Behold
Barbara Bosworth


“When my mother was suffering from Parkinson’s disease and a bit of dementia, she would often reach out her hands into the air. As if she was trying to catch something from heaven. A few years ago, when my father was dying, our family gathered around his bedside. When my mother reached for something in the air, I asked her what she was reaching out for and she replied, “Oh, the birds!” I knew then, my bird photographs were for my mother and father. About holding on and letting go. About the moment the bird flies away.” _From the interview of Barbara Bosworth at Magazine Gitz vol.6

For the Concord-based artist Barbara Bosworth, photography is a way to love nature and life and assure her existence. Bosworth’s book ‘Behold’ is composed of pictures of birds, trees, skies, and the earth that she observed from her window. Birds’ flapping resembles her parents’ souls and stars in the night sky embrace the secret of the universe. Transcending time and space and connecting the world, This book is a delicate handmade accordion book with photographs and poetry.


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First Edition, 300 copies
2014
13 × 18.5 cm
82 pages
Hardcover / Accordion binding
ISBN 978-89-97605-09-5

* Printed by TOP PROCESS, Korea
* The bookmaking process of this book is carried out with exquisite craftsmanship by Datz Books.