Mandy Barker - Numbered & Signed - Beyond Drifting Imperfectly Known Animals - 2018
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Aquí tienes una reseña original en inglés, adecuada para una ficha de producto de Dartbooks y teniendo en cuenta que se trata de la **Digest Edition**, **signed and numbered**.
**Beyond Drifting: Digest Edition** by Mandy Barker is a remarkable miniature version of one of the most influential environmental Photography Books of recent years. This compact edition preserves the conceptual strength and visual elegance of the original publication while presenting the work in a beautifully crafted, passport-sized format that invites close and repeated viewing.
Inspired by the nineteenth-century scientific illustrations of naturalist John Vaughan Thompson, Barker creates a series of striking images that initially resemble rare marine specimens viewed under a microscope. On closer inspection, these delicate forms reveal a disturbing truth: each "organism" is in fact a fragment of plastic debris collected from the coastline of Cork Harbour, Ireland. By transforming discarded waste into seemingly beautiful biological discoveries, Barker exposes the hidden scale of ocean pollution and the lasting impact of human consumption.
Designed with a debossed cover, exposed red Singer-sewn binding and carefully hand-finished details, the Digest Edition echoes the appearance of an antique scientific publication while remaining a contemporary artist's book in every respect. Its intimate size encourages a personal encounter with the images, reinforcing the contrast between their visual beauty and the environmental reality they represent.
This **Digest Edition** was published in a **limited edition of only 600 signed and numbered copies**, making it a highly desirable publication for collectors of **Photobooks**, **Independent photobooks**, and environmentally engaged photographic works. Now long **out of print**, it represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire one of Mandy Barker's most celebrated projects in its scarce collectible format.
Both visually captivating and intellectually compelling, **Beyond Drifting: Digest Edition** demonstrates how photography can transform scientific observation into poetic visual storytelling while raising urgent questions about the future of our oceans. It remains an essential title for anyone interested in contemporary **Photography Books**, environmental art, and thoughtfully designed **Collectible Photobooks**.
Seller's Story
Dartbooks is a specialized photography bookshop based in Barcelona, dedicated to photobooks, rare and out-of-print editions, and historically significant publications. With a strong focus on Japanese photography, Dartbooks was founded to provide continuity to a field that requires depth, expertise, and careful curation.
The bookshop was established after the closure of Kowasa, a landmark reference for photography books in Spain. Its disappearance left a clear gap for photographers, collectors, and institutions in need of a space with a serious and knowledgeable approach to the photobook. Dartbooks emerged in response to that need, not as a replacement, but as part of the natural evolution of a cultural ecosystem.
Dartbooks operates with a curatorial mindset, shaped by long-term engagement with photography and book collecting. The project functions as a book hunting platform for collectors, professionals, and libraries worldwide, and also provides advisory support to other bookshops seeking to develop coherent and specialized photography collections.
The catalogue includes new publications, rare and out-of-print titles, monographs, retrospectives, self-published works, signed copies, and editions produced directly by photographers through their own imprints. The selection reflects a sustained commitment to photography as a form of visual narration, where images construct meaning beyond text.
Although rooted in the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona, Dartbooks serves an international audience. Its community includes collectors, professionals, and institutions from France, the United Kingdom, Japan, and beyond, both through the physical space and the online platform.
Dartbooks understands the photobook not merely as an object of consumption, but as a cultural artifact that documents artistic practices, historical contexts, and personal visions. The bookshop functions simultaneously as a place of discovery, an archive in constant growth, and a point of connection between photographers, publishers, and readers.
Aquí tienes una reseña original en inglés, adecuada para una ficha de producto de Dartbooks y teniendo en cuenta que se trata de la **Digest Edition**, **signed and numbered**.
**Beyond Drifting: Digest Edition** by Mandy Barker is a remarkable miniature version of one of the most influential environmental Photography Books of recent years. This compact edition preserves the conceptual strength and visual elegance of the original publication while presenting the work in a beautifully crafted, passport-sized format that invites close and repeated viewing.
Inspired by the nineteenth-century scientific illustrations of naturalist John Vaughan Thompson, Barker creates a series of striking images that initially resemble rare marine specimens viewed under a microscope. On closer inspection, these delicate forms reveal a disturbing truth: each "organism" is in fact a fragment of plastic debris collected from the coastline of Cork Harbour, Ireland. By transforming discarded waste into seemingly beautiful biological discoveries, Barker exposes the hidden scale of ocean pollution and the lasting impact of human consumption.
Designed with a debossed cover, exposed red Singer-sewn binding and carefully hand-finished details, the Digest Edition echoes the appearance of an antique scientific publication while remaining a contemporary artist's book in every respect. Its intimate size encourages a personal encounter with the images, reinforcing the contrast between their visual beauty and the environmental reality they represent.
This **Digest Edition** was published in a **limited edition of only 600 signed and numbered copies**, making it a highly desirable publication for collectors of **Photobooks**, **Independent photobooks**, and environmentally engaged photographic works. Now long **out of print**, it represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire one of Mandy Barker's most celebrated projects in its scarce collectible format.
Both visually captivating and intellectually compelling, **Beyond Drifting: Digest Edition** demonstrates how photography can transform scientific observation into poetic visual storytelling while raising urgent questions about the future of our oceans. It remains an essential title for anyone interested in contemporary **Photography Books**, environmental art, and thoughtfully designed **Collectible Photobooks**.
Seller's Story
Dartbooks is a specialized photography bookshop based in Barcelona, dedicated to photobooks, rare and out-of-print editions, and historically significant publications. With a strong focus on Japanese photography, Dartbooks was founded to provide continuity to a field that requires depth, expertise, and careful curation.
The bookshop was established after the closure of Kowasa, a landmark reference for photography books in Spain. Its disappearance left a clear gap for photographers, collectors, and institutions in need of a space with a serious and knowledgeable approach to the photobook. Dartbooks emerged in response to that need, not as a replacement, but as part of the natural evolution of a cultural ecosystem.
Dartbooks operates with a curatorial mindset, shaped by long-term engagement with photography and book collecting. The project functions as a book hunting platform for collectors, professionals, and libraries worldwide, and also provides advisory support to other bookshops seeking to develop coherent and specialized photography collections.
The catalogue includes new publications, rare and out-of-print titles, monographs, retrospectives, self-published works, signed copies, and editions produced directly by photographers through their own imprints. The selection reflects a sustained commitment to photography as a form of visual narration, where images construct meaning beyond text.
Although rooted in the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona, Dartbooks serves an international audience. Its community includes collectors, professionals, and institutions from France, the United Kingdom, Japan, and beyond, both through the physical space and the online platform.
Dartbooks understands the photobook not merely as an object of consumption, but as a cultural artifact that documents artistic practices, historical contexts, and personal visions. The bookshop functions simultaneously as a place of discovery, an archive in constant growth, and a point of connection between photographers, publishers, and readers.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Photography
Book title
Numbered & Signed - Beyond Drifting Imperfectly Known Animals
Author/ Illustrator
Mandy Barker
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
2018
Height
15 cm
Edition
1st Edition, Limited edition, Numbered edition, Other edition
Width
11.5 cm
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Overlapse
Binding/ Material
Softback
Extras
Signed by author
Number of pages
40
