For our eighth episode, we bring you a warm and candid conversation between photographer Tyler Andrew and filmmaker/actress Emily May Jampel (director of Lucky Fish [2022]
and Manoa Valley [2024]).
The discussion was recorded on the occasion of Tyler’s exhibition and publication Can I Stay? at Salt and Pepper in Tokyo this fall.

Tyler has previously exhibited in Philadelphia, New York, Kobe, and Honolulu. His work emerges from the layers of his everyday life — skateboarding, letters exchanged with friends, vivid dreams, and the books and films that have shaped his imagination.

In this conversation, Tyler speaks honestly about his early struggles after moving to New York City as a young photographer, and how artists he admires — including Peter Sutherland and Jesse Gouveia — helped him stay grounded and clarify his creative direction.

Favorite Asian Photobooks of the Month:
Kazumi Kuriyama, "Alternates" (Rizzoli, 1984)
Nhu Xuan Hua, "Tropism, Consequences of a Displaced Memory" (Area Books, 2022)

Special thanks to David Strettell (@dashwood_books), Tyler Andrew, and Emily May Jampel for their open-hearted insights and generosity.

"Can I Stay?"
Published by Salt and Pepper |
2025

Thumbnail photo by Anh Nguyen

In this episode, we present a thoughtful conversation between photographer Zora Sicher and Carla Valdivia Nakatani (Art Director, T: The New York Times Style Magazine) on the making of Sicher’s debut monograph Geography (Dashwood Books, 2025) and its accompanying exhibition at Dashwood Project.

Sicher and Valdivia discuss their first collaboration, how a publisher David Strettell initiated the idea for Geography with Sicher and what “taking a photograph” means to Sicher today—supported by key images from the book.

We also highlight our Favorite Asian Photobooks of the Month:

Life in Philly by Mao Ishikawa (Zen Foto Gallery, 2010)

Room by Yuhan Cheng (Squeeze Sour / Linlin Plum, 2025)

Special thanks to David (@dashwood_books), Zora Sicher, and Carla Valdivia Nakatani for their generous time and insights.

Geography
Photography: Zora Sicher
Published by Dashwood Books, 2025

Thumbnail photo by Anh Nguyen

We’re thrilled to present the seventh episode of the Session Press Photobook Club, featuring an inspiring conversation between photographer Martha Naranjo Sandoval and Kelly Long, curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Together, they discuss Martha’s deeply personal project Small Death (MACK, 2025), exploring loss, intimacy, and the quiet rituals that connect personal history and collective memory.

In this episode, Martha reflects on how photography can bridge distance—between Mexico and New York, between past and present—and how collaboration and design shaped the emotional language of her book. Kelly offers her curatorial insight into translating Martha’s intimate narrative into visual form, balancing structure and feeling on the page.

We also share our favorite Japanese photobook of the month:
Portrait of J by Takashi Homma (Dashwood Books / Session Press, 2025)

Special thanks to David @dashwood_books, marthanaranjosandoval, and Kelly Long for their generous time and insights.

Small Death
Photography: Martha Naranjo Sandoval
Published by MACK (2025)

Thumbnail photo by Anh Nguyen

第7回 Session Press Photobook Club では、写真家 マーサ・ナランホ・サンドバル と、ニューヨークのホイットニー美術館キュレーター ケリー・ロング の対談をお届けします。
今回は、マーサの個人的なプロジェクト Small Death（MACK, 2025）を中心に、喪失や親密さ、そして個人の記憶と集合的な記憶をつなぐ静かなまなざしについて語り合います。

マーサは、写真がどのようにしてメキシコとニューヨーク、過去と現在の距離をつなぐのかを振り返りながら、本づくりの過程で生まれた感情の言語やコラボレーションの力について語ります。
ケリーは、マーサの親密な物語をどのように視覚的に翻訳し、構成と感情のバランスをとったのか、キュレーターとしての視点から話します。

今月のおすすめアジア写真集：
『Portrait of J』ホンマタカシ（Dashwood Books / Session Press, 2025）

特別協力：David（@dashwood_books）、Martha Naranjo Sandoval、Kelly Long

Small Death
写真：Martha Naranjo Sandoval
デザイン：Kelly Rakowski
出版：MACK（2025）

サムネイル写真：Anh Nguyen

We’re excited to share our interview with curator Aaron Stern for his exhibition “One of One” at Abri Mars.
The show features works by Daniel Arnold, Juan Brenner, Mike Brodie, Mark Borthwick, Rebekka Deubner, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Barbara Ess, Jerry Hsu, Shaniqwa Jarvis, Irina Rozovsky, Gray Sorrenti, and Mario Sorrenti.

Marking the gallery’s one-year anniversary on the eve of New York Fashion Week, One of One confronts the ceaseless proliferation of image-making at a time when online syntheticity dominates—offering, instead, an invitation to engage with photography as a physical and tactile experience.

To learn more about Aaron’s curatorial practice, visit our full interview via the link in bio or at sessionpress.com/texts/aaronstern
.
September 5 – October 25, 2025
Abri Mars, New York
Curated by Aaron Stern

Interview by James Maher @jamesmaherphoto

ニューヨークきっての気鋭のキュレーターのアーロン・スターンによる展覧会「One of One」を特集したインタビューをお届けします。
本展には、ダニエル・アーノルド、フアン・ブレンナー、マイク・ブロディ、マーク・ボースウィック、レベッカ・ドイブナー、フィリップ＝ロルカ・ディコルシア、バーバラ・エス、ジェリー・スー、シャニクワ・ジャーヴィス、イリーナ・ロゾフスキー、グレイ・ソレンティ、マリオ・ソレンティといった作家たちの作品が出展されています。

ニューヨーク・ファッション・ウィーク開幕前夜に、ギャラリーの1周年を記念して開催される本展は、オンライン上の“人工的なイメージ”が氾濫する現代において、イメージ生成の無限な増殖に対峙し、写真というメディウムを物質的・触覚的な体験として再び見つめ直す機会を提示しています。

アーロンのキュレーションの実践について、詳しくはプロフィール欄のリンク、または sessionpress.com/texts/aaronstern
にてご覧ください。

2025年9月5日〜10月25日
Abri Mars（ニューヨーク）
キュレーション：アーロン・スターン

We’re thrilled to kick off our brand-new interview series, “John Sypal’s Tokyo Photo Walk-Talk,” featuring Kotori Kawashima as our first guest.

