Explore photobooks from the ICP Library and connect with fellow photobook enthusiasts at ICP's Photobook Club. Each month, browse hand-picked selections from special guests and ICP community members. This session of Photobook Club is hosted by Claudia de la Torre, a Mexican, Berlin-based artist, educator, and independent publisher whose work sits at the intersection of printed media, conceptual publications, and installation.
The Photobook Club takes place in the ICP library on the last Saturday of each month. This event is free to attend with RSVP.
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ICP’s reading library contains over 20,000 books and periodicals. The reading room is currently open to the public during ICP’s monthly Photobook Club, to researchers by appointment, and to members during Library Member Hours.
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About Claudia de la Torre
Claudia de la Torre is a Mexican, Berlin-based artist, educator, and independent publisher whose work sits at the intersection of printed media, conceptual publications, and installation. Guided by the book as both form and idea, she examines the relationships between surface, structure, and meaning, exploring what a book can become as an artistic medium.
In 2011, she founded backbonebooks, an independent publishing house conceived as an extension of her artistic practice. Since then, the platform has produced 95 titles and editions to date, dedicated to publishing and conceptualizing artist books as artworks.
Since 2021, she has led the Artists’ Books Workshop in her studio, collaborating with creatives who wish to develop their ideas in book form. Through a process-based, conceptual, and collaborative approach, she seeks to open new perspectives on what a book can be and how it can operate across different contexts.
Most recently, in 2025, she was awarded First Prize by Fundación Ankaria for her artist book The Waves, recognizing her ongoing exploration of the book as a performative and conceptual object.
Her work is held in major international collections, including the Thomas J. Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Faber Birren Collection of Books on Color at Yale University Library, the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum of Modern Art (New York). She regularly participates in book fairs and exhibitions worldwide.
Cover Image by Pasinee Pramunwong