Momento Photo Books closes doors

Momento Photo Books, the Sydney-based photo book publishing company, is to close after 20 years in business.

The company confirmed it had gone into liquidation in a Facebook post last night.

"Despite every effort to keep the business alive, economic conditions of the last few years sealed our fate," the company wrote in the Facebook post confirming the closure. 

Founded in 2004, Momento was the first personalised photo book company in Australia and New Zealand, with the company highly regarded for its photo books and publishing expertise. It had two arms - Momento and Momento Pro. 

In 2019, the company won the graphic arts industry’s highest honour - considered the Academy Awards of the print world - the Premier Print Awards James H. Mayes Jr. Memorial ‘Best of Show’ prize, for a collector’s edition art book, Middlehurst | Middle Earth, by Australian landscape photographer Peter Eastway.

Beyond this, the company's achievements were substantial - it co-founded the first photo book festivals in Australia and New Zealand, contributed to the preservation of 52 antipodean photo books in the UK's Tate Gallery, supported the launch of hundreds of self-published books, and established programs to assist students and camera club members.

Momento also won hundreds of print awards globally, cementing its place as the company for photo book publishing in the region.

According to the Facebook post, clients with current orders and outstanding business with Momento should contact the liquidator, PKF, directly. 

Our thoughts are with the Momento team. We've reached out to them for comment.