My good friend Christian Patterson has a book coming out of photographs from his Sound Affects project, the release coinciding with his upcoming exhibition at Kaune, Sudendorf in Cologne, Germany. The gallery is publishing the first edition of 700 copies of the book.

Over the last few months, I’ve been fortunate enough to have peeks at the tentative layout/sequence and give Christian my thoughts on the accompanying text. I’m very happy for him that it has all come together and am looking forward to seeing the final version whenever he sends me a copy (wink).

The introduction, titled “Fuck You Memphis!” by Robert Gordon, couldn’t be more appropriate. There is also a nice essay, contextualizing Christian’s work titled “A Concrete Kind of Fiction” by Susanna Ott. As for the specs, the book will be hardcover, 9×12 in., 110 pages with 47 color plates. There will be a special edition limited to 60 copies: white book with blue slipcase, numbered and signed along with a signed 8×10 in. print.

If you’re traveling through or living in Germany, know that Sound Affects will be on display at Kaune, Sudendorf from April 19th to May 25th, 2008. The opening reception and book release will be held on April 18th.

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