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SoFoBoMo is short for Solo Photo Book Month - a group event where a bunch of photographers all make solo photo books start to finish in 31 days.

SoFoBoMo 2010 ran from 1st June to 31st July.

Learn ABOUT THE PROJECT Read COMPLETED BOOKS

SoFoBoMo 2010 has finished. 417 people took part. 137 books were completed.

31 days, 35 photos, 1 pdf

FEATURED BOOK FROM 2010

Arches of Sorrento by Pandora Millington-Sings An exploration of the variety of arches used in architecture and design in Sorrento, a town in southern Italy. View Book »

OFFICIAL BLOG

SoFoBoMo 2010 is over

Well done to everybody and many thanks to all the volunteers. There is a feedback thread in the forums here. Don't forget to look at some of the completed books now that you've got the time :-) Keep your login details for 2011!

Posted by Colin Jago on Sun 01 of Aug., 2010

Using a word processor to create your SoFoBoMo book

We've put some notes online about how to make a SoFoBoMo book using a word processor. Many successful SoFoBoMo books have been made this way - no specialist design software needed. The notes are here.

Posted by Colin Jago on Fri 18 of June, 2010

SoFoBoMo is Go!

It is now 06:00 in S.E. Asia, and SoFoBoMo has officially started here. Europe is just going live. London in an hour. Yes, SoFoBoMo runs in local time, although the official countdown on the home page is linked to GMT. As the timezones pass into 1st June, the World slowly goes live. But you don't have to start right away, just so long as you finish and submit by 23:59 on 31st July and don't take more than 31 consecutive days. That also means, to take full advantage of the 31 day window, you have until this time on 1st July to start (starting later than that is OK, but you'll have less time to finish). We're not going to track everyone's timing, we're on the honour system here but if you cheat, you'll be cheating yourself and everyone else who takes part. We also encourage participants to join the discussion on the forums - while the submission is a solo project, this is a community event. Good luck!

Posted by Martin Doonan on Mon 31 of May, 2010

Maps and books and names

Account management is now live. Behind that modest sounding announcement there is a whole bunch of improvements to the site. You can now name your 2010 project. You can commit to when you are going to do it. You can put your pin in the map. You can more easily add your real name. You can select your avatar and your flag. And you can do all the stuff you'd expect to be able to do like manage email addresses and timezones. Log on and select 'your account' or the 'manage your account' button and away you go.

Posted by Colin Jago on Mon 24 of May, 2010

Some help in planning

The start date for SoFoBoMo is rapidly approaching but there are things you can be doing now to make it easier for the event. Check out our guide to preparing for SoFoBoMo over at the Resources section.

Posted by Martin Doonan on Sun 16 of May, 2010