A multi-faceted project by a photographer and filmmaker that reimagines the children's alphabet book as a surrealist celebration, with costumes by a set designer and an accompanying short film and touring live performance in which each letter is embodied by an animal and a performer chosen for that embodiment. This first volume is a more traditional monograph, while a second is designed for children to work into, collage with, and remake. Drawing on a photographic tradition that runs through Saul Leiter, Shoji Ueda, August Sander, and Man Ray, the photographer's chiaroscuro, framing, and exposure uncover the surreal and the sensual within everyday life, a sensibility shaped by an early, self-taught apprenticeship on platforms like Flickr and Tumblr.