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"'The Middle of Somewhere' is from my ongoing visual family diary, which revolves around my two daughters growing up. After leaving behind my photographic career (and life) in London in 2002, we passed several nomadic years before settling down in a remote part of Australia where this series began.
My work is a celebration of childhood, family life, love and our simplistic lifestyle which intertwines with our environment. As I witness my daughter's transformation—in what feels like the briefest of moments—I'm compelled to preserve something of our time living together." (Sam HARRIS)
"The photo book 'The Middle of Somewhere' is for me an ode to freedom, to the happiness of being together, to carefree youth.
With this book designed by Eva-Maria KUNZ with great attention to detail, Sam HARRIS managed to give his aesthetically very successful family photos something generally valid: a sense of happiness.
Another creative translation of the photographic material than the chosen shape with rounded corners than in a kind of diary barely imaginable.
At 'The Middle of Somewhere' it becomes clear once again how important it is to give photo books an adequate form to best transport the idea of the photographer.
So the love-designed soft cover binding is also a nice haptic experience; Inside, there are surprisingly post-its and seemingly typed notes on a typewriter ... so the viewer is always curious what the next page brings.
Sam HARRIS has achieved an overall very positive, life-affirming book! - Only the worldwide edition of 600 copies will probably have been a bit too small ... " (© Richard G. SPORLEDER)
"'The Middle of Somewhere' is from my ongoing visual family diary, which revolves around my two daughters growing up. After leaving behind my photographic career (and life) in London in 2002, we passed several nomadic years before settling down in a remote part of Australia where this series began.
My work is a celebration of childhood, family life, love and our simplistic lifestyle which intertwines with our environment. As I witness my daughter's transformation—in what feels like the briefest of moments—I'm compelled to preserve something of our time living together." (Sam HARRIS)
"The photo book 'The Middle of Somewhere' is for me an ode to freedom, to the happiness of being together, to carefree youth.
With this book designed by Eva-Maria KUNZ with great attention to detail, Sam HARRIS managed to give his aesthetically very successful family photos something generally valid: a sense of happiness.
Another creative translation of the photographic material than the chosen shape with rounded corners than in a kind of diary barely imaginable.
At 'The Middle of Somewhere' it becomes clear once again how important it is to give photo books an adequate form to best transport the idea of the photographer.
So the love-designed soft cover binding is also a nice haptic experience; Inside, there are surprisingly post-its and seemingly typed notes on a typewriter ... so the viewer is always curious what the next page brings.
Sam HARRIS has achieved an overall very positive, life-affirming book! - Only the worldwide edition of 600 copies will probably have been a bit too small ... " (© Richard G. SPORLEDER)
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Eva-Maria Kunz
- Book design
- Uma HARRIS
- Format
- Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 19 x 24,5 x 3 cm., 160 pp., 94 color ills., text: English, Ltd. to 600 copies