In 2009 I began producing limited edition handmade photo books combining letterpress printing and photography under my imprint Extant Books.
The Last Night Bus
I planned to release this book in 2013 but I only created the dummy.
Gone Quickly
ISBN 978-0-9843010-1-0
8 by 10 inches (20.3 by 25.4 cm), 36 pages
Published 2010 by Extant Books, Catalog Number EXT2
Edition of 50, signed and numbered
Printed and bound by the artist. Hand set letterpress cover wrapper, title page, poem, and colophon. Inkjet plates. Cover is Magnani Pescia pale blue 300gsm paper. Cover wrapper is Hahnemühle Bugra Butten brick red 130gsm paper. Images are printed on Moab Entrada Rag Bright 190gsm paper. Letterpress printed on Vandercook 325G and Albion Foolscap Folio handpress.
This Is Not My Sky
ISBN 978-0-9843010-0-3
8.5 by 5.5 inches (21.6 by 14 cm), 32 pages
Published 2009 by Extant Books, Catalog Number EXT1
Edition of 50, signed and numbered
In May of 2009 I visited Los Angeles, California for the opening of a group exhibition featuring some of my photographs. The images in This Is Not My Sky were taken in Santa Monica where I stayed during this trip.
Printed and bound by the artist. Hand set letterpress cover, title page, and colophon. Inkjet plates. Cover paper is Crane’s Palette 134 lb. Cover and title page/colophon is Crane’s Palette 80lb Text. Images are printed on Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Double-Sided paper.
