War Sand (Limited Edition)
The special edition of War Sand is limited to 44 signed and numbered copies and contains a hand-bound portfolio featuring a tipped-in microscopic image on the cover; a copy of War Sand signed by Donald Weber; and a signed, numbered limited edition archival print.
Dimension: 11.5x14x2.5” (292x355x65 mm)
Print No. 1: Juno Beach, Sample #073 (Shrapnel Fragment), Sector Nan Green, 2013 (Cover)
Print No. 2: Juno Beach, Nan Green. October 29, 2014, 9:22am. 13ºC, 93% RELH, Wind S, 3 Knots. VIS: Fair, Clear, 2014
Edition: 44 and 5 artist’s proofs
About the book
“Through the use of microscopic photography and with a kind of forensic inquisitiveness and existential wondering, Weber brings us close to these fragments, offering us, too, the longer view: the eerie hush of the beachhead and the expressionless features of the sea and sky, edged in grasses. The series invites a contemplation of the endless quiet that lies beyond the flare of bold historical events, offering a cautionary tale of the hubris of humankind.”
— Sarah Milroy, art critic
June 6, 1944: D-Day
The epic of war, told by a grain of sand...
The seacoast of Normandy churns with a forgotten history.
In this visionary rite of images, texts, and scientific data, photographer Donald Weber, writer Larry Frolick and physicist Kevin Robbie explore the sand beaches where the D-Day invasion was once fought, inch by inch, hand to hand. Their task was to gather forensic evidence, and determine the fate of this legendary battle over time.
The war-relics presented here create an immersive experience on the theme of collective memory. They include WWII spy-craft and old Hollywood movies, dioramas and drone-mounted cameras, private post-war memoirs and wistful seaside photographs. These artifacts reveal war’s quantum traces. And they expose our civilization's longing for a final victory over death.
War Sand seeks a great truth: What is history?
And what does it mean to us, its creators and survivors?
Specs
Publisher: Polygon, 2017
Paperback: 398 pp., fold-out map insert, 195 colour images
Dimensions: 7.6×11.4″ (195×290 mm)
Language: English, French and German
Print run: 1,500
Photography by Donald Weber
Text by Larry Frolick, Kevin Robbie and Donald Weber
Design by Teun van der Heijden
