois mers et quatre terres – Stéphane Charpentier & Damien Daufresne
❄️ Dissonances – Boris Snauwaert
❄️ Blank Notes – Marshall To
❄️ Dilucolo “Before the Dawn" – Ben Osborne
December 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
❄️✨ Table 1 (New Year!) ✨❄️
Looking forward
To a more sensitive and sensible year
❄️ Ctrl Shift+J – Sayuri Ichida
❄️ Trois mers et quatre terres – Stéphane Charpentier & Damien Daufresne
❄️ Dissonances – Boris Snauwaert
❄️ Blank Notes – Marshall To
❄️ Dilucolo “Before the Dawn" – Ben Osborne
Looking forward
To a more sensitive and sensible year
❄️ Ctrl Shift+J – Sayuri Ichida
❄️ Trois mers et quatre terres – Stéphane Charpentier & Damien Daufresne
❄️ Dissonances – Boris Snauwaert
❄️ Blank Notes – Marshall To
❄️ Dilucolo “Before the Dawn" – Ben Osborne
The Photobook Community List
Half as many lists as in other years so far. I do miss certain voices and books that deserve to be on it, but we are not done yet and it sure is interesting already!
Please, keep sending your lists. Publishers are welcome to tip me off too!
Half as many lists as in other years so far. I do miss certain voices and books that deserve to be on it, but we are not done yet and it sure is interesting already!
Please, keep sending your lists. Publishers are welcome to tip me off too!
Photobook Community List
Your favourite 2025 photobooks, together with ours
viory.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Photobook Community List
Half as many lists as in other years so far. I do miss certain voices and books that deserve to be on it, but we are not done yet and it sure is interesting already!
Please, keep sending your lists. Publishers are welcome to tip me off too!
Half as many lists as in other years so far. I do miss certain voices and books that deserve to be on it, but we are not done yet and it sure is interesting already!
Please, keep sending your lists. Publishers are welcome to tip me off too!
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays
Filled with Moments & Books
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Happy Holidays!
❄️🎄 I have set an extra table for Christmas 🎄❄️
• Dimma Brume Mist – JH Engström
• Maine – Gerry Johansson
• The Classroom – Hicham Benohoud
• Windows to the Unexpected | fenêtres sur l'insolite – Albarrán Cabrera
• Starlings – Jem Southam
• The Killing Ditch - Damien Wootten
• Sistermoon – Siri Kaur
• Dimma Brume Mist – JH Engström
• Maine – Gerry Johansson
• The Classroom – Hicham Benohoud
• Windows to the Unexpected | fenêtres sur l'insolite – Albarrán Cabrera
• Starlings – Jem Southam
• The Killing Ditch - Damien Wootten
• Sistermoon – Siri Kaur
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
❄️🎄 I have set an extra table for Christmas 🎄❄️
• Dimma Brume Mist – JH Engström
• Maine – Gerry Johansson
• The Classroom – Hicham Benohoud
• Windows to the Unexpected | fenêtres sur l'insolite – Albarrán Cabrera
• Starlings – Jem Southam
• The Killing Ditch - Damien Wootten
• Sistermoon – Siri Kaur
• Dimma Brume Mist – JH Engström
• Maine – Gerry Johansson
• The Classroom – Hicham Benohoud
• Windows to the Unexpected | fenêtres sur l'insolite – Albarrán Cabrera
• Starlings – Jem Southam
• The Killing Ditch - Damien Wootten
• Sistermoon – Siri Kaur
December Batch
• Octopus – Pasquale Autiero, Gil Barez, Vincen Beeckman, Stéphane Charpentier, Manu Jougla, Marie Sordat, Mathieu Van Assche & Simon Vansteenwinckel
• Distribution – Daniel Shea
• Tall Socks – Marc Cohen
• BRRRXL – Mathieu Van Assche
• Owl – Yamamoto Masao
• Moon City – Mimi Mollico
• Octopus – Pasquale Autiero, Gil Barez, Vincen Beeckman, Stéphane Charpentier, Manu Jougla, Marie Sordat, Mathieu Van Assche & Simon Vansteenwinckel
• Distribution – Daniel Shea
• Tall Socks – Marc Cohen
• BRRRXL – Mathieu Van Assche
• Owl – Yamamoto Masao
• Moon City – Mimi Mollico
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
December Batch
• Octopus – Pasquale Autiero, Gil Barez, Vincen Beeckman, Stéphane Charpentier, Manu Jougla, Marie Sordat, Mathieu Van Assche & Simon Vansteenwinckel
• Distribution – Daniel Shea
• Tall Socks – Marc Cohen
• BRRRXL – Mathieu Van Assche
• Owl – Yamamoto Masao
• Moon City – Mimi Mollico
• Octopus – Pasquale Autiero, Gil Barez, Vincen Beeckman, Stéphane Charpentier, Manu Jougla, Marie Sordat, Mathieu Van Assche & Simon Vansteenwinckel
• Distribution – Daniel Shea
• Tall Socks – Marc Cohen
• BRRRXL – Mathieu Van Assche
• Owl – Yamamoto Masao
• Moon City – Mimi Mollico
This article encourages us to seek out things more beautiful or interesting on our own, rather than relying on AI-generated 'best of' lists. I realise how fortunate we are that so many people in Photo Land are still willing to compile their year-end lists with personal motivation, not an easy task.
