Book Details:

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Winner of Les Rencontres d’Arles Photo-Text Book Award 2023

“This is a remarkable book that plumbs the depths of memory and the building blocks of identity. It is a gem. It’ll suck you in and is a profound excavation of what it means to be human, pitfalls, elation, misery and sadness combined.” – The Washington Post

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In this photo book, Salih Basheer collects the few memories he has of his parents, who passed away when he was three years old. These memories, seen from a child’s perspective are presented in a mix of images, writing, self-portraits, and drawings, as fragments of a lost childhood. The book is Salih’s visual process of learning more about his parents and himself and serves as a method of healing from personal trauma.

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• Limited Special Edition also available with a signed print

 

• Pocket-sized linen-bound hardback with tipped-in image

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• 11,5 × 16 cm

 

• 112 pages

 

• 46 monochrome and colour plates

 

• Text by Salih Basheer

 

• Language: English and Arabic

 

• Edition of 700

 

• ISBN 978-87-973526-3-2

 

• Printed in Denmark by Narayana Press

 

• Published 27 January 2023

Press:

 

• De Standaard

• Fisheye Magazine

• Lenscratch

• The Eye of Photography

• The Washington Post

• British Journal of Photography

• PhMuseum (Colin Pantall)

• Video flipthrough by Tipi Bookshop

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Grants & Awards:

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• Winner of Les Rencontres d’Arles Photo-Text Book Award 2023

• W. Eugene Smith Grant

• Everyday Projects Grant

• AFAC Visual Arts Grants

• Tasweer – Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Award

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Price €60
 

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