no. 1 — photobook 2023

neantir

published in hong kong, july 2023 · seventeen plates

White cover page of the photobook: a single small character above the word neantir.
01cover
Title page reading: selected works, 2018 to 2023.
02selected works
Snow-covered pines under a flat grey winter sky.
03winter forest
A snowbound peak dissolving into cloud, printed offset on the page.
04mountain in cloud
Dark storm light over a pale lake, mountains on the horizon.
05storm over the lake
An empty chair at the waterline at dusk, printed on the right of the page.
06chair at dusk
A small lighthouse far out on calm blue water.
07harbour light
A red lighthouse against a clear spring sky, printed offset on the page.
08the red lighthouse
Dry grassland running to a line of trees under a deep blue sky.
09grassland
A white lighthouse on a green headland above a pale sea.
10the white lighthouse
White parasols and loungers on a terrace above a rocky coast.
11terrace by the sea
White limestone rocks against a dark blue sea.
12white rocks
A steel ladder descending into a foaming sea pool.
13sea pool
An infinity pool meeting the open sea.
14infinity
Turquoise pool water close up, over a stone edge.
15pool water
A pale door and brick wall reflected in still dark water.
16reflection
Closing page printed: fat hu, 2023.
17colophon

to make into nothing — until only light, water and horizon remain.

colophon

neantir is the photographic practice of fat zhu — a slow inventory of empty places: winter forests, still seas, pools the exact colour of their sky.

photographs, sequence and design by fat zhu. the book was printed in hong kong in july 2023.

fat zhu photographs & sequence
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