The Heavy Collective are extremely excited to announce the release of Heavy Volume II. A compendium of contemporary photography focusing on the conversation; Heavy Volume II is in an exploration of image and text on the printed page.

Featuring photographic contribution from — Dana Lixenberg, Susan Lipper, Irina Rozovsky, Stephen Shames, Curran Hatleberg, Daniel Shea, Mark Peckmezian, Deanna Templeton, Yoshinori Mizutani, Joanna Piotrowska, Aglaia Konrad and Katrin Koenning.

Words by — Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa, Wilfred Brandt, Hideko Ono, Claire Monneraye, Daniel Boetker-Smith, Ashley McNelis, Geordie Cargill, Alex Ward, Lola Pinder and Jack Harries.

The Heavy Collective believes firmly in printed matter and the vitally important role it plays in being a vehicle for transmission. We look at publishing from a place of necessity, integral to photographic literacy. Volume II is a pairing of images and text. A conversation between Photographer and viewer, writer and reader. Starting out of the blocks in 2015 with the release of Volume I, II pushes the dialogue further, putting photographer and writer face to face, landing firmly at the confluence of where images are made and how they are read.

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©Dana Lixenberg

©Daniel Shea

©Curran Hatleberg

©Deanna Templeton

©Stephen Shames

©Yoshinori Mizutani

©Mark Peckmezian

©Aglaia Konrad

©Katrin Koenning

©Susan Lipper

©Irina Rozovsky

©Joanna Piotrowska