For the Birds Trapped in Airports
Pre-Order: This is Captured Paper by Jason Reblando
Pre-Order: This is Captured Paper by Jason Reblando
"In This Is Captured Paper, I create photocollages based upon archival images from the American colonial period in the Philippines. By physically cutting, pasting, and rearranging elements of the images, I aim to deconstruct and critique the colonial gaze, while attempting to reclaim the photographic narrative. I hope that by layering and reshaping images upon images, the cumulative effect interrupts the reading of the original photograph. In some collages, the cut patterns reference textile-makers across the Philippine archipelago, while in other collages, shapes and silhouettes allude to a problematic colonial past. By weaving historical photographs into my own contemporary art practice, I interrogate the lasting influence of imagery that codified colonial power dynamics between the United States and the Philippines."—Jason Reblando
Jason Reblando is an artist and photographer based in Normal, Illinois. He received his MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago, and a BA in Sociology from Boston College. He is the recipient of a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship to the Philippines, an Artist Fellowship Award from the Illinois Arts Council, and a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. His work has been published in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Financial Times, Politico, Camera Austria, Slate, Bloomberg Businessweek, Marketplace, MAS Context, Real Simple, Places Journal, Chicago Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Reader. His photographs are collected in the Library of Congress, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Pennsylvania State University Special Collections, and the University of Louisville Special Collections. He is currently serving on the Society for Photographic Education Board of Directors (2022-2026) and is an Assistant Professor of Photography in the Wonsook Kim School of Art at Illinois State University.
124 pages, smythe sewn Swiss bound hardcover on Manila paper with 29 tip on prints.
Design by Matthew Austin
Essay by Linde B. Lehtinen, PhD
This is a handmade edition of 100.
This book is currently listed as Pre-Order because it is still in production and not yet fully made — estimated ship date is March 2026.
Special Edition includes new zine by the artist, signed prints, and first edition book in a custom box. Edition of 5 copies.
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