The art of
the ephemeral.
A fictional 124-page monograph on the life and work of American photographer Francesca Woodman. The book explores her practice through two distinct lenses: biography and photographic work, each divided into chapters tracing her stages and recurring themes.
The physical object is a 270 × 320 mm hardcover, bound in printed cloth with the title embossed and finished with two-colour spot varnish. Sewn paperback binding and 170 gsm paper complete the production specification.
Editorial rigour,
photographic soul.
The typographic system balances classical serif display type with clean text settings, creating space for Woodman's photographs to breathe across the page. A three-colour palette — near-black, deep green, and warm stone — signals the book's two distinct sections.
Full-bleed image spreads alternate with text-heavy layouts, mirroring the tension in Woodman's own work between body and space, presence and disappearance.
Colour system
Object as
artefact.
The production specification was designed to feel as carefully considered as the interior: cloth-bound cover with embossed title, spot UV varnish in two colours, sewn paperback binding, and heavyweight 170 gsm paper stock throughout.
Every material decision reinforces the book's central argument — that Woodman's ephemeral photographs deserve a permanent, physical home.
