“I start of by signing a privacy contract. No one but the owners will see the photos or the book. After that the owners show me around, so I know what’s special to them. I prefer to do it with the lady of the house – the princess of the castle. Sometimes you can walk right past an object, but once they tell you its history, you look at it in a different way. It takes one to three days of photography to cover everything I need for the perfect book.
Afterwards I’ll make a selection and create the lay-out and consult with the owner about the technical details. Depending on which materials they choose, production could take about 4-6 weeks, because I have the books made in Italy. If you want crocodile binding, for example, I have to find the right leather, get the approved certificates for it… it’s a longer process. I have a client who wants a book of a metre by a metre, and so now I’m looking for somebody to make a table for the book that goes with the house, and I haven’t even taken the photos yet. “
