Book #012 in the '6x4 Photobook Series' is 'YOUTH' by Chardchakaj Waikawee.

These books are designed, assembled and bound in-house, with images printed in the 6x4 mini-lab format. This method allows us to produce high-quality books ourselves in small runs. All books are signed and editioned by the artist.

NB: Only a limited amount of these books are available online, they will predominantly be sold at book fairs DoBeDo Projects takes part in. Follow 

Size: 27 x 20.8cm
No. of Pages: 42
Edition No: 60
Print Type: Digital print on uncoated black stock
Publisher: DoBeDo, 2025

'YOUTH' By Chardchakaj Waikawee

Photo Nerds Collection

Protective padded-felt wrap for lenses, cameras and accessories. Available in three sizes, each with velcro closures, and a window for labelling.

Illustration by Daniel David Freeman
Designed in London
Made in China
Materials: Outer Fabric - Polyester, Inner Fabric - Nylon
Dimensions: Small / Pink (29cm x 29cm) Medium / Green (38cm x 38cm) Large / Blue (46cm x 46cm)

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Lens & Camera Wrap

When Paul Lawrence was studying at St. Martins - a friend asked him to help fix a computer around the corner in a bookshop on Cecil Court. After arriving, the shop owner disappeared to the pub, leaving Paul on his own in the shop for the rest of the day. The computer was fixed in minutes, a few people bought books, and the owner asked Paul to come back the following day. He did - and that was over 20 years ago.

Although he explored other jobs, Paul always found his way back to Cecil Court, and for the past decade, he has been running November Books.

Is there a photography book you're looking at right now? What page are you on? 



There are a few. I'm revisiting 'A Scene In Between' compiled by Sam Knee. It's a compilation of photographs of UK indie/c86 bands and the small scene around them. I'm also having a deep trawl through “Ladies Bosozoqu", it's quite rare and I haven't had a copy for years so was happy to get one in trade last week. It's not strictly a photography book, but it does make extensive use of borrowed photographs, which is a lot of fun.

What photography book do you most often recommend to customers and why?

There isn't really a one-size-fits-all recommendation, I have my own favourites, and people come to see me for all sorts of reasons, with all sorts of tastes. A large number of my regulars are stylists though – and if they don't already have a copy they always walk away with Russen by Nathaniel Farb. It's a very straightforward and great book that has a really interesting story behind it too.




What sort of work do you like to publish? How do you find it and how do you choose?



I am a second-hand shop rather than a publisher, but some years back I reissued a book called 'Secret Signals'. It's an early 80s guide to L.A. hand signs and part of a much deeper and wider culture that's too much to document here, but I had a copy in my hand, liked it, and thought more copies should exist. Luckily I found the rights holder and we came to an agreement. Look it up and you'll fall into a wormhole of late 70s / early 80s chicano / lowrider culture!




What is the last photograph you took? Can you share it with us?



I don't take photographs, it's something I'm really terrible at, so bad it's comical. I'm the guy that makes portraits of people's shoulders, feet, shots with a giant finger in them and so on. I do use the camera on a telephone as a notebook though, here's my last shot – I needed to remember what side of a shoulder on a shirt is stitched first.



Do you take pictures aside from your phone? If so, what camera do you use and why?



See above! At Art school we had to shoot all of our work on slide film for portfolios, and that was the last time I used a real camera I think.




Can you send us a photograph of something that represents an important moment or memory of yours that's related to your book collection?

I've just received a collection of early Walter Pfeiffer ephemera, I've been a big fan of the early work since I started selling books, so this is pretty special stuff for me. A retired bookseller in Zurich found this in a drawer in his house and sent me a message asking if I wanted it. I paid him a little for it all but really it's a great gift.


How did your childhood inform what you do today? Did you grow up surrounded by art / books?



My parents were teenagers when they had me, and didn't really read much, I would say music was much more important. Our house had only a handful of books in it, besides what we as children got from the library. It's not that they were anti-book, it just wasn't part of the culture we grew up with. Books were admired, but essentially considered to be for boffins or posh people. But, like a lot of people who grew up in small towns and villages and then left, books for me were a window into another, more interesting life, and my parents didn't discourage that. It's a great way to feed a curiosity about the world, which I think you either have or you don't. The same could be said for cinema, records and any type of culture you can access anywhere. That's the best side of a shop really, talking to people who are genuinely interested in the world around them and finding new things out about it.




What would you be doing if you weren't running November Books?



