Viory
@viory.bsky.social
photographer - writer - photobook nerd - journalism and democracy lover
❄️✨ Table 1 (New Year!) ✨❄️
Looking forward
To a more sensitive and sensible year
❄️ Ctrl Shift+J – Sayuri Ichida
❄️ Trois mers et quatre terres – Stéphane Charpentier & Damien Daufresne
❄️ Dissonances – Boris Snauwaert
❄️ Blank Notes – Marshall To
❄️ Dilucolo “Before the Dawn" – Ben Osborne
Looking forward
To a more sensitive and sensible year
❄️ Ctrl Shift+J – Sayuri Ichida
❄️ Trois mers et quatre terres – Stéphane Charpentier & Damien Daufresne
❄️ Dissonances – Boris Snauwaert
❄️ Blank Notes – Marshall To
❄️ Dilucolo “Before the Dawn" – Ben Osborne
December 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
❄️✨ Table 1 (New Year!) ✨❄️
Looking forward
To a more sensitive and sensible year
❄️ Ctrl Shift+J – Sayuri Ichida
❄️ Trois mers et quatre terres – Stéphane Charpentier & Damien Daufresne
❄️ Dissonances – Boris Snauwaert
❄️ Blank Notes – Marshall To
❄️ Dilucolo “Before the Dawn" – Ben Osborne
Looking forward
To a more sensitive and sensible year
❄️ Ctrl Shift+J – Sayuri Ichida
❄️ Trois mers et quatre terres – Stéphane Charpentier & Damien Daufresne
❄️ Dissonances – Boris Snauwaert
❄️ Blank Notes – Marshall To
❄️ Dilucolo “Before the Dawn" – Ben Osborne
The Photobook Community List
Half as many lists as in other years so far. I do miss certain voices and books that deserve to be on it, but we are not done yet and it sure is interesting already!
Please, keep sending your lists. Publishers are welcome to tip me off too!
Half as many lists as in other years so far. I do miss certain voices and books that deserve to be on it, but we are not done yet and it sure is interesting already!
Please, keep sending your lists. Publishers are welcome to tip me off too!
Photobook Community List
Your favourite 2025 photobooks, together with ours
viory.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The Photobook Community List
Half as many lists as in other years so far. I do miss certain voices and books that deserve to be on it, but we are not done yet and it sure is interesting already!
Please, keep sending your lists. Publishers are welcome to tip me off too!
Half as many lists as in other years so far. I do miss certain voices and books that deserve to be on it, but we are not done yet and it sure is interesting already!
Please, keep sending your lists. Publishers are welcome to tip me off too!
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays
Filled with Moments & Books
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Happy Holidays!
❄️🎄 I have set an extra table for Christmas 🎄❄️
• Dimma Brume Mist – JH Engström
• Maine – Gerry Johansson
• The Classroom – Hicham Benohoud
• Windows to the Unexpected | fenêtres sur l'insolite – Albarrán Cabrera
• Starlings – Jem Southam
• The Killing Ditch - Damien Wootten
• Sistermoon – Siri Kaur
• Dimma Brume Mist – JH Engström
• Maine – Gerry Johansson
• The Classroom – Hicham Benohoud
• Windows to the Unexpected | fenêtres sur l'insolite – Albarrán Cabrera
• Starlings – Jem Southam
• The Killing Ditch - Damien Wootten
• Sistermoon – Siri Kaur
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
❄️🎄 I have set an extra table for Christmas 🎄❄️
• Dimma Brume Mist – JH Engström
• Maine – Gerry Johansson
• The Classroom – Hicham Benohoud
• Windows to the Unexpected | fenêtres sur l'insolite – Albarrán Cabrera
• Starlings – Jem Southam
• The Killing Ditch - Damien Wootten
• Sistermoon – Siri Kaur
• Dimma Brume Mist – JH Engström
• Maine – Gerry Johansson
• The Classroom – Hicham Benohoud
• Windows to the Unexpected | fenêtres sur l'insolite – Albarrán Cabrera
• Starlings – Jem Southam
• The Killing Ditch - Damien Wootten
• Sistermoon – Siri Kaur
December Batch
• Octopus – Pasquale Autiero, Gil Barez, Vincen Beeckman, Stéphane Charpentier, Manu Jougla, Marie Sordat, Mathieu Van Assche & Simon Vansteenwinckel
• Distribution – Daniel Shea
• Tall Socks – Marc Cohen
• BRRRXL – Mathieu Van Assche
• Owl – Yamamoto Masao
• Moon City – Mimi Mollico