As an author of “Mirai chan” beloved across Asia, Japan, and New York, Kawashima shares his favorite photographers and photobooks, along with heartfelt advice for the next generation of image-makers.

Through this series, we hope to continue building a bridge between Tokyo and New York.

Photographers interested in being interviewed in English—please feel free to reach out:

[email protected]

記念すべき第一弾のインタビューシリーズ「John Sypal’s Tokyo Photo Walk-Talk」に、川島小鳥さんをお迎えしました。
アジア、日本、そしてニューヨークでも愛される小鳥さんに、敬愛する作家やお気に入りの写真集、さらには若い世代への温かなアドバイスまで語っていただきました。
このシリーズを通じて、日本とニューヨークをつなぐ架け橋となる活動を続けていきたいと思います。

We’re thrilled to present the sixth episode of the Session Press Photobook Club, featuring an in-depth conversation between photographers Daniel Shea and Adam Golfer. Together, they explore the layered concepts behind Shea’s latest book, Distribution, published by MACK in 2025.

Distribution examines the tension between environments that overwhelm through density and the subtle patterns that emerge from repetition, accumulation, and framing. The book begins with a series of portraits of Jessica—a woman who represents the statistical median of a person living in the United States—before expanding outward to surfaces, buildings, trees, and eventually groups of people. It asks how we locate subjects and their attendant problems in a world shaped by competing forces of density and dispersion, while seeking what resists representation: ecological complexity, social entanglement, and the architectures that shape both.


We also share our favorite Asian photobook of the month:
Happy Victims by Kyoichi Tsuzuki (apartamento, 2025)

Special thanks to David @dashwood_books, danielpshea mack_publishing adamgolfer


Distiribution
Photography: Daniel Shea
Published by MACK (2025)
Short story by Catherine Lacey 

Thumbnail photo by Anh Nguyen

So excited to share our new YouTube interview with filmmaker Hiroshi Sunairi, whose moving documentary From Okinawa With Love is inspired by the legendary Okinawan photographer Mao Ishikawa and her iconic photobook Red Flower.

We talk about photography, intimacy, memory, and how her images became a mirror of history, love, and resistance.
If you love photobooks and powerful stories, this one’s for you. Full interview in bio.
NYC screening on August 7, 6-8 pm at Regal Union Square (850 Broadway, New York, NY 10003) —don’t miss it!

Directed by @hiroshisunairi
Interview by @jamesmaherphoto

#photobook #hiroshisunairi #maoishikawa #redflower #okinawa #documentary #photojournalism #interviewseries

映画監督・砂入博史さんへの新インタビューを公開しました！
ドキュメンタリー作品『From Okinawa With Love』は、伝説的な沖縄の写真家 石川真生 さんと、彼女の代表作『Red Flower』からインスピレーションを受けて制作されたものです

写真集を通して、親密さ・記憶・歴史・愛・抵抗の物語が語られています。
写真集や写真にまつわる物語が好きな方には、ぜひ観てほしい内容です。
YouTubeで公開中！インタビューの全容はプロフィールのリンクまでご参照下さい．
8月7日、Regal Union Squareでの上映もお見逃しなく！

『オキナワより愛を込めて』
第48回 アジアンアメリカン国際映画祭
日程： 2025年8月7日（木）
時間： 午後6時〜8時
会場： Regal Union Square（オーディトリアム14）
850 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
監督： 砂入博史監督（@hiroshisunairi）
インタビュー：ジェームズ・マハー
出演： 石川真生の人生と作品を特集

We’re thrilled to present the fifth episode of Session Press Photobook Club, featuring a unique and heartfelt conversation between photographer Carlos Jaramillo and editor/writer Freddy Martinez, centered on Carlos’s newest book, Picadero, published by Matarile Ediciones in 2025.

In this playful yet deeply introspective episode, Carlos and Freddy take on each other’s roles—Carlos plays Freddy, and Freddy steps into Carlos’s shoes—as a way to reveal more honest, vulnerable sides of their creative practices and friendship. What unfolds is a beautifully sincere dialogue that not only reflects their deep personal connection but also their profound mutual understanding of each other’s work and vision.

We also share our favorite Asian photobooks of the month:
Portrait by Seiichi Furuya and Blind Date by Lieko Shiga.

Special thanks to David @dashwood_books, @carlosjaramillo, @matarileediciones, Freddy Martinez

Picadero
Published by Matarile Ediciones (2025)
Edited by Martha Naranjo Sandoval
Design by Studio Lin
Text by Aída Hurtado

Thumbnail photo by Anh Nguyen

For our fourth episode we’re excited to welcome Colin Nguyen and Jennifer Bui from Superblooom* — a creative collective and curatorial platform dedicated to amplifying diasporic Vietnamese voices through zines, visual storytelling, and community activations. Colin and Jennifer reflect on the future of Vietnamese American creative expression—and share how their publications are part of a broader cultural movement they hope to nurture.