Breaking The Ice

LChanyungco · 08-19-2012

dear RFF, i'd like to present to you "Breaking The Ice." This is the result of my 3+ year project shot in Berlin. I'll be leaving for Asia or back to the U.S.A. in less than a year so i thought it was time to put it into print.
Berlin is a city known for its history. All at once bleak, brilliant, haunted, vaunted, sweet, salty, and most things in between. This is an exploration of darkness and light within city limits.

Breaking The Ice
20.5 x 27.5 cm, 43 images, 88 pages, offset print
Scratch proofed softcover w/glued and sewn binding
Edition of 400 books.

For a closer look, please visit www.chanyungco.com *splash page has audio* you can disable via a button on the bottom left of the page*

For anyone in Berlin that's interested in picking one up there are two stores that have it in stock now.

König . Taschen
Buchhandlung für Fotografie
im Museum für Fotografie / Helmut Newton Stiftung
Jebensstraße 2 • 10623 Berlin
TEL. 030 / 31 80 85-58
FAX 030 / 31 80 85-79
Öffnungszeiten: DI-SO 10-18 Uhr, DO bis 22 Uhr

an der Museumsinsel
Burgstraße 27 • 10178 Berlin
TEL. 030 / 2576 098-0
FAX. 030 / 2576 098-29
MAIL: berlinburg@buchhandlung-walther-koenig.de
Öffnungszeiten: MO-SA 10-20 Uhr

thanks for your time !

rxmd · 08-19-2012

Couldn't you have posted that the day before yesterday, when I was still in Berlin?

Anyway, congrats on getting the book out! It'd be great if you could share some experience of the publishing process, in particular how easy (or difficult) it was to find a publisher that gives good quality for printed images while being affordable at that kind of low print run.

buzzardkid · 08-20-2012

Ha! Really looking forward to seeing my copy soon!

I'm in awe over the fact that it is off-set printed, the pictures will be much better than any Blurb book as a result!

Lem's work I have always admired and after meeting him in Berlin last year I was impressed with the determination he puts into his photography.

Editing pictures to a book, having it designed and off-set printed is just awesome.

I know I will be enjoying this book for a long time to come!

LChanyungco · 08-21-2012

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Couldn't you have posted that the day before yesterday, when I was still in Berlin?

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Originally Posted by buzzardkid

Ha! Really looking forward to seeing my copy soon!

(Editing pictures to a book, having it designed and off-set printed is just awesome.)

I know I will be enjoying this book for a long time to come!

thanks for taking the time to comment guys, Johan thanks for your support of the project, Philipp concerning the process; Johan pretty much summed it up

just add time.

dasuess · 08-21-2012

I am impressed and would like to order a copy; however, it's a rather large soft bound book and I am concerned that it would arrive undamaged here in Minnesota, USA. How is it packed for shipping?

LChanyungco · 08-21-2012

Hi David, thanks so much for your interest ! They come wrapped in celophane and then shipped in a rigid cardboard mailer. Let me know if have any more questions

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Originally Posted by dasuess

I am impressed and would like to order a copy; however, it's a rather large soft bound book and I am concerned that it would arrive undamaged here in Minnesota, USA. How is it packed for shipping?

buzzardkid · 08-21-2012

Received mine! Thrilled!

Had a look at it just now and love it. GREAT SHOTS!

Regarding packing, it is very well packed indeed. The packing fits like a glove and has cardboard 'tunnels' around the book so that if the packing gets dented on the corners, the book still is unharmed.

I'm really impressed Lem!

buzzardkid · 08-21-2012

Oh, and was instructed to add here that my 11-yr old son Jonah also really likes the book!

jippiejee · 08-21-2012

Seeing that my (constructive) comments have been deleted here, I realize that this forum does not encourage any real exchange of thoughts apart from throwing powdered sugar at each other.

jippiejee · 08-21-2012

Did I mention your web site is brilliant already?

jkrumsick · 08-21-2012

The images on the site are very well done!

maddoc · 08-21-2012

A most excellent book !! I have received my copy a couple of days after ultra-speedy shipping from Berlin to Tokyo !

