Title of publication: We Make the Path by Walking
Name of artist: Paul Gaffney
Additional Contributors: Includes the poem ‘Caminante no hay camino’ (Wanderer there is no path) by Antonio Machado (1912)
Design: Paul Gaffney
Editor: Paul Gaffney
Press: Self-published
Publication date: July 2013
Place of publication: Dublin, Ireland
Edition size: 1000 copies (including a special edition of 50 copies with a 10×8 inch limited edition signed and numbered print and a numbered walnut presentation box – available February 2014)
Format: Softcover with photo-illustrated slip case and Swiss binding (exposed spine)
Size: 16cm×21cm
Number of pages: 78
Type of printing: Offset
Type of paper: 170gsm Munken Lynx (300gsm Munken Lynx on slip case)
Name of printer: Hudson Killeen
Number of pictures: 40
Price: 23 euro for the standard edition, 180 euro for the special edition.
Description of book: During 2012 I walked over 3,500 kilometres in order to create a body of work which would explore the idea of long-distance walking as a form of meditation and personal transformation. The result is series of quiet, meditative images, which evoke the experience of being immersed in nature and capture the essence of the journey. The book engages the viewer in this walk, and communicates a sense of the subtle internal and psychological changes which one may undergo while negotiating the landscape.
The best thing about self-publishing: Having direct contact with those who purchase your book.
Artist website: www.paulgaffneyphotography.com
Book soundtrack:
- Title: We Make The Path By Walking