APA New York Presents Michael Itkoff

About this event

The Evolving Landscape of Photography Publishing:

Since its inception, Daylight Books has engaged in photographic publishing and community art projects by re-imagining the documentary mode along with the more conceptual concerns of fine art. Through collaboration with established and emerging artists, scholars, and journalists, Daylight has become one of the premier showcases for contemporary photography. Daylight’s uniquely collectible publications work to revitalize the relationship between art, photography, and the world at large.

For nearly twenty years Daylight's evolution has consistently modeled recent developments in contemporary photography. From the original magazine to free multimedia features, digital storytelling software to an annual awards program, Daylight has created a number of different channels that all lead back to supporting the print publishing program. For the lecture, Michael Itkoff will be discussing Daylight's programmatic activities in the context of the changing landscape of photography publishing. He will provide a summary of Daylight’s output over the years and discuss what lies ahead.

BIO

Michael Itkoff is a publisher, creative consultant and former Chief Content Officer at Britelite Immersive. Michael cofounded the internationally-celebrated art book publishing house, Daylight as well as content experience platform, Fabl (acquired Nov. 2020). For nearly twenty years, Michael has been a leader in publishing premium digital and print media. A brand builder with an art-world pedigree, Michael specializes in visual storytelling with long-form content and brings distinguished curation and an editorial eye to marketing and content programs of all types.

Along the way, Michael has written for the NYTimes Lens blog, Art Asia Pacific, Nueva Luz, Conscientious blog and the Forward. Michael’s photographic and video work is in public and private collections in the United States and his work has appeared on the covers of Orion, Katalog, Next City and Philadelphia Weekly. Michael was the recipient of the Howard Chapnick Grant for the Advancement of Photojournalism (2006), a Creative Artists Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Arts Council (2007), and a Puffin Foundation Grant (2008). Michael’s monograph Street Portraits was published by Charta Editions in 2009.