• Octopus – Pasquale Autiero, Gil Barez, Vincen Beeckman, Stéphane Charpentier, Manu Jougla, Marie Sordat, Mathieu Van Assche & Simon Vansteenwinckel
• Distribution – Daniel Shea
• Tall Socks – Marc Cohen
• BRRRXL – Mathieu Van Assche
• Owl – Yamamoto Masao
• Moon City – Mimi Mollico
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
December Batch
• Octopus – Pasquale Autiero, Gil Barez, Vincen Beeckman, Stéphane Charpentier, Manu Jougla, Marie Sordat, Mathieu Van Assche & Simon Vansteenwinckel
• Distribution – Daniel Shea
• Tall Socks – Marc Cohen
• BRRRXL – Mathieu Van Assche
• Owl – Yamamoto Masao
• Moon City – Mimi Mollico
• Octopus – Pasquale Autiero, Gil Barez, Vincen Beeckman, Stéphane Charpentier, Manu Jougla, Marie Sordat, Mathieu Van Assche & Simon Vansteenwinckel
• Distribution – Daniel Shea
• Tall Socks – Marc Cohen
• BRRRXL – Mathieu Van Assche
• Owl – Yamamoto Masao
• Moon City – Mimi Mollico
This article encourages us to seek out things more beautiful or interesting on our own, rather than relying on AI-generated 'best of' lists. I realise how fortunate we are that so many people in Photo Land are still willing to compile their year-end lists with personal motivation, not an easy task.
Weg met Wrapped: we hebben oprechte lijstjes nodig
Kunstmatige intelligentie stuurt steeds meer wat we mooi moeten vinden. Algoritmes werken eenvormigheid en conformisme in de hand. Kelli van der Waals pleit daarom voor eigenzinnige beelden, geluiden,...
www.trouw.nl
December 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This article encourages us to seek out things more beautiful or interesting on our own, rather than relying on AI-generated 'best of' lists. I realise how fortunate we are that so many people in Photo Land are still willing to compile their year-end lists with personal motivation, not an easy task.
Informal Community List
The Party Is On
The Party Is On
Informal Community List
Your favourite photobooks, together with ours
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Informal Community List
The Party Is On
The Party Is On
"It's a routine we few crazy souls around here have, and perhaps it serves us like when we used to send greetings by post. I like to think of it as a kind of secret message, like smoke signals to share what still moves us. In the end, we're left with a few gestures and many books."
Gabriela Cendoya
Gabriela Cendoya
Una lista demasiado larga, un año más.
My personal Substack
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"It's a routine we few crazy souls around here have, and perhaps it serves us like when we used to send greetings by post. I like to think of it as a kind of secret message, like smoke signals to share what still moves us. In the end, we're left with a few gestures and many books."
Gabriela Cendoya
Gabriela Cendoya
💪
Meta-list 2024
Your favourite photobooks, together with ours
viory.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
💪
Meta-list 2023 has been moved from Facebook to Substack. And 2024 is expected today!
meta-list 2023
your favourite photobooks, together with ours.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Meta-list 2023 has been moved from Facebook to Substack. And 2024 is expected today!
Moving fast now...
Meta-list 2022
All our favourite photobooks
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Moving fast now...
Another photobook meta-list moved from Facebook to Substack. Countdown to Listmas accelerates. The first year-end list of the year (www.whatwillyouremember.com/our-favorite...) has arrived already.
Meta-list 2021
a second pandemic edition
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Another photobook meta-list moved from Facebook to Substack. Countdown to Listmas accelerates. The first year-end list of the year (www.whatwillyouremember.com/our-favorite...) has arrived already.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.
Meta-list 2020 Moved 💪
Meta-list 2020 Moved
No democracy-harming billionaires (nor me) profiting. No information abuse. No login to see our shared history. The Photobook Meta-list Archive is moving to Substack. It's revamped and much alive!
