
You Breathe from a Garden in Your Neck
- Publisher
- Fw:Books
- Year
- 2016
- ISBN
- 978-94-90119-44-7
- Specifications
- Hardcover
8x10 inch (21 x 26.2 cm)
144 pages
Design Hans Gremmen
Text by Raymond Frenken
Best Dutch Book Design 2016 (student panel)
You Breathe from a Garden in Your Neck is a book which uses photography to get a grip on something which is lost. In 2011 Judith's best friend Mieke passed away; they shared a studio with a garden in Amsterdam Oost. After her death Judith came into possession of Mieke's analogue Cambo 8x10 inch camera, which had a technical malfunction causing tiny holes to add an uncontrollable amount of light to the projection. The result is a collection of photographs showing all the flowers, but through the light flares on the negative the camera itself is also present. From 2011 to 2015 the artist photographed roses in their shared studio garden with this damaged camera. The book is printed on the exact same size as the large format negatives: 8x10 inch.