JPM photobook dummy
USA & France 
2024–2025

Conceived, designed, and produced within Penumbra Foundation’s 2024 Long-Term Program (Photobooks), this photobook dummy was first printed in the winter of 2025 in France. 

This opus weaves distinct photographic registers into a narrative focused on grief, memory, and fractured roots. Moreover, it introduces the levity my late father was looking for but never managed to incorporate into his life. 

Specs:
• 6x9 inches, 156 pages. 
• 79 color and black and white plates
• Olin rough 120gsm (interior), Procop 1802 cardinal red 270gsm (cover)
• Toner printing (interior) + silver ink (cover)
• Set in Dinamo Marfa
• First printed im March 2025 by La Plante in Bordeaux, France.

Watch flipthrough video: https://youtu.be/XzMFo4HB-6E

Shortlists:
• 2026 Singapore International Photography Festival.
• 2026 Landskrona Breadfield Dummy Award.
• 2026 Athens Photo Festival.
• 2026 Dummy Award (Photobook Museum, Cologne, Germany).
• 2025 LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award (Rencontres d’Arles, France).