{"id":60793,"date":"2025-09-25T08:49:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/?post_type=pbauthor&#038;p=60793"},"modified":"2025-09-25T11:39:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T16:39:46","slug":"ryan-spencer","status":"publish","type":"pbauthor","link":"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/author\/ryan-spencer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Spencer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Spencer is a photographer, producer and photo book editor based in New York. <a href=\"https:\/\/tbwbooks.com\/products\/there-is-no-light-in-the-tunnel-because-the-tunnel-is-made-of-light\"><em>There Is No Light at the End of the Tunnel Because the Tunnel Is Made of Light<\/em><\/a>\u00a0was published in March 2024 by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tbwbooks.com\/\">TBW Books<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0shortlisted for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rencontres-arles.com\/en\/prix-du-livre\/\">Rencontres d&#8217;Arles Photo-Text Book Award<\/a>. 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