a photographer is doing a series on the spines of bound journals. her statement on this work: “Volume is an ongoing project documenting bound periodicals and professional journals in public libraries. Most of these publications are being replaced by their online counterparts, and in many cases the printed versions are no longer bound. Several titles photographed in the process of this project have been removed from the stacks due to space and budget constraints. Searching endless rows of these utilitarian texts, I am struck by the physical mass of knowledge and tenuousness of printed works as they fade from public consciousness.”
some of the images are engaging, even though they’re of objects i see every day! my favorite is “blood,” with the white print seeming to pop off of the red background.
http://www.mickeysmithart.com/volume.htm
Yeah, but did the library pick red for the cover, or was it a random twist-of-fate done by chance at the bindery 50 years ago?