SYNC nominated for the Joseph Binder Award 2024!
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We worked so hard on the concept and the accompanying details of my photobook and this nomination really feels like recognition for all the time and effort that has been put into it. Looking forward to the Joseph Binder Award ceremony and the presentation of the catalog + exhibition.
The jury assessed 896 submissions online over two weeks, selecting 195 entries from 138 studios/designers for the final round. Ultimately, 76 projects were recognized with awards or prizes. Key evaluation criteria included a clear concept, innovation, social/economic relevance, and technical execution.
The winners—13 gold, 13 silver, 13 bronze trophies, 4 cash prizes, and 32 awards—will be celebrated on March 27, 2025, at the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna followed by the Joseph Binder Symposium and the exhibition opening on March 28, 2025.
Big thanks to everyone involved and all backers who made my publication possible🙏🏼
Design: Yorick de Vries, Niek Does-Maresch studioanotherday.nl
Concept: Maria Dabrowski
Book text: Joris van Merwijk
Lithography: Sebastiaan Hanekroot - colourandbooks.com
Production; Jos Morree linkedin.com/in/jos-morree
Communication and fundraising: Sjoerd Los – Cultiveer cultiveer.nl
Printing: Drukkerij Wilco, wilco-artbooks.nl
Bookbinding: vanmierlobinders.nl
Funds:
voordekunst.nl
cultuuracademy.nl/fonds/groeispurt
SYNC – Maria Dabrowski
First edition of 300 signed and numbered copies
SYNC starts with soft portraits, printed on black paper. We only see part of the face where the eyes are almost closed. This closedness continues in the book because each photo is carefully hidden between the folded black pages. The left pages show the viewing time in milliseconds. Subconsciously, this triggers the viewer's expectation. “ The project is about consuming, processing and slowing down. This is how the idea of folding the pages was born. Because you have to unfold every page, you automatically have to slow down.” At the same time, it enhances the intimacy of the images. “The idea behind the portraits of young people looking at their mobile phones, is that they sink into another world and cannot be reached. To me that is symbolic of this time. I emphasize that they are a kind of liquid worlds that we move between all the time. We don't know yet how these rapid changes will affect us”.
Excerpt from an interview by Diana Bokje, for PF Photography magazine.
Product photography of the book: Studio Another Day.
Get one of the last copies through my webshop or order at:
Lecturis Publishers.