Open Book: Christian Patterson + Paul Schiek

The pair talks about publishing and why print isn't dead, ahead of the New York Art Book Fair

In our third and final installment of interviews surrounding art book publishing, which leads into the New York Art Book Fair this weekend, we talked to Christian Patterson—the artist behind one of the most successful photographic books in years “Redheaded Peckerwood”—and photographer Paul Schiek—founder of the Oakland, CA-based independent publishing company TBW Books. TBW is known for its quarterly limited-edition project “Subscription Series,” which invites …

Interview: Christian Patterson

The photographer talks about the third edition of "Redheaded Peckerwood"

When Christian Patterson published his photo book “Redheaded Peckerwood” late in 2011, the immediate and explosive popularity caused both its first and second printings to sell out in rapid succession. Now the book’s publisher, MACK, is releasing a new revised third edition, which expands on the project’s central inspiration: the 1958 killing spree of teenagers Carrie Ann Fugate and Charles Starkweather. We talked to Patterson …