Linda Morrow
fine art photography
Handmade Book Shop
Learning to Swim
LEARNING TO SWIM is an artist's book featuring nearly a dozen hand-colored photographs of koi (fish) as they swim in a blue pond of imagination. The accordion book is square format measuring 7 3/8 square and speaks to the magic of the natural world.
Limited edition of 15.
Carapace
CARAPACE, a handmade photobook, explores a connection between the venerable palm sheath and the contours of a woman.
Its twelve B/W images bring together the botanical and the feminine and give the viewer a playful way to look at portraits. The book is a celebration of the natural world and the ways in which we are inseparable from it.
Dimensions: 8 x 8 inches.
Limited edition of 25.
Limited edition of 25.
Caught in the Looking Glass
CAUGHT IN THE LOOKING GLASS is a handmade artist's book that celebrates random reflections that appear on a reflective surface. Twelve color images illustrate that, indeed, another world can exist within the frame of a mirror. The lay-flat book measures 8 x 8 inches, and many of its photographs were made in or near a castle in France. Inside covers are lined with mirrored paper; each copy is enclosed in a blue-red slipcase.
Looking for Bobby Clackett
LOOKING FOR BOBBY CLACKETT is a memory book that celebrates the author's imaginary childhood friend. Its 15 images are printed on Awagami paper and tipped in over 20 pages; it measures 8" X 8".
Limited edition of 25.
Calla
CALLA is a collection of 12 images that reveal the many faces of the Mini Calla Lily in multiple exposure. Each B/W photograph is printed on MOAB rag paper; book measures 9 1/2" square. Poem by Margaret Langhans.
Limited edition of 25.
Angel Trumpet II / Concertina
ANGEL TRUMPET/CONCERTINA features three B/W prints, 6x9, that appear in the original hardbound ANGEL TRUMPET; the overall book structure is that of the concertina.
Limited edition of 25.
Echoes of Ovid
ECHOES OF OVID is a hardback book featuring twelve B/W warm tone portraits.
Images speak to the mythological Daphne who -fleeing an unwanted lover- is transformed
into a tree. The portraits are all about a blurred line between the feminine and the botanical.
Printed on MOAB 100% rag paper; 9 1/2 square. Poem by Margaret Langhans.
Limited edition of 25.
Echoes of Ovid II
ECHOES OF OVID II is an alternative version of the same title presented in its hardbound edition. Eight different portraits seem to float vertically within the book structure known as pivoting panel. It is wrapped in a black, paper sleeve and tied with grosgrain ribbon.
Limited edition of 25.
Blue Mandala
BLUE MANDALA is a map book that features nine photographic components; eight of these are mandalas designed from seashells and one is a NASA photograph of the Earth. The combined effect suggests hope for world wide harmony.
Limited edition of 25.
Angel Trumpet
ANGEL TRUMPET, a celebration of the exotic Angel Trumpet blossom, presents x-ray-like photographs full of light and mystery, each rendered in warm-tone B/W on MOAB fine art paper;12 images, 9 1/2" square, poetry by Margaret Langhans.
Limited edition of 20.