Independent Publishing House — Palermo
Independent Publishing House — Palermo
40,00 €
There is something ancient in the desire to leave and tell. Not so much the need to explain the places we pass through, but to bring back a feeling — the smell of a street, the noise of a market, the sense of being exactly where one has never been before. Travel, in its most honest form, does not produce knowledge but rather a series of impressions that resist classification, mental images that surface months later without warning.
Morocco is a country particularly suited to this kind of experience. It has an immediate, direct physical presence, yet it continuously slips away from any attempt to be defined or contained. Those who travel through it with attention soon realise that the most interesting things tend to happen just outside the frame one had prepared to inhabit.
Moroccan Mint is born from this kind of gaze. A photography book that does not aim to document Morocco but to convey something of its texture — the feeling of having been there, of having moved through it without fully understanding it. The images bear no captions, no place names. They offer instead a sequence that works the way certain travel memories work: through fragments, through unexpected juxtapositions, through everything one catches only in passing.
Andrea Angelino Catella
1. EDITION 03/2026
Text by Andrea Angelino Catella
Book design by Studio Hug
92 pages
18,5 x 23,5 cm
52 Color Photographs
Softcover + dustjacket
Digital print
ISBN 979-12-82350-15-0
Founded by a photographer, 89books emerged from the desire to elevate the book as an artistic medium and to create opportunities for photographers at the beginning of their careers, as well as for those with little or no previous experience in photobook publishing. Book proposals may be submitted at any time, either as a completed dummy or as an invitation to collaborate on the development of a project from a larger body of photographic material. In the latter case, 89books works closely with the artist on image selection, editing, sequencing, and graphic design in order to shape the work into a carefully conceived publication.
Folio is a special series of 89books dedicated to the production of fast-paced publications distinguished by a cohesive design and a standard format (21 × 28 cm). Each edition is housed in a printed envelope, reinforcing the tactile and collectible nature of the object. With Folio, 89books aims to respond to photographers’ desire to produce limited-edition publications quickly, while maintaining a strong commitment to quality and craftsmanship. Folio is continuously open to submissions from artists and photographers with fully developed projects seeking to transform their work into a carefully conceived publication.
The 89Books AIR Program (Artists in Residence) supports professionals working in contemporary art, with a particular focus on photography and bookmaking. During the residency, residents may either refine an existing project with the aim of transforming it into a book, or develop new work in the city of Palermo intended to become part of Quaderno Palermo – a collection of impressions of the city and its inhabitants conceived in dialogue with the 89books team. The residency also seeks to question and expand the very notion of the “book,” exploring new possibilities for how photobooks can be made, structured, viewed, and experienced. Residencies typically last two weeks. Shorter or longer stays may be arranged individually. Selected candidates receive a letter of support to assist with applications for external funding covering travel expenses and per diems.
Quaderno Palermo is a special publication series dedicated to photographers’ interpretations of Palermo, a city endlessly photographed and immortalized in cinema. At once visually captivating and deeply neglected, Palermo offers a rich and layered terrain for artistic exploration. Projects may be developed independently or within the framework of the 89books Artist-in-Residence program. The intended outcome is a publication in the Quaderno Palermo series.
