Books with Dust Collective
Some Lights Are From Fires
Some Lights Are From Fires by Barbara Bosworth is a memorial piece for Bosworth’s brother who died in 2022. With images made during her brother’s life, Bosworth weaves a visual narrative of love, loss, family, and the struggle of a life lived in the shadows. Hands, silhouettes, water, and fire reveal an elemental familial bond and confronts the finality of loss.
“For Ron, my brother, who lived in the shadows. He taught me to look for the light” - Barbara Bosworth
Swifts
“When I got the word my father was dying, I was traveling and away from home. I immediately got a flight to be with him. The book I had with me, serendipitously, was about bird migration.
I read to him all through the night about birds migrating. Birds flying. He always wondered, “How do they know how to come home?”
A meditation about her father’s final days, and lifelong interest in the migration of birds, photographer Barbara Bosworth and designer Emily Sheffer present Swifts. A sea of grey cloudy skies opens as each page turns, revealing a hidden, clear blue sky where swifts fly freely.
From Where the Sun Now Stands
From Where the Sun Now Stands features a moving series of paper negatives made in the Wyoming landscape, highlighted by an 1879 text from the Nez Perce chief In-mut-too-yah-lat-lat (Chief Joseph).
Chicory
Chicory embraces imagery, illustration, and poetry about the wonderful, weedy wildflower that is Chicory. This project was made in collaboration with Elizabeth Billings and Margot Anne Kelley.
Tide and Air
Tide and Air speaks to the photographic qualities of air, water, and horizon, as three artists respond to passing time. This project was made in collaboration with Danielle M Dean and Alyssa Minahan.
Light of the Eclipse
Light of the Eclipse features twelve images of the sky made every six minutes, facing 180 degrees from the sun, from partial to totality. August 21, 2017, Oregon. The accordion function of the book allows for an uninterrupted view of the gradual shift in the color of the sky that is apparent during this solar phenomenon.
Sky Series
Sky Series - Dust Collective (link coming)
