About

Founded in January 2009 by Shane Lavalette, Lay Flat is an independent imprint that specializes in unique, small-run and limited edition photography books and multiples. We work collaboratively with both emerging and established artists to create books that both express a vision and exist as artful objects in themselves. In addition to artist books, we also produce the journal of the same name – a publication devoted to the synthesis of contemporary photography and writing in which each issue is assembled by Lavalette along with an invited guest editor.

The first artist book from Lay Flat will be released in Summer 2010.

Contact

For general inquiries or to request press materials, please write to hello [at] layflat.org.

Publishing Program

We are currently accepting photographic submissions to be considered for our pubishing program. Please do not submit via e-mail, as we only review physical mock-ups and sequenced prints (11 x 14 in. or smaller). Submissions may be sent to:

Lay Flat
ATTN: Publishing Program
109 Orchard St. #1
Somerville, MA 02144
USA

Writers

We are seeking writers for future issues of Lay Flat. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis by sending an example of your writing (either a PDF or Word .doc) and a brief biography or resumé to words [at] layflat.org.