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This program is a sustained, private 1-on-1 project incubator led directly by Ephemere founder, curator, and publisher Anne Murayama. Open to visual storytellers across all photographic genres and stages of the bookmaking journey, this mentorship does not impose a generic syllabus or require a finished dummy on day one. Instead, we meet your body of work exactly where it stands—whether you are untangling a raw, sprawling archive, refining a complex visual narrative, or translating loose photographs into a cohesive book structure.
Program Structure & Investment
3-Month Incubation ($1,500.00 USD): All new participants begin here, receiving 15 contact hours structured as two 2.5-hour sessions per month across six meetings. Sessions adapt dynamically from conceptual distillation and radical culling to rhythmic sequencing, layout drafting, and statement writing.
Targeted Offline Tasks: Between video calls, we assign practical exercises—such as printing proof sheets, cutting working paper mockups, or refining digital spreads—to review together on screen.
Optional Extensions: Active mentees needing supplemental time may continue through a 1-Month Continuation ($500.00 USD / 2 sessions) or a targeted 1-Session Add-On ($275.00 USD / 2.5 hours) for pre-press checks, grant reviews, or urgent deadlines.
Schedule & Undivided Focus
Strict 3-Mentee Cap: To guarantee deep offline review and undivided attention, enrollment is open on a first-come, first-served basis to a maximum of three active mentees at a time.
One Mentee Per Day: Your 2.5-hour sessions are scheduled on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays within a 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM JST window. To ensure complete editorial focus, we never schedule more than one mentee on a given day.
Our Publishing Pathway
Because Ephemere no longer accepts unsolicited book proposals, our Online and In-Person Mentorships serve as our primary editorial incubator for discovering new titles. While the program emphasizes independent artistic development with no guarantee of publication, exceptional bodies of work that reach full conceptual and production readiness during mentorship may be invited for fully-funded solo publication under the Ephemere imprint.
This program is a sustained, private 1-on-1 project incubator led directly by Ephemere founder, curator, and publisher Anne Murayama. Open to visual storytellers across all photographic genres and stages of the bookmaking journey, this mentorship does not impose a generic syllabus or require a finished dummy on day one. Instead, we meet your body of work exactly where it stands—whether you are untangling a raw, sprawling archive, refining a complex visual narrative, or translating loose photographs into a cohesive book structure.
Program Structure & Investment
3-Month Incubation ($1,500.00 USD): All new participants begin here, receiving 15 contact hours structured as two 2.5-hour sessions per month across six meetings. Sessions adapt dynamically from conceptual distillation and radical culling to rhythmic sequencing, layout drafting, and statement writing.
Targeted Offline Tasks: Between video calls, we assign practical exercises—such as printing proof sheets, cutting working paper mockups, or refining digital spreads—to review together on screen.
Optional Extensions: Active mentees needing supplemental time may continue through a 1-Month Continuation ($500.00 USD / 2 sessions) or a targeted 1-Session Add-On ($275.00 USD / 2.5 hours) for pre-press checks, grant reviews, or urgent deadlines.
Schedule & Undivided Focus
Strict 3-Mentee Cap: To guarantee deep offline review and undivided attention, enrollment is open on a first-come, first-served basis to a maximum of three active mentees at a time.
One Mentee Per Day: Your 2.5-hour sessions are scheduled on Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays within a 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM JST window. To ensure complete editorial focus, we never schedule more than one mentee on a given day.
Our Publishing Pathway
Because Ephemere no longer accepts unsolicited book proposals, our Online and In-Person Mentorships serve as our primary editorial incubator for discovering new titles. While the program emphasizes independent artistic development with no guarantee of publication, exceptional bodies of work that reach full conceptual and production readiness during mentorship may be invited for fully-funded solo publication under the Ephemere imprint.
