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VIAR1707: Photobooks

This guide accompanies a session in the Barnard Zine Library for João Pina's Photobook class taught at Columbia University in summer 2025.

Read and Discuss

Read a zine for two minutes, considering these questions, as well as the reading

  • Why do you think the creator chose a zine as their medium?
  • How do the graphics complement or complicate the text? 
  • Is the zine art?
  • How does the zine make you feel?

Repeat!

Zines Are

What is a zine?

 

On the Zine Spectrum