The Oldest Thing — Ruth van Beek. Published by Van Zoetendaal Publishers.
Delivered as a simple, concise and small block of 511 pages drawn from Ruth van Beek’s archive of source material. Here they all become essential in a complex woven sequence that if you’re careful and give slow attention reveals amazing nuance, emotional and visual, like the best handmade lace. This is anything but a simple book.
“Death is a brick
It knows no if.”
— Basje Boer
Terri Weifenbach, photographer, was born in New York City. She now lives and works in Burgundy, France. Her most recent book is Cloud Physics published by Atelier EXB, Paris. She received the Guggenheim fellowship in 2015.