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My Mother's Collection of Photographs

My Mother's Collection of Photographs

Clothbound Hardcover Hardcover English 324 pages 22.2 x 29.8 x 3.5 cm 1.95 kg

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My Mother’s Collection of Photographs is a monumental artist’s book by the late Canadian avant-garde legend Michael Snow. Over 324 pages, Snow consolidates his mother’s vast trove of family snapshots—1,500 images in total—to create a unified biographical narrative. Marie-Antoinette Françoise Carmen Levesque Snow Roig was an adventurous spirit, and through her eyes, Snow explores the nature of perception and temporality. While Snow has used fragments of these albums in previous works, this volume represents the first time the collection has been presented as a complete, autonomous work. With a tender foreword by Snow and an afterword by Martha Langford, the book is a masterclass in “surrendering to form,” turning a private family history into a universal meditation on time and loss.

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