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Published: October 15th 2010
The two Asia pages
The winning picture full size on the left and the shortlisted pictures on the right.Last night, my wife and I attended the unveiling of the largest photobook in the world. This was the result of an "Around the World in 80 Days" contest held by photo processing company
PhotoBox that attracted over 30,000 entries.
The giant photobook, nicknamed BookZilla, stands 6 metres x 4 metres (19.6 feet x 13ft) and was displayed in one of the high-ceilinged galleries at the Old Truman Brewery in East London. The unveiling was attended by press, photographers and most of the winners and shortlisted runners-up (of which I was one - shortlisted that is, not a winner!). We all enjoyed drinks and snacks from around the world as well as admiring the 450 or so winning and shortlisted pictures.
The photobook has been entered for a Guinness World Record. There doesn't appear to be an existing Guinness record but, according to the World Records Academy, the previous largest seems to have been a 26-page, 4 metres x 3 metres photobook entitled “Vietnamese Women” by Japanese photographer Hitomi Toyama. Unlike that book, which had real pages you could turn, Bookzilla was a walk-in, static version the size of a London double-decker bus and more akin to a free-standing
BookZilla and the crowd
The huge "photobook" just squeezed in under the high ceiling of the Old Truman Brewery's gallery. display with a front and back cover and nine or ten pages.
Everyone can see BookZilla from today, 15 October until Monday, 18 October between 11.00am and 6.00pm at the
Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL.
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David
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How exciting! Congratulations! Please send me a copy of your picture. David