Author Archives: Michael Ast

Michael Ast – Photographer, publisher, printmaker

Lisbon, Portugal (Nov. 2016)

Costa da Caparica, Portugal (Nov. 2016)

Costa da Caparica, Portugal (Nov. 2016)

Costa da Caparica, Portugal (Nov. 2016)

Yamamoto Masao – Signing “Tori” at ICP, (Dec. 2016)

I stand before one of the world’s greatest visual poets . . . Yamamoto Masao signing advance copies of “Tori” on Friday night in NYC at the International Center of Photography. The event was organized by the great Spaces Corners bookshop. An absolute serene and transporting book awaits Masao fans. The corresponding exhibition “Tori” just […]

Lisbon Photobook Fair, The Unknown Books

Great intimate photobook fair, and time hanging with Fabio M. Roque, publisher of The Unknown Books.

“a musing from the rocking dock” Book Signing, Lisbon Photobook Fair this Weekend

I will be signing copies of my latest photobook a musing from the rocking dock this Saturday, 4:00 pm (11/26) at publisher The Unknown Book’s table during the Lisbon Photobook Fair in Portugal. This is Lisbon’s 7th annual book fair, I’m excited to receive the invite and visit the great city for the first time.

Yale Acquires Indie Photobook Library

Amazing news! The Indie Photobook Library’s collection of more than 2,000 photo-based publications produced by self-publishers and independent imprints are now permanently collected in Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library. I’m pleased to have my first photobook “Trying to Find the Ocean” and a few curated publications make up a small part of this […]

Framed – Photo Etching (from Kinsey series)

a musing from the rocking dock – Book Feature from printer La Imprenta

I couldn’t be happier with the printing of a musing from the rocking dock by La Imprenta (Valencia, Spain). La Imprenta shared my new book on their site, with a peek at some of the interior photos and pages: “a musing from the rocking dock” @ La Imprenta blog