Daybreak, a thousand miles from nowhere.

Black and white image of a US Army rocket against a clear sky with a horizon and distant hills.
Black and white photo of an empty asphalt surface with rocky terrain and distant hills.
Black and white photo of a deserted highway with an arrow pointing right, flat landscape, power line tower, and lone cloud in a clear sky.
Black and white photo of a weathered building and chain-link fence with overgrown vines. A parked car is partially visible, and there are signs of urban decay.

I find myself awake, along the cracked asphalt of life.

Black and white photo of a dog walking on an empty street, casting a long shadow. Surrounding buildings and a clear sky are visible in the background.
Black and white photo of a rural scene featuring a leaning signpost with diagonal stripes, surrounded by tall grasses and wildflowers. Cornfield and electrical wires in the background under a partly cloudy sky.
Black and white photo of a street scene with a traffic sign, sidewalk, and a wall casting shadows, under clear sky.
Black and white photo of a desert landscape with shrubs, distant hills, and a clear sky.

Happenstance, chance, godsend; whatever you want to call it, is how I get to a place.

Black-and-white image of a dirt road alongside a border wall and a field.
Black and white desert landscape with sand dunes, bushes, and power lines.
Black and white photo of a hillside with bare trees overlooking a street with houses. There is a large, weathered concrete block in the foreground, and parked cars are visible on the road below.
Black and white landscape of a desert area with hills and scattered vegetation under a cloudy sky.

Birth and death are real, what happens in the middle is anybody’s guess.

Pathway surrounded by dense, dry bushes in grayscale.
Black and white desert landscape with sand dunes and cracked road in foreground.
Black and white image of leafless trees and branches in a natural setting, with a partially visible structure in the background.
Black and white photo of an empty highway with visible road markings, surrounded by flat, open landscape.

Curious, at times hopeful, and often scared to death.

Black and white image of a solitary utility pole with wires in a vast, sandy desert landscape. Sparse vegetation is visible in the distance under a clear sky.
Black and white photo of a building with a "Furniture Mecca" sign. The foreground has an empty parking lot with visible asphalt texture and a manhole cover. Overhead power lines run across the sky.
Two tires mounted on poles in a barren desert landscape, creating circular shadows on the cracked ground with distant mountains in the background.
Black and white photo of two tall, empty sign poles with a rocky desert landscape in the background.

I don’t have the answers.

Black and white photo of a chain-link fence in the foreground, an empty parking lot, a shipping container, warehouse in the background, and a distant industrial structure with smokestacks.
A group of people participating in a political protest, holding signs and flags with anti-Biden messages. The image is in black and white, capturing a moment of expression and political sentiment. The sky is visible in the background.
Black and white photo of two horses standing in a fenced field near a road, with houses and mountains in the background.
Black and white photo of people at an indoor tractor exhibition displaying classic tractors

Sometimes it just is.

Black and white photo of a decomposed animal carcass with visible fur and bones, lying on rocky ground surrounded by stones.

Photographs in rhythm, become a visual poem, a handmade book.

Together, my books express a singular and fluid narrative.

(snafu)

Stack of gray storage boxes with colored pull-tabs, placed on a wooden surface.
Array of spiral-bound notebooks with covers slightly open, arranged diagonally.
Stack of four gray rectangular boxes with colored tabs on wooden surface
Stack of spiral-bound books with 'man-made' text on cover, grayscale
Assorted gray spiral notebooks arranged in a grid pattern.
Black and white photograph of a canal on a spiral-bound book page.
Top view of spiral-bound notebooks with varied pastel-colored covers stacked diagonally.
stacked envelopes with circular tabs
Black and white photo albums with spiral binding displaying landscape images.
Gray spiral notebooks with faint text on the covers, including words like "five-and-dime" and "whacked."
Grey spiral-bound notebooks arranged in a symmetrical pattern.
Open spiral-bound photo album displaying a monochrome image of a missile labeled 'U.S. Army' against a gradient sky.
Spiral-bound notebook with "field guide to snafu" on gray cover.
A spiral-bound notebook with a list of words printed in small font on the white page, resting on a light gray tiled surface.
Stack of spiral-bound notebooks with gray covers
Spiral-bound notebook cover with the words "(terminal lake)" on it.
Stacked metal drawers with colorful round labels on a wooden surface
Close-up of a spiral-bound book with the text "field guide to (snafu)" on the page.

(snafu)

  • forty-four books & field guide

  • four presentation boxes

  • everyday life, america

  • 2017 - 2024

  • forty-four books

  • 10 - 12 photographs per book

  • 24 - 28 pages

  • 10 x 8 inches or 8 x 10 inches

  • pigment prints on archival paper

  • bound by hand using double wire

  • cover strathmore bristol board

four presentation boxes

  • 11 books per box

  • field guide (yellow box)

  • designated by a color dot

  • reverse chronological order (yellow, green, rose & blue)

  • recycled anodized aluminum

  • scratch resistant & archival

  • 9 x 11.5 x 2 inches

edition

  • designed, printed and bound by theo anderson

  • signed and notated in field guide

  • seven unique copies

  • copy 1/7 available for $35,000.00, museums and libraries are offered a 20% discount

  • additional information, theo@theoanderson.com