A Special Photobook Night with Curran Hatleberg

Join us on Tuesday, December 9th, at 6:00 PM PST for a special evening at Leica Store San Francisco!

We are honored to welcome photographer Curran Hatleberg, joined in conversation by publisher Paul Schiek, as we celebrate the release of Hatleberg’s new photobook Blood Green and the second edtion of his debut monograph Lost Coast. Known for his lyrical and deeply immersive approach to photographing the American landscape, Hatleberg creates images that unfold with the quiet force of lived experience—moments where tenderness, tension, and everyday wonder converge.

His latest monograph, Blood Green, is conceived as a coda to the artist’s acclaimed 2022 monograph, River’s Dream. Blood Green offers an alternate vision—less an outtake than a parallel dream, a shadow of the original, expanding on the darker themes of contemporary American life.

The evening will feature a conversation between Curran Hatleberg and TBW Books founder Paul Schiek, exploring the evolution of the project, their collaborative process, and Hatleberg’s broader approach to storytelling through photographs. Guests will also have the opportunity to purchase and have the book signed, participate in a Q&A, and connect with both the artist and publisher.

Don’t miss this chance to hear two influential voices in contemporary photography discuss the craft, process, and poetry of bookmaking.

* RSVP is required; seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. The conversation will begin at 6:30 PM, followed by a book signing with Curran Hatleberg.

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Where: Leica Store San Francisco, 463 Bush St, San Francisco.

When: Tuesday, December 9th, 2025. 6:00 – 8:00 PM PT. Artist talk starts at 6:30 PM

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(left: Curran Hatleberg; right: Paul Schiek)

is a photographer based in Baltimore, MD. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including recent exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the High Museum, MASS MoCA, the International Center of Photography and Higher Pictures. In 2019, Hatleberg was featured in the Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art. His works are held in numerous public collections, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, SFMoMA, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the High Museum of Art. Hatleberg is the recipient of a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2020 Maryland State Arts Council Grant, a 2015 Magnum Emergency Fund grant, and an 2014 Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship grant.

Lost Coast, his first monograph, was released by TBW Books in Fall 2016 (second edtion in 2025), and his second monograph, River’s Dream, was published by TBW Books in 2022. His third monograph with TBW Books, Blood Green, is coming in Winter 2025.

Hatleberg has taught photography at numerous institutions, including Cooper Union and Yale University where he is currently a visiting critic in photography. He holds a BA in painting from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an MFA in photography from Yale University.

is a photographer, editor, and publisher based in Oakland, California. Born in 1977 in Fond du Lac, WI, he received his BFA in Photography from California College of the Arts in 2005. In 2006, he founded , an independent publishing imprint known for its rigorously edited, collaboratively produced photobooks and its influential Annual Series.

Rooted in a hands-on, material-driven approach shaped by both DIY culture and traditional craft, Schiek’s publishing practice emphasizes close collaboration with artists on sequencing, design, and production. His work with TBW Books has helped shape contemporary photobook culture by championing thoughtful, accessible, and finely produced editions.

In 2023, TBW Books launched , an artist retreat in Mexico, expanding the imprint’s mission into education, community building, and immersive artistic development.

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Curran Hatleberg, Blood Green(TBW Books, 2025)

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Curran Hatleberg, Lost Coast (Second Edition, TBW Books, 2025)

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