Was im Licht erscheint
Max Kellenberger


“The little boy was sitting at the balcony door. It was a grey day. He was looking out from behind a small crack between the two curtains. Silent, motionless. When I walked through the room again after two hours, he was still sitting there. Silent, motionless. In the evening he proudly showed me a small sheet of paper. On it was written in shaky, unpracticed handwriting:

1 tit
3 sparrows
1 blackbird
another sparrow

What else had he seen in all that time? The white metal railing of the balcony, its grey concrete floor, and the sky, the wide empty sky. Where they come from and where they go. The birds. And us. Twenty years later I was standing next to him on the deck of the large cargo ship. The white metal railing, the water, and the wide empty sky. A long time passed. Then I heard the shutter of his Leica. Since then I’ve often stood beside him and waited till I heard the shutter. Often for a long time. And sometimes nothing at all happened. Nothing. Looking. Looking. Totally in the picture. My brother Max.” _Daniel Kellenberger (English Translation: Nick Bell)

‘What Appears In the Light’ contains about 40 years of Max Kellenberger's viewpoint on the world. Kellenberger, who has slowly observed things around him at his own pace since he was a young boy, captures the light's everyday scenery, the lines and sides of it, and the darkness from his own orderly perspective. The 41 images that are firmly embedded in the book are viewed according to the artist's static breathing.

The book also includes the original print with the artist’s autograph.


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Limited Edition, 100 copies
2018
21 × 26.5 cm
48 pages
Bookcloth Hardcover / Perfect binding
ISBN 978-89-97605-33-0

* Includes one original print (signed)
* The bookmaking process of this book is carried out with exquisite craftsmanship by Datz Books.