Richard is an artist's book by photographer and video artist Manuel Wetscher. It brings together the unpublished photographic archives of his father, Richard Jenewein, discovered years after his death from AIDS. Richard's illness had long been kept secret by the family, and the true cause of his death was only revealed to Manuel ten years later. The book questions the evocative power of an altered narrative.
Through a universal family album documenting Manuel's childhood—surrounded by his sister and mother from the late 1980s to the early 1990s—the book also includes photographs taken during their travels in Australia, Spain, Greece, India, and Yugoslavia. Concluding the narrative with the death of the father, the book addresses the repercussions of a taboo and explores the poetic force of images, revealing their narrative and emotional power.
Daisy Edition, 2024
475 pages
5.4 x 8.2 inches
ISBN: 978-2-9575511-4-5
Richard is an artist's book by photographer and video artist Manuel Wetscher. It brings together the unpublished photographic archives of his father, Richard Jenewein, discovered years after his death from AIDS. Richard's illness had long been kept secret by the family, and the true cause of his death was only revealed to Manuel ten years later. The book questions the evocative power of an altered narrative.
Through a universal family album documenting Manuel's childhood—surrounded by his sister and mother from the late 1980s to the early 1990s—the book also includes photographs taken during their travels in Australia, Spain, Greece, India, and Yugoslavia. Concluding the narrative with the death of the father, the book addresses the repercussions of a taboo and explores the poetic force of images, revealing their narrative and emotional power.
Daisy Edition, 2024
475 pages
5.4 x 8.2 inches
ISBN: 978-2-9575511-4-5
