PROJECT DESCRIPTION

In South Louisiana, where the Mississippi River meets the Gulf of Mexico, water—and the history of controlling it—is omnipresent. Into the Quiet and the Light: Water, Life, and Land Loss in South Louisiana glimpses the vulnerabilities and possibilities of living on the water during an ongoing climate catastrophe and the fallout of the fossil fuel industry. The book sustains our physical, mental, and emotional connections to these landscapes through a collection of photographs by Virginia Hanusik. Framing the architecture and infrastructure of South Louisiana with both distance and intimacy, introspection and expansiveness, this work engages insights from scholars, artists, activists, and practitioners working in the region. Unfolding alongside and in dialogue with Hanusik’s photographs, these reflections soberly and hopefully populate images of South Louisiana’s environments.

The design of the book is meant to quietly and naturally support these insights and connections. The introduction of the books sets the stage through a series of tipped in imagery, evoking postcards from another time and place. More than figures, the images become clues to a complex story interconnected histories. Drawing on the movement of water, the typography also moves fluidly, with paragraph indents picking up wherever a previous paragraph left off. Within the main image section, each essay opens with a pause, using an area of negative space commensurate with the space of the image it responds to. We hoped to inform a more open dialogue between the essays and photography through this quiet interplay of space, text and image.

BOOK INFORMATION

Trim Size: 6.8" x 9.25"

Number of Pages: 184

Binding Method: Case binding

Paper: Arctic Matt, Munken Kristall

Typefaces: Berthold Garamond

CREDIT INFORMATION

Creative Director: David Yun

Art Director: David Yun

Book Designer: Inyeong Cho

Jacket/Cover Designer: Inyeong Cho

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Production Artist: Marjeta Morinc, Lithographer

Other Credits: With texts from Richie Blink, Imani Jacqueline Brown, Jessica Dandridge, Rebecca Elliott, Michael Esealuka, T. Mayheart Dardar, Billy Fleming, Andy Horowitz, Arthur Johnson, Louis Michot, Nini Nguyen, Kate Orff, Jessi Parfait, Amy Stelly, Jonathan Tate, Aaron Turner, and John Verdin

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