Ashes and Snow, a lifelong project for artist and author Gregory Colbert, originated sixteen years ago as a literary endeavor that soon inspired photographic artworks and an accompanying film. Colbert, like the character in the novel, composed the letters on many journeys to such places as India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Dominica, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tonga, and Namibia. The novel echoes many of the themes expressed in Colbert's images. Provocative, contemplative, and passionate, the letters chronicle an inward and outward exploration of memory and love.
Printed and bound in Italy on deckle edge Velata Biblos paper from Cartiere Magnani; hand-sewn binding; cover from handmade Nepalese paper sealed with natural beeswax; tied with thread stained with hibiscus tealeaves. Text in English.
Ashes and Snow, a lifelong project for artist and author Gregory Colbert, originated sixteen years ago as a literary endeavor that soon inspired photographic artworks and an accompanying film. Colbert, like the character in the novel, composed the letters on many journeys to such places as India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Dominica, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tonga, and Namibia. The novel echoes many of the themes expressed in Colbert's images. Provocative, contemplative, and passionate, the letters chronicle an inward and outward exploration of memory and love.
Printed and bound in Italy on deckle edge Velata Biblos paper from Cartiere Magnani; hand-sewn binding; cover from handmade Nepalese paper sealed with natural beeswax; tied with thread stained with hibiscus tealeaves. Text in English.