Keep up the good work, Lem !!

LChanyungco · 08-24-2012

Thank you for the warm reception everyone !

buzzardkid · 08-25-2012

A BUMP for this fine book by an American in Berlin!

Have a look at Lems website people, there's great shots there and in the (beautiful, off-set printed, self-financed) book!

Hats off to a skilled fellow-RFF photographer that stands by his work like that, right?

Two major photography book shops in Berlin have taken his book on sale the moment they saw it. Now that's an endorsement if ever there was one!

Hi Lem.

Sorry but I felt you deserved this!

Jamie Pillers · 08-25-2012

Wonderful images... inspiring me to not let go of 'the streets'. Thank you. I look forward to receiving the book.

LChanyungco · 08-28-2012

BIG thanks to everyone that's ordered one, i appreciate your encouragement and support !

buzzardkid · 08-30-2012

Hey Lem,

I love the rich blacks you have in those shots in the book, something I hardly ever accomplish. Most of the time my blacks look like real dark greys with some white specs in them.

Did you have negatives that have those same blacks already, or is this from the offset printing as well? In books I always do see those rich blacks...

Care 2 share?

dasuess · 08-30-2012

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Originally Posted by LChanyungco

Hi David, thanks so much for your interest ! They come wrapped in celophane and then shipped in a rigid cardboard mailer. Let me know if have any more questions

Just completed my order... And given the positive comments here, looking forward to receiving my copy.

LChanyungco · 08-30-2012

i really appreciate the support David !

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Originally Posted by dasuess

Just completed my order... And given the positive comments here, looking forward to receiving my copy.

I'm not 100% sure Johan. It could be the +1/+2 push on the film or it could be the lab's development methods. Also the printer advised me that with offset print, the blacks could actually come out as a dark grey. I can see this in a couple of the photographs but not enough to ruin the spirit of the book

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Originally Posted by buzzardkid

Hey Lem,

I love the rich blacks you have in those shots in the book, something I hardly ever accomplish. Most of the time my blacks look like real dark greys with some white specs in them.

Did you have negatives that have those same blacks already, or is this from the offset printing as well? In books I always do see those rich blacks...

Care 2 share?

buzzardkid · 08-30-2012

Lem,

those slightly more grey shots I saw too and I like them but the dark blacks really got to me. What film do you generally use? Still Tri-X?

This was all Leica shots, right? Or did you use other camera's too?

LChanyungco · 08-31-2012

yessir mostly Tri-X, in my M3 and M6 with 50mm and 35mm lenses and a 28mm Ricoh GR1s.

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Lem,

Still Tri-X?
This was all Leica shots, right? Or did you use other camera's too?

buzzardkid · 09-01-2012

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Originally Posted by LChanyungco

yessir mostly Tri-X, in my M3 and M6 with 50mm and 35mm lenses and a 28mm Ricoh GR1s.

Those two camera's of yours with only a 35 and a 50 made me decide that I really could do with much less gear and as a result I now only own 21-35-50-85, one of each.

All other stuff I sold and invested in travel and in a Rolleiflex!

LChanyungco · 09-10-2012

I would like to thank everyone that has ordered a copy of my book. Your support makes it all worthwhile !

dasuess · 09-12-2012

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Originally Posted by LChanyungco

i really appreciate the support David !

Just got it today... Arrived in great shape. I am very impressed with images and the quality of the printing. Congrats on a great book.

boomguy57 · 09-14-2012

Wow...fantastic. I'm pleased for this on several levels. First, as an American that grew up in Berlin for 8 years, I have a soft spot for the city. As an RFFer, I have a soft spot for rangefinders and analog photography

It's also encouraging to see someone selling some books. Thus far I have only done mine via blurb, but I envision that being the first step to getting them printed and selling via my website. However, I'm never sure what kind of a reception I'd get. Finding constructive critiques is difficult online and I'm never sure if the lack of responses is due to apathy, dislike of my work, or what. So that's good to see.

I took a quick look at the website, and I'll order a copy when I get home tonight. If nothing else, I like to support fellow amateurs (and RFFers) who are getting their work out there. I know how much work it takes to put a book together.