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Meta-list 2020 Moved 💪
Handmade Book Weekend
• Interesting Things –Salome Erni
• Police, Politicians, Policy, Politeness –Larry
• The Dog Sat Where We Parted –Mahmoud Khattab
• Track –Hajime Kimura
• A Discreet Exit Through Darkness & Things We Lost Last Night –Soumya Sanker Bose
• El vuelo lleva al vuelo –Juanan Requena
• Interesting Things –Salome Erni
• Police, Politicians, Policy, Politeness –Larry
• The Dog Sat Where We Parted –Mahmoud Khattab
• Track –Hajime Kimura
• A Discreet Exit Through Darkness & Things We Lost Last Night –Soumya Sanker Bose
• El vuelo lleva al vuelo –Juanan Requena
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Handmade Book Weekend
• Interesting Things –Salome Erni
• Police, Politicians, Policy, Politeness –Larry
• The Dog Sat Where We Parted –Mahmoud Khattab
• Track –Hajime Kimura
• A Discreet Exit Through Darkness & Things We Lost Last Night –Soumya Sanker Bose
• El vuelo lleva al vuelo –Juanan Requena
• Interesting Things –Salome Erni
• Police, Politicians, Policy, Politeness –Larry
• The Dog Sat Where We Parted –Mahmoud Khattab
• Track –Hajime Kimura
• A Discreet Exit Through Darkness & Things We Lost Last Night –Soumya Sanker Bose
• El vuelo lleva al vuelo –Juanan Requena
I like the look of this revamped 2019 meta-list –five more to refresh and migrate from the archive before a new list-mas starts.
Meta-list 2019 Moved
No democracy-harming billionaires (nor me) profiting. No information abuse. No login to see our shared photobook history. The Photobook Meta-list archive moves to Substack. And I like this new format.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I like the look of this revamped 2019 meta-list –five more to refresh and migrate from the archive before a new list-mas starts.
It's a visual party now!
Meta-list 2018 Moving
No democracy-harming billionaires (nor me) profiting. No information abuse. No login to see our shared photobook history. But better looks and features. The Meta-list archive moves to Substack.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's a visual party now!
Meta-list Migration Message
The Meta-list archive moves to Substack
Today: Photobook Meta-list 2017 Moved
The Meta-list archive moves to Substack
Today: Photobook Meta-list 2017 Moved
Meta-list 2017 Moved
No more democracy-harming billionaires profiting. No information abuse. No login needed to see our shared photobook history. But better looks and features. The Meta-list archive moves to Substack.
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Meta-list Migration Message
The Meta-list archive moves to Substack
Today: Photobook Meta-list 2017 Moved
The Meta-list archive moves to Substack
Today: Photobook Meta-list 2017 Moved
Weekend Reading
•Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone.
by Edgar Martins
•love knot
by Yuri Goto
•Radiations of War
by Yana Kononova
•Angan-Angan Harsa
by Farid Renais Ghimas
•The Waning Season
by Oliver Gerhartz
•Our Hidden Room
by Mohamed Hassan
•空氣 Atmosphere – 時津剛
by Takeshi Tokitsu
•Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone.
by Edgar Martins
•love knot
by Yuri Goto
•Radiations of War
by Yana Kononova
•Angan-Angan Harsa
by Farid Renais Ghimas
•The Waning Season
by Oliver Gerhartz
•Our Hidden Room
by Mohamed Hassan
•空氣 Atmosphere – 時津剛
by Takeshi Tokitsu
October 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Weekend Reading
•Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone.
by Edgar Martins
•love knot
by Yuri Goto
•Radiations of War
by Yana Kononova
•Angan-Angan Harsa
by Farid Renais Ghimas
•The Waning Season
by Oliver Gerhartz
•Our Hidden Room
by Mohamed Hassan
•空氣 Atmosphere – 時津剛
by Takeshi Tokitsu
•Anton’s Hand is Made of Guilt. No Muscle or Bone.
