Photobook Banter with Will Harris

You Can Call Me Nana (Overlapse, 2021)

As with all things in life, the physical reality of an object or person is truly more satisfying. I certainly find this with photo books. There is something about actually holding a book as you consider its size and weight, the quiet experience of turning the pages and absorbing the subject matter. And through the process, the book imprints itself on your psyche. When Will Harris' monograph You Can Call Me Nana arrived, I was excited to take the journey through the pages of his remarkable visual storytelling. The size of the book sits between the space of a bible and a journal and maybe the book is a little bit of both, maybe it’s a scrap book of sorts, but ultimately it’s a love story of the best kind.
--Aline Smithson, Lenscratch, March 2021

Link to Aline's piece here.