DARIUS D. HIMES
UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL SERIES
Publish Your Photography Book
(Co-Faculty)
Based in New York City, Darius D. Himes @dariushimes oversees a global team producing auctions and exhibition as the International Head of Photographs for famed auction house Christie’s since 2014. During his time at Christie’s, Himes has interviewed separately both Sir Elton John and Richard Gere about their love of photography along with public interviews of Hiroshi Sugimoto, Mona Kuhn, Todd Hido, and Bruce Davidson. The sale of Justin Aversano’s Twin Flames NFT in October 2021 was a first for any auction house dealing in photographic NFTs.
Prior to joining Christie’s, Himes was director of Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco from 2011–2014, working closely with their roster of artists and publishing program. In 2007 he co-founded Radius Books, a non-profit publisher of books on photography and the visual arts, where he continues to serve on the Board. While working with artists such as John McCracken and Lee Friedlander, he is most proud of publishing first monographs for over a dozen emerging artists, including Renate Aller, Colleen Plumb, Aaron Huey, Janelle Lynch, Michael Lundgren, Alison Rossiter, and Meghan Riepenhoff.
Himes was also the founding editor of photo-eye Booklist, a quarterly journal devoted to photography books, which was published from 2002–2007. A lecturer and writer, he has contributed to Aperture, The Photobook Review, Blind Spot, Bookforum, FOAM and BOMB.
Himes completed his Master of Arts in Liberal Arts at St. John's College in 2000, and received a BFA in Photography from Arizona State University, having studied under William Jenkins and Bill Jay.
Publish Your Photography Book, co-authored with Mary Virginia Swanson, was released by Princeton Architectural Press in the Spring of 2011, with an updated 2nd edition published in the Spring of 2014, which has now sold out. This 3rd edition, published in 2022, takes artists and photographers through the steps of have a body of work published. With practical worksheets at the back, this volume is key to understanding the publishing industry, from conception to marketing and sales, and is up-to-date for the social media age we live in.