by Edgar Martins
•love knot
by Yuri Goto
•Radiations of War
by Yana Kononova
•Angan-Angan Harsa
by Farid Renais Ghimas
•The Waning Season
by Oliver Gerhartz
•Our Hidden Room
by Mohamed Hassan
•空氣 Atmosphere – 時津剛
by Takeshi Tokitsu
META-LIST MIGRATION MESSAGE – I'm moving the Photobook Meta-list from Facebook to Substack. It took me two weeks to revamp and migrate the first two of ten lists, but I'm still planning to be up to date when the new 'List-mas' starts. Until then, get anew inspired here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
October 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
META-LIST MIGRATION MESSAGE – I'm moving the Photobook Meta-list from Facebook to Substack. It took me two weeks to revamp and migrate the first two of ten lists, but I'm still planning to be up to date when the new 'List-mas' starts. Until then, get anew inspired here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
Books on the USA
Americans Seen – Sage Sohier
In the American West – Richard Avedon
It’s hard to stop rebels that time travel – Raymond Thompson Jr
In The Shadows – Simon Vansteenwinckel
Twelve Acres – Henry O Head
American – Robin de Puy
Soup – Mike Brodie & Soup
The Reservoir – Mimi Plumb
Americans Seen – Sage Sohier
In the American West – Richard Avedon
It’s hard to stop rebels that time travel – Raymond Thompson Jr
In The Shadows – Simon Vansteenwinckel
Twelve Acres – Henry O Head
American – Robin de Puy
Soup – Mike Brodie & Soup
The Reservoir – Mimi Plumb
![[photobooks laid out on a surface]
Weekend & Reading
All American Special
•Americans Seen – Sage Sohier
(Nazraeli)
•In the American West – Richard Avedon
(Abrams)
• It’s hard to stop rebels that time travel – Raymond Thompson Jr
(Void)
• In The Shadows – Simon Vansteenwinckel
(Lamaindonne)
• Twelve Acres – Henry O. Head
(Twin Palms)
• American – Robin de Puy
(Hannibal)
• Soup – Mike Brodie & Soup
(Làto Paper)
• The Reservoir – Mimi Plumb
(Nazraeli)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cw5ok7tyunj2cuuzhdbobzjo/bafkreiehe5g354xmxlad3k7j7yxqc4dcq2yyguvbjubdadscsczylsmrpu@jpeg)
October 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Books on the USA
Americans Seen – Sage Sohier
In the American West – Richard Avedon
It’s hard to stop rebels that time travel – Raymond Thompson Jr
In The Shadows – Simon Vansteenwinckel
Twelve Acres – Henry O Head
American – Robin de Puy
Soup – Mike Brodie & Soup
The Reservoir – Mimi Plumb
Americans Seen – Sage Sohier
In the American West – Richard Avedon
It’s hard to stop rebels that time travel – Raymond Thompson Jr
In The Shadows – Simon Vansteenwinckel
Twelve Acres – Henry O Head
American – Robin de Puy
Soup – Mike Brodie & Soup
The Reservoir – Mimi Plumb
Getting ready for Halloween? Enjoy these photographs by Peter Mitchell and the lyrical description by Geoff Dyer. "As the scarecrows collapse in on themselves, it’s as if they end up consuming their own body fat just to stay alive — if that is the word, which clearly it is not."
gift article NYT
gift article NYT
The Startling Beauty of Scarecrows (Published 2016)
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Getting ready for Halloween? Enjoy these photographs by Peter Mitchell and the lyrical description by Geoff Dyer. "As the scarecrows collapse in on themselves, it’s as if they end up consuming their own body fat just to stay alive — if that is the word, which clearly it is not."
gift article NYT
gift article NYT
Nala 🖤 gone but still loved
October 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nala 🖤 gone but still loved
A forensic investigation of 219 killings points to Israel's deliberate targeting of reporters to suppress the truth about its assault on the enclave. Find out the details in these animated figures.
How (and why) Gaza has become the deadliest place in the world for journalists | The National
Investigation of 219 killings points to Israel's targeting of reporters to suppress the truth about assault on the enclave
www.thenationalnews.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A forensic investigation of 219 killings points to Israel's deliberate targeting of reporters to suppress the truth about its assault on the enclave. Find out the details in these animated figures.
"Second, antitrust authorities should not allow large corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests to buy major newspapers or media platforms. They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their financial interests in their range of businesses."
Trump Tightens his Grip on the Media
A president shouldn't be allowed to use defamation to suppress criticism of him. Big businesses likely to surrender to this shouldn't be allowed to buy major media.
robertreich.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"Second, antitrust authorities should not allow large corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests to buy major newspapers or media platforms. They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their financial interests in their range of businesses."