zug press is an artist collective focused on independent publishing founded by Zhu Gaocanyue and Zuya Yang and based in Brooklyn, NY, Providence, RI and Hong Kong.

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Past Book Fairs

December 13-15, 2025 | New York
✾ Pioneer Works



November 14-16, 2025 | Seoul, Korea
✾ Unlimited Edition 17 - Seoul Art Book Fair 2025



October 11, 2025 | New York
✾ New York Queer Zine Fair




October 2-5, 2025 | New York
✾ ICP Photo Book Fest 2025



April 26-27, 2025 | New York
✾ Other Islands Book Fair (Pratt)



April 5, 2025
✾ Unbound Art Book Fair (RISD) | Rhode Island



Feb 21—23, 2025

 ✾ Jersey Art Book Fair 2025 | New Jersey



February 1-2, 2025
 ✾ Land to Sea, Lunar New Year Market | New York



December 19, 2024
 ✾ The International Center of Photography, Free Third Thursday x Late Night ICP Holiday Market, at Chinatown Basketball Club’s table | New York



December 7–8, 2024

✾ Pioneer Works, Press Play | New York



October 19, 2024
✾ The International Center of Photography (ICP), Nifty Fifty, at Chinatown Basketball Club’s table | New York



October 19–20, 2024

 ✾ 9th Singapore International Photography Festival, Photo Market | New York



October 13, 2024
 ✾ CBC 3x3 Autumn Classic Tournament Mini Market | New York







Obscurities 使者的云

 Obscurities is a collaboration between photographer Vera Xia (Bard 21’) and poet Yeo Meng (Harvard 21’). Both were born and raised in China, and studied in the U.S., the shared transcultural experiences and poetic sensibility toward the ever-changing world induced this pocket artist book. In Obscurities, COVID-19 epidemic, cross-nation travel, identity crisis, youth culture, political disillusionment, queer bodies build a bridge between Beijing and the East Coast. Both poetry and photography are ways of opening up the imagination and emotions; the poetry in the book does not point to photography, and vice versa. In this book, you may see a parallel universe created by photography, book design, material, and words.

Artists: Vera Xia, Yao MENG, Cao Yi

Color Offset Photo Book

Distributed by zug press in United States