Alvaro Alejandro Lopez: De Natura Libris

The photographic series De Natura Libris portrays the interactions we have with books: physical and abstract. The corporeity of a book is embodied through its structures, textures, forms and signs of use. The reader’s experiences of a book may be evoked by any number of attributes: the content of a book, its textures and smells, the memories it awakens, or simply the aesthetic beauty of its physical components. By reading and handling books, people create connections, both internal and external.  Each journey through a book is personal, as is the interpretation of these photographs.