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This program is a private, intensive working day in Tokyo created for visiting photographers and Japan-based artists seeking tactile, hands-on collaboration directly with Anne Murayama. While digital screens are practical for early drafting, a photobook is fundamentally a physical object experienced through weight, texture, scale, and pace. Working side by side with Anne in central Tokyo removes the screen barrier entirely, allowing you to lay out physical work prints across wide tables, step back to evaluate rhythm across space, and make immediate, instinctive editorial choices that cannot be replicated remotely.
Over six dedicated hours (typically 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM JST), the working day is customized around your project’s immediate needs. For early-stage work, the session can focus on tabletop print curation, pruning an archive to its narrative core, and testing sequence flows. If your edit is already established, time can shift toward tactile dummy engineering: folding paper signatures, testing scale, experimenting with cover mechanics, or troubleshooting layout pacing. Depending on your goals, Anne can also incorporate guided excursions—introducing you to Tokyo paper merchants, specialty binderies, or photobook hubs to source materials directly.
Sessions operate on rolling dates throughout the year and are hosted exclusively on Tuesdays and Thursdays to preserve calendar focus. The mentorship can be booked as a Single-Day Focus ($480 / 6 hrs), a Two-Day Intensive ($900 / 12 hrs), or a Three-Day Immersion ($1,300 / 18 hrs). The fee covers Anne’s private mentorship, custom roadmap planning, and private workspace coordination. Personal transit, meals, and specialized dummy papers remain the mentee's responsibility. Because each date is reserved exclusively, admission is by application only. Mature dummies may also be considered by Anne for release under the Ephemere imprint.
This program is a private, intensive working day in Tokyo created for visiting photographers and Japan-based artists seeking tactile, hands-on collaboration directly with Anne Murayama. While digital screens are practical for early drafting, a photobook is fundamentally a physical object experienced through weight, texture, scale, and pace. Working side by side with Anne in central Tokyo removes the screen barrier entirely, allowing you to lay out physical work prints across wide tables, step back to evaluate rhythm across space, and make immediate, instinctive editorial choices that cannot be replicated remotely.
Over six dedicated hours (typically 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM JST), the working day is customized around your project’s immediate needs. For early-stage work, the session can focus on tabletop print curation, pruning an archive to its narrative core, and testing sequence flows. If your edit is already established, time can shift toward tactile dummy engineering: folding paper signatures, testing scale, experimenting with cover mechanics, or troubleshooting layout pacing. Depending on your goals, Anne can also incorporate guided excursions—introducing you to Tokyo paper merchants, specialty binderies, or photobook hubs to source materials directly.
Sessions operate on rolling dates throughout the year and are hosted exclusively on Tuesdays and Thursdays to preserve calendar focus. The mentorship can be booked as a Single-Day Focus ($480 / 6 hrs), a Two-Day Intensive ($900 / 12 hrs), or a Three-Day Immersion ($1,300 / 18 hrs). The fee covers Anne’s private mentorship, custom roadmap planning, and private workspace coordination. Personal transit, meals, and specialized dummy papers remain the mentee's responsibility. Because each date is reserved exclusively, admission is by application only. Mature dummies may also be considered by Anne for release under the Ephemere imprint.