Salon #75 — João Pina and Jesper Haynes at Center for Book Arts

Please join 10×10 Photobooks for a Salon with João Pina and Jesper Haynes.

João Pina is a freelance photographer born in Portugal. He began working as a professional photographer at eighteen and graduated from the International Center of Photography program in 2005. Pina’s photographs have been published in The New York Times, the New Yorker, Stern, Time, and Visão, among others.

Pina has published numerous books, including Por Teu Livre Pensamento (2007), featuring the stories of former Portuguese political prisoners; CONDOR (2014), an exploration of the remnants of Operation Condor, a large-scale secret military operation to eliminate political opposition to the military dictatorships in South America during the 1970s; and 46750 (2018), which focuses on the ongoing urban violence in Rio de Janeiro and the city’s transformation over the past decade while preparing for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. Tarrafal (2024), his most recent book presents a dialogue with his grandfather, a political prisoner, along with the only images made inside the Tarrafal concentration camp, nicknamed the “slow death camp.”

Jesper Haynes is an American-Swedish photographer known for capturing urban life and intimate moments over decades. He has published fifteen books and zines and exhibited his work globally in cities like New York, Bangkok, Stockholm and Tokyo. Haynes has also worked on collaborations with the fashion brand Chanel.

In 1986, Jesper moved to an apartment on the corner of St. Marks and First Avenue. It was above the St. Mark’s Bar & Grill where the Rolling Stones had just filmed the video for “Waiting on a Friend.” His home for twenty years, the apartment is the backdrop for much of his photography during this period, and is compiled in his book St. Marks 1986-2006 (2015). His recent eponymous book Jesper Haynes (2022) also presents a collection of images from the 1980s to the present, including his projects: New York Darkroom; Haynesville; Gig; Brooklyn 11211; Shibuya Scramble; and Bangkok 2020/21.