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Background information
"This is the story of the Robinson family – and the aftermath of losing their 26 year-old daughter to bulimia. Laia ABRIL has been working on projects concerned with what she refers to as the ‘world epidemic of eating disorders’ since 2010. 'A Bad Day' is a multimedia piece attempting to demystify the taboos of bulimia: Thinspiration a fanzine analyzing the new visual language of pro-anorexia advocates. In 'The Epilogue' she draws her work to a conclusion." (publisher's note, © Dewi Lewis, 2014)
Content
Working closely with the family Laia ABRIL explores the dilemmas and struggles confronted by many young girls and their families; the problems families face in dealing with both their sense of guilt and the grieving process; the frustration of close friends and the dark ghosts of this deadliest of illnesses; all blended together in the bittersweet act of remembering a loved one. Cammy Robinson’s life story is reconstructed through flashbacks – memories, testimonies, objects, letters, places and images. 'The Epilogue' gives voice to the suffering of the family, the indirect victims of ‘eating disorders’, the unwilling eyewitnesses of a very painful degeneration. Selected as one of the Best Books of 2014 by: Cristina de Middel, Manik Katyal and Markus Schaden,Nominated for the Photobook Award Kassel 2014 Best Book of the Year! - Sortlistet for Paris Photobook Award
About Spanish photographer and book designer, Laia ABRIL
Photo books by as well as with works by Laia ABRIL
- Book design
- Ramón PEZ
- Format
- HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19 x 25 x 2 cm., 172 pp., color ills., text language: English