
My Mom Wants to Go Back Home
- Publisher
- Jap Sam Books
- Year
- 2024
- ISBN
- 9789493329072
- Specifications
- Hardcover
216 pages
21 x 27 cm
Image editors: Hanna Hrabarska, Edwin van Gelder
Text editors: Michiel Schwarz, Eleonoor Jap Sam
Design by Mainstudio
A documentary diary. Together with her mother, the artist fled a war to find a temporary home abroad. The book is a journey: in the beginning it runs across borders, countries and cities, later it extends inwards, into a landscape of thoughts, feelings and emotions. Through the lens, the photographer captures the story of a parent forced to leave home in the face of conflict. Since the beginning of the journey, images were taken of her mother throughout, everything seeming so surreal that she wanted proof it was actually happening: the process of taking photos also served as a distraction and gave a sense of control amid chaos and uncertainty.