I would still be researching and looking for things, just not necessarily selling them. I make clothes too, pretty badly, but I do enjoy it.

 to visit November Books at:

7 Cecil Court
London
WC2N 4EZ

Photobook Recommendations from Paul Lawrence of November Books

John Stezaker

John Stezaker is a British artist known for his distinctive approach to collage and manipulation of appropriated imagery, most notably historic Hollywood film stills, actor's head shots and postcards. In 2012, he became the first non-photographer to win the Deutsche Börse Photo Prize, with a practice defined by cutting, splicing, and juxtaposing found photographs to create what he describes as “apertures into another world.”

In Episode 04 of Reely and Truly, filmmaker George Baggaley visits Stezaker at his home in London and studio in St Leonards-on-Sea. As he prepares for a string of upcoming exhibitions, Stezaker creates new bodies of work, reflects on his long career, the power of absence in collage in a culture overwhelmed by imagery and his mission to recapture the lost “magic power” of images.

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Last month, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch took center stage at Paris Photo to highlight his lesser-known practice as an avid photographer and photo collage artist. As a guest speaker, he curated a selection of photographs for the fair to mark the centenary of surrealism, drawing attention to one of the movement’s most iconic techniques: photocollage. His curated works included photomontages by Carmen Calvo and Deborah Turbeville, and he also hosted a signing for his recent monograph of collages, 

Photocollage and the use of found imagery have experienced a resurgence, with prominent galleries hosting exhibitions spotlighting artists who continue to innovate with the technique.

To delve deeper into this renewed interest - and to coincide with Episode 04 of 

, which features renowned photocollage artist John Stezaker - we’ve listed some must-see exhibitions exploring this method of image-making.

Linder Sterling: Danger Came Smiling, The Hayward Gallery, London

Linder Sterling, a pioneering figure in the punk and post-punk movements, has long used photocollage as her primary mode of expression. Rising to prominence in the late 1970s, Sterling’s work became synonymous with the cultural rebellion of the era. Her iconic 1977 artwork for the Buzzcocks’ 

 single—featuring a female torso adorned with an iron for a head and mouths for nipples—epitomized her sharp critique of consumerism and gender norms. Over decades, Sterling has continued to use collage to confront societal taboos, particularly around sexuality and the female body.

Sterling’s upcoming retrospective at the Hayward Gallery will look back on her 50-year career, including an array of her iconic photomontages alongside previously unseen works and new commissions.


Deborah Turbeville: Photocollage, The Photographers Gallery, London

09.10.24 - 23.02.25

The Photographers Gallery pays homage to Turbeville's trailblazing photographic explorations, from fashion photos to her very personal work. The exhibition reveals Turbeville's highly personal artistic universe, which has been credited with transforming fashion imagery into avant-garde art.

She experimented with the developing process, from the darkroom to the studio table. She ripped, cut and tore her photographs; manipulated, pinned and glued them together to create unique hybrid objects. Deborah Turbeville: Photocollage is a new appreciation of Turbeville's ground-breaking contribution to the history of photography.


Martha Rosler and Nancy Buchanan: Entropy, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles

14.12.24 - 11.01.25

Buchanan and Rosler both work across several mediums yet maintain political engagement at the core of their practice, utilizing video, photography, sculpture, painting, and performance to highlight injustice and inequality throughout their bodies of work. The two artists connected in California in the early 1970s, recognizing in one another a distinct multidisciplinary approach to political artmaking and commitment to feminism. The exhibition includes works from two of Rosler’s major series – The Rewards of Money and Off the Shelf – alongside collage works, paintings, and drawings by Buchanan. In these works, both Buchanan and Rosler probe the decaying center of late-stage capitalism and the failed promise of the American dream.


Sara Cwynar: Baby Blue Benzo, 52 Walker, New York

 explores the intersections of photography, artifice, and contemporary life through a collage-like assembly of archival and found materials. Using found images, AI-generated visuals, and new video footage, Cwynar weaves a dense narrative that reflects on how images shape perception and productivity in the modern era. Central to the work are recurring motifs like a replica of the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR and the color baby blue, which connect luxury, consumerism, and personal struggles like insomnia.



Watch Episode 04 of Reely and Truly on John Stezaker 

The Photocollage Exhibition Guide

DoBeDo's new collection kicks off with the 2025 calendar, where thirteen contributors reflect on their personal relationships with photography through an image submission and a short written entry.

The calendar features documentation of well-loved cameras, scans of darkroom sketchbooks, early photographs, and more. At the end of the year, detach the diary pages and the calendar transforms into a photobook to keep in your library.

Contributors include Will Robson-Scott, Abdulhamid Kircher, Jack Davison, Guy Bolongaro, Justin Quinnell, Nadia Lee Cohen, Motoyuki Daifu, Thomas Mailaender, Johny Pitts, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Nick Haymes, Frank Lebon and Marton Perlaki