Vapour Momenta Books is the pocket-
sized publishing arm of photographer and artist Bruce Connew and designer/
typographer Catherine Griffiths. The website displays our artist books, along with other titles of interest to us, and maybe you, as well as the odd snippet of news that involves our work. Follow Catherine on twitter

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I Must Behave / I Saw You / Stopover / Muttonbirds – part of a story / On the way to an ambush / *Limited edition artist books

btw ... Stopover was nominated in the 2008 D&AD Awards under Entire Books category / Jury: Irma Boom (Jury Foreman), Phil Baines, Nick Bell, Gareth Howat, Piotr Karczewski, Chip Kidd, Amanda Renshaw / Included in Eye magazine under Books Received / Awarded a silver at New Zealand’s BEST Design Awards in 2007

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Designed by Catherine Griffiths, A Short History of Photography by Harvey Benge with Gerry Badger, recently won Best Cover at New Zealand’s book design awards

 

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AWARDED
PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris, Bruce Connew was awarded 3rd prize in the PX3 2010 Competition: Books, Fine Art category >> VIEW / PRESS RELEASE / BUY

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I Saw You

SURVEILLANCE I Saw You is the first in the series of three artist books, observing social behaviour and control. A 52-image surveillance series, this pocket-sized beauty precedes the exquisite and unsettling I Must Behave, a sideways glance at behaviour. BUY ONLINE
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Matea has 220 friends

BOOK SIGNING at Paris Photo with Slavica Perkovic: artist book Matea has 220 friends, designed by Vier5; and Bruce Connew: artist book I Must Behave, designed by Catherine Griffiths, at 14h, Saturday November 21, 2009 / Schaden.com bookstore / PARIS PHOTO / CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE / PARIS
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ARRIVED! I Must Behave / by Bruce Connew / A sideways glance at behaviour / 2nd in the series, published by Vapour Momenta Books, June 2009 / printed in Verona / NZ$85 / BUY ONLINE
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EXHIBITION I Must Behave was first exhibited in full at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery June-August 2009, along with Mark Adams and John Miller (Photo HiStories curated by Mercedes Vicente)
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LISTEN to Bruce Connew: images and censors / an interview with Kim Hill, Radio NZ
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in support ...

BOOK Joseph Churchward / A new publication presenting an overview of the work of Samoan-born New Zealand-based alphabet and advertising designer Joseph Churchward [1932]/ Edited and designed by David Bennewith / NZ$140 / available from Clouds
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BOOK For the record / TypeSHED11 programme / edited and designed by Catherine Griffiths / NZ$25 / available from endemicworld
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