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“My mom thinks we would have been best friends. She says that I look like you and that you would understand me like no one else could. Not even she herself. She sees you in me. And I find that impressive, as we have never met. I will never know how you are. I will never hear your voice or touch your skin. I will never have the relationship with you that my mom describes. Yet still I feel connected to you, and that’s something beautiful.”
‘I know you from the photo that is in my room’ is a handmade book that tributes my grandmother. I put together the pieces of a puzzle, trying to get closer to a woman I have never met before as she died at the age of 43.She was a true pioneer. In her work as a model where she advocated unconventional models, in raising a child with down syndrome in the 70’s, in her norms and values, in her ideals. She loved to write, make poetry and photobooks and collect everything that crossed her path. This book is made of all she left behind.With help and mentorship of Jeroen Kummer and Raimond Wouda.48 pages of EOS 2.0 120gr creme paper. Handbound with a kettle stitch and a Swiss bound biotop softcover.
