My publication, Some Things Bleak, continues its independent travels around the world, and is now part of the Inventory of Nature exhibition at Diecixdieci Photography Festival in Italy. This 8th edition of the contemporary photography exhibition is held in Gonzaga in the province of Mantua from 16 to 24 November 2024.

Curated by Stefania Rössl and Massimo Sordi, OMNE (North East Mobile Observatory), in collaboration with Fondazione Palazzo Magnani – Fotografia Europea and ISIA U Urbino – Specialist Course in Photography.

Some Things Bleak was selected as one of the Best Dutch Book Designs 2022 by the professional jury of The Best Dutch Book Designs and was exhibited in 2023 at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. After that it has been exhibited in Museum GRID (NL), Jan van Eyck Academie (NL) and Post Poetics (KR) etc.

Some Things Bleak:
Artwork by Charlott Markus
Texts by Charlott Markus and Sophia Seawell.
Designed by Hans Gremmen and printed by Zwaan Lenoir.

Some things Bleak is published by Fw:Books and distributed by Idea Books.

And kindly supported by AFK - Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst, Stichting Stokroos, Tijl fonds / Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Stichting Jaap Hartenfonds and indirectly via Mondriaan fonds