Book Design for a photo book competition organised by "Lost Alphabet".
In exile, you are forced to substitute your relationships with the people and places that are dearest to you with memories made of images and words. It’s a long way is a nostalgic ode to, and a photographic exploration of, Caracas, Venezuela. Since it has become impossible to walk around Caracas safely with a camera in hand, we take the reader on a journey from the inside of a car, through the recent history of the former home; a home that has become completely foreign. The relative safety of the moving car allows us to document what the passage of time is doing to Caracas. The combination of text, images and different radio stations playing in the background, capture the feelings that exile awakens: nostalgia, grief, helplessness and hope.
Photography: Mauricio Sauma
Texts: Juan Salazar, Mauricio Dahbar, Andrea Palacios
Driver: Joel
Publisher: www.lostalphabet.com
Year: 2016
