Publication design I did for ‘Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits’- co-published by
@perimeterbooks and the
@ccp_australia , and produced in partnership with
@metro.auto.photo /
@flindersphotobooth .
‘Auto-Photo’ tells the story of Alan Adler, a man who is likely the most photographed person in Australia, and is also perhaps the oldest and longest-serving photobooth technician in the world.
This substantial photobook (256 pages), features hundreds of images of Alan from the 1970s to now, and includes texts by
@patrick_pound ,
@catlincatlincatlin , and
@dboetkers , along with an extensive interview with Alan Adler, Jessie Norman, and Christopher Sutherland (
@metro.auto.photo )
“For more than fifty years, Adler maintained a suite of photobooths across Melbourne/Naarm – most notably, at a site near Flinders Street Station – and would undertake weekly testing and servicing on each photobooth across his network. To ensure the focus, flash, and print quality were all up to standard at the end of each service, Adler would take a seat in the booth and produce a test strip of photographs. Through these weekly tests, Adler produced an archive of thousands upon thousands of photographs … The images that appear in Auto-Photo, which span from the 1970s to the 2010s, give us clues about the person who inhabits them, along with the passing of time. Adler’s gappy grin, comedic expressions, and pet cats intermingle with shifting fashions, retro colour film tints, and an increasing crinkling around the eyes.“
The publication of ‘Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits’ was supported by the Gordon Darling Foundation.
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Images from
@moom.bookshop Instagram page
