Laia Abril, The Epilogue

The Epilogue

Laia Abril

Publisher
Dewi Lewis Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
9781907893544
Specifications
Hardcover
24.8 x 19 cm
172 pages
Art direction by Ramon Pez
Shortlisted for the Paris Photo / Aperture PhotoBook Awards 2014
Best Photobook of the Year 2014 selections (Simon Bainbridge, Jörg Colberg, Remi Coignet, Tim Clark, photo-eye annual list, LensCulture, Vogue Italia and others)

This is the story of the Robinson family – and the aftermath of losing their 26 year-old daughter to bulimia Working closely with the family Laia Abril explores the dilemmas and struggles confronted by many young girls and their families; the problems families face in dealing with both their sense of guilt and the grieving process; the frustration of close friends and the dark ghosts of this deadliest of illnesses; all blended together in the bittersweet act of remembering a loved one. Cammy Robinson’s life story is reconstructed through flashbacks – memories, testimonies, objects, letters, places and images. The Epilogue gives voice to the suffering of the family, the indirect victims of ‘eating disorders’, the unwilling eyewitnesses of a very painful degeneration. Laia Abril has been working on projects concerned with what she refers to as the ‘world epidemic of eating disorders’ since 2010. A Bad Day is a multimedia piece attempting to demystify the taboos of bulimia: Thinspiration a fanzine analyzing the new visual language of pro-anorexia advocates. In The Epilogue she draws her work to a conclusion.

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