Motherhouse
Abbey Meaker

Spanning 12 years and many hundreds of negatives, ‘Motherhouse’ is a visual record of once hidden, now lost worlds: Burlington, Vermont’s Saint Joseph’s Orphan Asylum, Mount Saint Mary’s Convent, and the governing orders of the Sisters of Providence and the Sisters of Mercy.

In favor of light and texture, the pictures are reminiscent of religious painting, exploring interiority and the intangible qualities of a space filled with atmosphere, history, and the dark and light of sublimated desire.

116 pages
8.5 x 12.25 inches
Section sewn hard cloth cover 
Limited edition of 75 copies
English

Photographs by Abbey Meaker
Edited by Cristian Ordóñez and Abbey Meaker
Essay by Summer Bowie
Design Direction by Cristian Ordóñez
Graphic Design by Cristian Ordóñez and Carolina Figueroa Pino
Published by Another Earth
Printed by The Gas Company Inc.
2025 © All rights reserved

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A Narrow Foothold
Jonas Feige and Alan Huck

German philosopher Walter Benjamin’s monumental work the Arcades Project—which remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1940—represents both a treatise on the labyrinthine nature of the modern city and the realization of his dream of a book without authorship, composed almost entirely of quotations drawn from a wide range of sources. Taking their mutual appreciation for these aspects of Benjamin’s work as their starting point, friends and photographers Jonas Feige (Germany) and Alan Huck (United States) sorted through their archives of orphaned images in order to assemble a collective portrait of an anonymous city—one composed of severe geometric forms, vague symbols, and the spectral traces of a human presence. Intentionally trying to dissolve any sense of individual authorship, the two looked to Benjamin as their methodological guide, reminding them that “an enigma is a fragment that, together with another, matching fragment, makes up a whole.”

56 pages
30 photographs
7.25 x 8.75 inches
Swiss-bound hard cover 
First Edition of 100 copies
English 

Edited by Jonas Feige, Alan Huck, and Cristian Ordóñez
Designed by Cristian Ordóñez
Typography by Erkin Karamemet
Published by Another Earth
© 2024
 

Press: 
The Nearest Truth - Episode 428

Website and PDF:
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A Narrow Foothold
Special Edition 
Jonas Feige and Alan Huck

German philosopher Walter Benjamin’s monumental work the Arcades Project—which remained unfinished at the time of his death in 1940—represents both a treatise on the labyrinthine nature of the modern city and the realization of his dream of a book without authorship, composed almost entirely of quotations drawn from a wide range of sources. Taking their mutual appreciation for these aspects of Benjamin’s work as their starting point, friends and photographers Jonas Feige (Germany) and Alan Huck (United States) sorted through their archives of orphaned images in order to assemble a collective portrait of an anonymous city—one composed of severe geometric forms, vague symbols, and the spectral traces of a human presence. Intentionally trying to dissolve any sense of individual authorship, the two looked to Benjamin as their methodological guide, reminding them that “an enigma is a fragment that, together with another, matching fragment, makes up a whole.”

The special edition includes a 12.5 x 16.5 inch double-sided poster and a booklet featuring a conversation between Jonas and Alan about photography, process, and collaboration.

56 pages
30 photographs
7.25 x 8.75 inches
Swiss-bound hard cover 
First Edition of 100 copies
English 

Edited by Jonas Feige, Alan Huck, and Cristian Ordóñez
Designed by Cristian Ordóñez
Typography by Erkin Karamemet
Published by Another Earth
© 2024
 

Press:
The Nearest Truth - Episode 428

Website and PDF:
anarrowfoothold.another-earth.com