The Turtle and the Monk
- Publisher
- self published
- Year
- 2025
- ISBN
- 978-90-820761-6-5
- Specifications
- 1 soft cover book in a book with a wooden cover
1:163 x 123 mm 2: 324 x 245 mm
Pages: 1: 98, 2: 310
Limited edition of 425 copies
Discover the Turtle and the Monk by the Dutch visual artist and photographer Anaïs López which follows the true fairy tale of her search for the golden turtle Kami, the goddess of the Kamo river. A layered story about mourning, the human urge to control nature and the magic of imagination.
The limited edition artist's book is designed in collaboration with renowned designer Teun van der Heijden and expertly printed by RobStolk. This extraordinary bilingual edition (English & Japanese) blends photography, gyotaku prints, and photopolymer etchings by Anaïs López with delicate ink drawings by Japanese artist Niwa Yuta.