SIDE LEAN
Suridh HassanNotes on making books, and the art, objects and scenes that shape them.
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Sunday Session #5
We’re properly into that in-between bit of the year now.
Not quite summer, but definitely past the worst of it. Things feel a bit lighter, it’s a good time to get some work done without it feeling like too much of a grind. London is sti...
A Long Habit of Photographing Graffiti and Street Art
BANKSY in Soho, London with EINE visible too. I’m not sure what happened to OWED or BONS, but I think this was August 2001 and the piece stayed up for many years.
It started as an interest, not a plan.
I’ve got photos from the 90s in...
Sunday Session #4
Easter already feels like a long time ago.
Back into the rhythm now. A few days at Somerset House, a few at home, and the usual pace settling in again.
My son is back at school and, without really noticing it, I think I’m still running...
What Filmmaking Taught Me About Making Books
I didn’t come into books through publishing in the traditional sense. For a long time, they sat as a strange side hustle alongside my main job running a small production studio making documentary films, commercials and music videos. Documen...
Sunday Session #3
Just back from Andalucía, my first proper break of the year.
Slower mornings, good light, some decent food, and the familiar holiday idea that I might somehow finish a book while travelling with a child.
A few things that have caught...
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Publisher + author: Rackgaki, Graffiti Asia, and 20+ titles across the best-selling Stickerbomb series. TRUE WORLD SKATE out in 2026. Award-winning documentary filmmaker. Writing my first novel.
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