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My name is Sofía López Mañán, and for the past ten years I’ve been investigating how we, as humans, have constructed the idea of Nature. What began as a question has slowly become an obsession, an ongoing search to understand how we define what is “natural,” and what that says about who we are.
When we fully understand that humans are part of nature, not separate from it, not superior to it, the world starts to look completely different. The Nature we often speak of, with a capital “N”, is not an external force. It’s a cultural invention, a mirror reflecting our desire to order, dominate, and find meaning in the living world.
In the age of the Anthropocene, Nature has become a romantic, idealized, and modernist thought that fragments what is actually whole. It separates us from the ecosystems we belong to, and from ourselves.
A Book of Nature is my attempt to question that divide. It’s a kind of cabinet of curiosities, a visual collection that unpacks our denials and preconceptions, using photography, archives, and artistic interventions to explore how the idea of nature has shaped our behaviour, our technologies, and our sense of identity.
What happens when we stop seeing nature as something “out there,” and start seeing it as something we are?
After a decade of research, fieldwork, and visual exploration, I’m now ready to bring A Book of Nature to life as a photobook, a reflection on how reimagining nature might help us reimagine what it means to be human.
A Book of Nature, produced in collaboration with Sed Editorial and designed by Ricardo Baez, unfolds in chapters that move between observation and imagination — from museums and archives to forests, laboratories, and open landscapes.
It is a 412-page volume, printed in offset using two types of paper that reflect the project’s dual nature: 240 pages printed in four inks per side on Old Mill 120 g paper, and 172 pages printed in two inks per side on Bookcel 80 g paper.
The book will be thread-sewn with exposed binding, featuring diptych flaps printed in four inks on Natural Evolution White 280 g paper, measuring 120 × 190 mm. Each copy will be individually thermo-sealed.
As of January 14th, this project has raised $9,900 of their $10,498 goal. This project has 3 days left to raise the $10,498 or it will not be funded. For a pledge of $35, you will get one book copy. For a pledge of $53, you will get your name in the book. To learn more and to pledge money, go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/abookofnature/a-book-of-nature-by-sofia-lopez-manan?
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