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Build and be rebuilt
This book describes the experience of the Bosnian refugee community in St. Louis, utilizing hand-printed imagery and excerpts from conversations held with three young Bosnian immigrants. The book begins with a brief history of the war and genocide in…
Tracing the River Des Peres
Physical Description - Folded map inside hand-made case. Thread and ink on Japanese hand-made paper.
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Voyage(r) : a tourist map to Japan
Title Description - In this diary-like artist’s book, Sligh recounts a recent trip to Japan through a thoughtfully constructed montage of photography, texts, and details of abstract, gestural paintings. In personal and poetic musings, the…
We spy USA
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The wasted city
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Do you think about the war?
Physical Description - Methods used in binding / printing: Post Cards: Perfect bound / Laser Jet. Materials used: Card stock, photo paper, binding glue
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Song of the thrush
Title Description - Longtime influential book artist Telfer Stokes was inspired to create this book after a recent visit to India. Really two books in one the first is a selection of colorful, glossy photographic scenes that evoke tourism and…
8 minutes
Title Description - 8 Minutes is the most recent release from Telfer Stokes' Weproductions, a press dedicated to the exploration of the book form to structure visual narrative. The title refers to the time it takes light from the sun to reach Earth.…
Real fiction : an inquiry into the bookeresque
Title Description - Black and white photography and graphic text in comparative study of book construction, household interiors, and mental spaces taking as a starting point the incongruous space and shadows made by the open pages of the book. 29…