Photography
David-Alexandre Guéniot / Patrícia Almeida
Starting in 2016, Portuguese photographer Patrícia Almeida began collecting documents on photography. She sorted through examples to show her students, bought second-hand textbooks, and rediscovered her early negatives. She planned to write a book about her personal history of photography. A few months later, Patrícia died, leaving her project unfinished.(...)
Starting in 2016, Portuguese photographer Patrícia Almeida began collecting documents on photography. She sorted through examples to show her students, bought second-hand textbooks, and rediscovered her early negatives. She planned to write a book about her personal history of photography. A few months later, Patrícia died, leaving her project unfinished.
On the day of her death, the funeral director asked David-Alexandre Guéniot, the photographer’s partner, for a portrait for the wake. “Her last photograph,” he thought at the time…
Patrícia’s project was revived, but in reverse. It was about telling a story starting from the end. A story that combined photographic research with an intimate account of grief.
Le livre de Patrícia, 13 x 18 cm, 304 pages, approximately 200 color reproductions, paperback
ISBN: 978-2-8431-4076-1
Co-published with Ghost Publishing
Graphic design: Léo Favier
