Boxed Limited Edition
Traveler is an visual exploration of the journey transcendent, becoming personal pilgrimage and spiritual quest. The hand-printed photographs are sequenced as a palindrome and the theme is echoed in four classic haiku. This sequencing and the bilingual design allow Traveler to be experienced as a traditional Japanese book or left-to-right, western style.
Traveler contains thirty-six archivally toned original silver gelatin photographs taken in Japan by Geir Jordahl and is hand bound and boxed by Don Drake. Traveler is bound and boxed in Japanese silk. The text is printed letterpress in both English and Japanese. This is a limited edition of 50 hand made books.
Broadsides Available
Passage, Zushi, Kanagawa
Another year gone
Hat in hands
Sandals on my feet.
Basho
This broadside is presented exactly as it appears in the limited edition, Traveler.
Three and One-Half Umbrellas, Nikko Kegon-no-taki, Tochigi
A cold rain starting
And no hat
So?
Basho
This broadside is presented exactly as it appears in the limited edition Traveler.
Veil to Nature, Yokohama Shimin-no-mori, Kanagawa
Another year gone
Hat in hands,
Sandals on my feet.
Basho
This broadside is presented exactly as it appears in the limited edition Traveler.
River Journey, Nagatoro, Saitama
Let my name
Be traveler;
First rain.
Basho
This broadside is presented exactly as it appears in the limited edition Traveler.
Temple Detail, Enichiji, Fukushima
The great way.
Basho has not gate;
There are a thousand paths.
Once you pass the barrier
You walk the universe alone.
Wu Men
This broadside is presented exactly as it appears in the limited edition Traveler.
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Broadside
Five broadsides are available. Each is identical to a spread from the limited edition book.
Limited Edition Book
Hand bound, boxed copies of Traveler are available for $2,500 (USD).