Layout & bookbinding: "I came like water and like wind I go"

A bit more about the verse which is also the title

In 1859, The Rubaiyat of Omar Kahayam rendered into English verse by Edward FitzGerald was published priced 5/-. It attracted no attention and in 1861 the remaining copies were put in a box on the street outside the publisher's door for sale to passers-by at 1d. A copy was bought by the painter and poet Rossetti who introduced it to Swinburne and William Morris. Gradually it became famous and the Rubaiyat remains today some of the best-loved Victorian verse.

The Rubaiyat is a collection of meditations on love, death, God, mortality, and wine from eleventh-century Persia. Here are a few verses on death and mortality that might be some comfort for a funeral.

A photo book by Jose Ferreira from https://cleanwhitepictures.pt/.

This photo book is an homage to his ancestors and a reminder that time does fly for us all.

A beautifully crafted collection of photographs, both new and old, curated to illustrate and tell his family story.

Photos are frozen memories, situations, and encounters from the past printed on a piece of paper. Those memories will last as long as someone cherishes those pieces of paper.

Note: All the old photos used in this book are analog photos. I do understand the use of photography today is completely different and might not carry as much emotional weight as before.

I worked on the layout design, publishing, and manual bookbinding.

Photos of the process are below. Photos by Jose Ferreira.