Softcover with foil stamp front and back
204 pages 
17.5 x 24.8 cm
Self-published
ISBN 978-1-7773079-0-5
Edition of 50

Every time I walked into my room, I took a picture through the window is a photographic diary made over a period of 17 days from the window of a second-floor apartment in the world’s northernmost capital - Reykjavik, Iceland. Catherine Canac-Marquis’ view encompassed a parking space, a kindergarten, apartment buildings and a mountain. As the title indicates, she took a picture every time she entered her room, documenting her own comings and goings coinciding with the changes through the window. The 101 images of the book are identically composed, with only the dates and times of day changing. An accompanying foldout calendar notes the date and time of each picture. Several images are printed on tracing paper with no noted time; a statement to the incompletion of an image without the equally important documentation to accompany it. As we scan the pages, we will initially feel the images are the same before realizing each is unique. The repetitive aspects encourage us to slow down as we browse the book, allowing us to appreciate the slight changes in detail. Though they were originally created in 2017, the feelings of isolation and confinement in these images resonate even stronger in our present times. With a forced inspection demanded by repetition, we begin to notice and appreciate subtle details once blurred by the rush of passing time.

Design & Production Management by Emily Macaulay at Stanley James Press.
Publication © Catherine Canac-Marquis & Emily Macaulay, 2020.