A numbered and signed edition, this is 83/500 of Laura El-Tantawys Beyond Here Is Nothing, Beautifully and clever designed by Sybren Kuiper (SYB) where you can arrange the pictures in different ways. The book consists of three interwoven volumes opening in three directions. Closed, the publication looks as if in an illustrated slipcase. Texts by the artist, in English. Sold out and rare. It is photo-book object meditating on home. A place of belonging, a tranquil state of mind; a nostalgic memory or an imaginary destination – home is a perpetual possibility El-Tantawy is journeying to reach. Her personal experience growing up in contrasting cultures is the window to an intimate and emotive visual exploration of the unsettling feeling of rootlessness, the mental burden of loneliness and the constant search for belonging in unfamiliar places. Drifting between the physical and the whimsical, the book reveals itself through layers of images and words. A mirror of dispositions. A living object harmonising with time. Laura El-Tantawy is an Egyptian photographer with a characteristically painterly and impressionistic eye on reality. She explores social and environmental issues pertaining to her background.