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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.

Zine Construction

Reminders

  • photos of hands folding a zine and the folded zineLeave a 1/4" margin around your pages
  • Remember your zine will be copied or scanned, so light text and images may not reproduce well
  • You do you

Prompts

  • What are you grateful for? 
  • Your room at home vs. your room at Columbia (if you live with your family, your room during the school year vs. your room when you're not in school)
  • What do you think your favorite (or least favorite) photographer eats for lunch?

Elements

Essay * Poem * Review * Drawing * Collage * Personality Quiz * Crossword Puzzle * Playlist * Top Ten List * Likes/Dislikes * How To * Comic * Rant * Blank Space * Art * Handwriting * Typewriting * Design Software * Stick Figures * Blackout poetry

Music