Book Building by Dayanita Singh & Simrat Dugal

At the heart of this book, Book Building is the collaborative process that Dayanita Singh and Gerhard Steidl have established over 20 years with a belief that a book is always in a process of becoming. Book Building traces the journeys of Singh's books, from the first, Zakir Hussain 1986 to her latest. Dayanita Singh's manifesto for the photo book is a short history and a deep dive. She has created detailed instructions on how to display her books as exhibitions making us the curator as well as various performative interventions, from book carts and happenings to installations and tours.