Release by GOST Books of Death and Other Belongings by Will Green.
Death and Other Belongings is a study of loss, fear and legacy. Photographer Will Green caught Covid and lost both his parents to the virus within the course of just two months. The photographs in his forthcoming book were made throughout this intense period when— concurrent with the Covid-19 pandemic—his personal world imploded. Although the photographs are specific to a personal journey and place, they represent the wider experience of human fragility.
In March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic struck, Green had a project tentatively underway focusing on his home city of Bath. After he contracted Covid which developed into long Covid, the project transmuted into a more inward and emotional story as his circumstances kept him close to home. As a result, he used the cupboard under the stairs as a darkroom and processed the films in his bathroom.
“At the time, a project was not a conscious decision. It was more a process of keeping emotionally stable and experimenting with processing techniques and being distracted when possible…. I am now aware of how many of the images are close-ups. At the time this was not the intention nor considered. Looking back, is this because I was focusing so hard on the small details of home and a closed environment, rather than the real world.” – Will Green
Will Green : Death and Other Belongings
GOST Books
290 x 213mm, Portrait,
104 pages, 48 images
ISBN 978-1-915423-59-7
£40 | €50 | $55
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