Photobook Publicist — Dana Rakhim

Making a photography book requires a lot of commitment and resources. Finding a publisher, passing through all the proof stages and finally getting it printed. After your project is bound and shipped it has finally become a book. And now my job as a publicist begins.

My ultimate goal is to get your book into the hands of potential readers. It sounds pretty straight-forward but there is a sophisticated marketing strategy behind it. To achieve the goal, I launch and handle a promotional campaign designed not only to sell the book in question but also to boost your brand, help your business grow and increase your exposure for future projects.

My services as a photobook publicist include:

writing press releases;
putting together media kits;
hand-picking relevant media outlets;
reaching out to media contacts from my list;
managing contacts with print, broadcast and online media;
organizing books signings, public talks and interviews;
entering books in competitions and award races.

Would you require the full package, or any of the above services one at a time, please contact me for an estimate.

I work both with publishing houses and independent photographers, whom I also offer mentoring support and teach how to be their own publicists.

List of books and clients.

Below are some of the pieces published about the books that I have promoted:

BBC World News
New York magazine
The Guardian – Maaza Mengiste
The Guardian newspaper
The Saturday Guardian newspaper + Cover
Financial Times
AnOther mag
The Washington Post
Creative Boom
Die Zeit
Tages-Anzeiger
Brigitte.de
El País
Eikon
Vanity Fair Italy
Rolling Stone Italia
The British Journal of Photography
Nearest Truth podcast
The Luupe
Zeke magazine
L’Œil de la Photographie
Focus magazine
Photobook Journal
NPR
It's Nice That
Blind Magazine
What Will You Remember?
fotoMAGAZIN
Guillotine magazine
Morning Star
LFI – Leica Fotografie International magazine
Black+White Magazine
Analog Forever magazine
The Times
Creative Review
Don't Take Pictures
PhotoNews
Photomonitor
Photobite
F-Stop magazine
GUP magazine
Sugarcane Magazine
The Burlington Magazine
Sybylla J Smith Photobook Club
The Royal Photographic Society Journal
Amateur Photographer
LensCulture
Juxtapoz
Fraction
Metro
aCurator
Photo-Eye blog
De Standaard
De Groene Amsterdammer
Bird in Flight
The Collector Daily
My Modern Met
Feature Shoot
American Suburb X
La Fotografía magazine
The Phoblographer
Islamic Arts Magazine