Chris Anderson, Magnum Photographer, Publishes his Book on the iPad

Magnum Photos member Christopher Anderson has published his latest book - Capitolio - on the iPad. He tells BJP why.

Capitolio is documentary photographer Christopher Anderson's cinematic journey through the upheavals of contemporary Caracas, Venezuela, in the tradition, he says, of such earlier projects as William Klein's New York and Robert Frank's The Americans. But instead of just publishing the work in book form, the Magnum photographer has also released it on the iPad and iPhone platforms for $4.99 (£2.99). He speaks to BJP...


BJP:

Why choose the iPhone and the iPad for Capitolio?

Christopher Anderson:

The ultimate and ideal form of the work for me is a printed book. But there are certain constraints of the printed form: it is expensive (both to produce and buy) putting it out of reach for all but a select group with the means to shell out that kind of money, and there are only a finite number of books available. It occurred to me that here was the potential to reach an infinite audience.


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