The Melbourne Independent Photography Festival (IPF) opens this Saturday 2 November. The festival is a celebration of independent photography and features a series of talks, workshops, exhibitions including a hands-on photo book making workshop this Sunday with some of Melbourne most exciting young photographers.

Another  festival highlight is a Photobook and Zine Fair on Saturday 9 November, featuring Australia's most exciting photo book producers - from high-end perfect bound coffee table books, to $2 BW saddle-stitched zines, and everything in between. If you want to find out whats happening in photography in Melbourne - get along to this. You can also submit your own photo books to the Asia-Pacific Photobook Archive at this event.

Image from Independent Photography Festival website

From the organisers:

'While we’re eternally grateful to The Internet for the infinite platform it gives us to connect, collaborate and communicate, we feel that for too long our altogether analogue, manual and physical practice has been confined to blogs, tumblrs and dedicated websites. IPF hopes to bring together the living, breathing artists and creatives who make up our inclusive but nowadays very screen-based discipline. The program introduces hard-working, autonomous, passionate, and progressive photographers who are creating for the love of shooting and shooting for the love of creating.'

Check out the website for full program details.