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Spector Books

320 pages, German / English / Japanese

32 b/w and 288 color images, 18.5 x 26 cm, softcover
Editor: Christoph Gnädig

Text: Patrick J. Reed, Kevin Vennemann

Design: Florian Lamm

Release: Leipzig, November 2026

ISBN: 978-3-95905-997-8

Forthcoming November 2026:

Odyssee Arcana’s visual sequencing is based on a precise photographic method: Images from Tokyo, New York, and Los Angeles—portraits, landscapes, still lifes and minimalist, sometimes abstract details—carry equal weight, creating an open-ended dramaturgy. People appear in isolation or in a state of quiet concentration, while spaces—ranging from urban peripheries to desolate, thinned-out landscapes—often seem empty or depopulated.

These scenes are encoded with temporal traces and the signs of interventions, from the aged body to landscapes characterized by ecological fragility and latent destruction. Between proximity and distance, precision and suggestion, a visual structure emerges that organizes perception rather than telling stories—and herein lies the source of the tension that quietly develops.

The photographic journey thus becomes an exploration of the elusive: of something that is visible yet remains enigmatic, defying any conclusive interpretation.

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