Weg met Wrapped: we hebben oprechte lijstjes nodig
Kunstmatige intelligentie stuurt steeds meer wat we mooi moeten vinden. Algoritmes werken eenvormigheid en conformisme in de hand. Kelli van der Waals pleit daarom voor eigenzinnige beelden, geluiden,...
www.trouw.nl
December 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This article encourages us to seek out things more beautiful or interesting on our own, rather than relying on AI-generated 'best of' lists. I realise how fortunate we are that so many people in Photo Land are still willing to compile their year-end lists with personal motivation, not an easy task.
Informal Community List
The Party Is On
The Party Is On
Informal Community List
Your favourite photobooks, together with ours
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Informal Community List
The Party Is On
The Party Is On
"It's a routine we few crazy souls around here have, and perhaps it serves us like when we used to send greetings by post. I like to think of it as a kind of secret message, like smoke signals to share what still moves us. In the end, we're left with a few gestures and many books."
Gabriela Cendoya
Gabriela Cendoya
Una lista demasiado larga, un año más.
My personal Substack
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"It's a routine we few crazy souls around here have, and perhaps it serves us like when we used to send greetings by post. I like to think of it as a kind of secret message, like smoke signals to share what still moves us. In the end, we're left with a few gestures and many books."
Gabriela Cendoya
Gabriela Cendoya
💪
Meta-list 2024
Your favourite photobooks, together with ours
viory.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
💪
Meta-list 2023 has been moved from Facebook to Substack. And 2024 is expected today!
meta-list 2023
your favourite photobooks, together with ours.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Meta-list 2023 has been moved from Facebook to Substack. And 2024 is expected today!
Moving fast now...
Meta-list 2022
All our favourite photobooks
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Moving fast now...
Another photobook meta-list moved from Facebook to Substack. Countdown to Listmas accelerates. The first year-end list of the year (www.whatwillyouremember.com/our-favorite...) has arrived already.
Meta-list 2021
a second pandemic edition
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Another photobook meta-list moved from Facebook to Substack. Countdown to Listmas accelerates. The first year-end list of the year (www.whatwillyouremember.com/our-favorite...) has arrived already.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
Meta-list 2020 Moved 💪
Meta-list 2020 Moved
No democracy-harming billionaires (nor me) profiting. No information abuse. No login to see our shared history. The Photobook Meta-list Archive is moving to Substack. It's revamped and much alive!
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Meta-list 2020 Moved 💪
Handmade Book Weekend
• Interesting Things –Salome Erni
• Police, Politicians, Policy, Politeness –Larry
• The Dog Sat Where We Parted –Mahmoud Khattab
• Track –Hajime Kimura
• A Discreet Exit Through Darkness & Things We Lost Last Night –Soumya Sanker Bose
• El vuelo lleva al vuelo –Juanan Requena
• Interesting Things –Salome Erni
• Police, Politicians, Policy, Politeness –Larry
• The Dog Sat Where We Parted –Mahmoud Khattab
• Track –Hajime Kimura
• A Discreet Exit Through Darkness & Things We Lost Last Night –Soumya Sanker Bose
• El vuelo lleva al vuelo –Juanan Requena
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Handmade Book Weekend
• Interesting Things –Salome Erni
• Police, Politicians, Policy, Politeness –Larry
• The Dog Sat Where We Parted –Mahmoud Khattab
• Track –Hajime Kimura
• A Discreet Exit Through Darkness & Things We Lost Last Night –Soumya Sanker Bose
• El vuelo lleva al vuelo –Juanan Requena
• Interesting Things –Salome Erni
• Police, Politicians, Policy, Politeness –Larry
• The Dog Sat Where We Parted –Mahmoud Khattab
• Track –Hajime Kimura
• A Discreet Exit Through Darkness & Things We Lost Last Night –Soumya Sanker Bose
• El vuelo lleva al vuelo –Juanan Requena
I like the look of this revamped 2019 meta-list –five more to refresh and migrate from the archive before a new list-mas starts.
Meta-list 2019 Moved
No democracy-harming billionaires (nor me) profiting. No information abuse. No login to see our shared photobook history. The Photobook Meta-list archive moves to Substack. And I like this new format.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I like the look of this revamped 2019 meta-list –five more to refresh and migrate from the archive before a new list-mas starts.