Spring 2025
Series: Time, Digital photographs
Digital book layout for TIME, with black text designed to be laser-cut
TIME, 4.5" x 6.5", Hand-bound photography book with digital photographs printed on matte paper and laser-cutting elements, wrapped in unprimed cotton canvas
TIME
It is a hand-bound photography book in the size of 4.5 by 6.5 inches. Digital photographs are printed on matte paper, hand-bound using French stitch binding, and wrapped in unprimed cotton canvas. Laser cutting is incorporated as part of the design. The book embodies the abstract concept of time, inviting the reader to complete the work with me through their unintentional reading behavior.
Everyone has a different understanding of time and what it means to them. To leave space for personal reflection, I chose to embed the photographs in white pages, minimize the use of text, and leave the cover blank with the raw texture of the unprimed canvas. The laser-cut “TIME” throughout the pages already subtly suggests the theme. Inside, four quotes about time are carved into the pages using laser cutting. Through these cutouts, the photographs on the following pages are partially revealed. Each quote is divided into two parts—one readable on the page, the other reversed and only readable on the next page—creating a delicate and intricate visual layering.
Before planning this book, I spent days wandering around, and the camera in my hands froze a moment, a scene, or a mood, in every click of the shutter, for every hit of light. Day by day, people drifted by, things faded away, and I wondered what would stay. These captured photographs were printed and hand-bound into this book, inviting the reader into a quiet, intimate experience where they could witness a form of change. As readers flip through the pages, light enters through laser-cut apertures and lands on the light-sensitive paper beneath, not only echoing the act of photographing, but also embodying the reader’s unseeable experience and the passage of time into a tangible imprint.
Through this book, I try to reach for what is out of grasp, hold onto what slips away, and reveal what might have remained unseen—a fleeting moment of day, a careless gaze, a gentle touch of paper……
After all, we don’t talk about time—for time itself has already said it all.
Theme: Dream, Digital composite of two photographs
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