Reykjavik Map Books

Reykjavik is a new book concept from Scintilla Limited, created by artist, photographer and dreamer Ami Sioux. The concept for the book was originally born in East Berlin where Ami had been living– she noticed that on a number of occasions people had given her a map of directions to a party or to their house as East Berlin was still being rebuilt. Her experience of receiving maps as directions birthed this series of books. In each of the cities, Ami asks 50 of its residents to hand draw a map to a place of their choosing– a place that’s significant or important to them personally, for any reason. She then uses the map to navigate herself to the location and photographs it. The side-by-side view of map vs. photograph tell a powerful story. Check out their website for ordering information or a book store carrying the series in your area.

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