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  • Colin Stearns

    Associate Professor of Photography

    Email
    colinstearns@newschool.edu

    Office Location
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    Colin Stearns

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    Colin Stearns is an Associate Professor of Photography at Parsons School of Design. Stearns is also a 2024-25 Fellow at the Graduate Institute of Design, Ethnography and Social Thought (GIDEST) at The New School. He is a photographer that is dedicated to the form of the photo-book. Stearns has authored photo-books published by RITA BOOKS (2015) and KGP+ (2017). In 2018, he began self-publishing his work to explore publishing as an art form. In 2021, he founded Nonlinear Books, an experimental publishing venture aimed at advancing the form, function, and language of the photobook. The primary focus of Nonlinear Books is addressing issues surrounding race, patriarchy, and disenfranchisement. A central tenet of this initiative is ensuring affordability for all, while also prioritizing support for underrepresented photobook makers. 
     

    Stearns's photo-books are included in collections at prominent institutions such as The International Center of Photography Library, The New York Public Library, The New School Library, Ronald Feldman Gallery, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, The Sloane Art Library at the University of North Carolina, and the Hellenic Centre for Photography in Athens, Greece. Nonlinear Books has participated in book fairs France Photobook at Arles, France, PolyCopies in Paris, France, New York Art Book Fair/ Printed Matter and AIPAD. 

     

     

    Portfolio

    Website: nonlinearbooks

    Instagram: nonlinearbooks

    Future Courses

    Contemporary Photo Books
    PSAM 4805, Fall 2025

    Core Studio: Thesis 1
    PUPH 4100, Fall 2025

    Past Courses

    Core Studio 1:Analog Practices
    PUPH 2100, Fall 2024

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