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The story of these photographs begins the day I visited the Scheide Library to photograph the Shakespeare First Folio for my professor in England. I was struck by the quality of light in the room and curious about the work in front of me. I thought this was the only book I was going to photograph, that this was going to be my only day in the Scheide Library, and so I was willing to break a rule. When I thought no one was looking, I picked up the First Folio and smelled it. It smelled exactly the way I hoped it would smell, a cross between rosemary and cobblestones and cold rain. It was perfect. Bill Scheide was across the room. He saw me and yelped at what I was doing. I thought I had worn out my welcome, but instead I heard him call, She smells books! She can stay as long as she likes. I worked on photographing the library for over ten years. I have approached the book as though it were a landscape, looking closely at the color and texture of the page. This view has offered me a sense of nearness to the moments and places in which these books were created. Photographs do what the heart can do selfishly, meticulously they hold onto time. -- Natasha D'Schommer

Author

Natasha D'schommer

Publisher

Princeton University Department Of Communications

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780977354467