THE EXPIRED MONOGRAPH
THE EXPIRED MONOGRAPH REVIEWS
“LOVED TO DEATH” - HYPERALLERGIC
The dog-eared pages of To Kill a Mockingbird, a copy of Lad: A Dog that has a chunk missing from its cover (perhaps taken by canine teeth?), crayon scribbles on The Velveteen Rabbit, the broken spine of Treasure Island, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame braced by tape, all recall the shared experience of library literature. Mansfield’s photographs give these imperfections a quiet dignity.
“STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHS” - FLAVORWIRE
Mansfield sets out to convey that each book has traveled a unique path through the world, and she accomplishes this with a simple, clever, effective strategy: she visualizes them in a way that removes them from the world entirely, in a photographic limbo that does nothing less than invite us to consider an expired book as a metaphor for the relationship between body and soul.
“A METAPHOR FOR OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH BODY & SOUL” - FRACTION
Kerry she’s fascinated and compelled by the wear and tear placed upon them by passing years, and their passage from reader to reader. Her “Expired” series, which is currently comprised of 175 photographs, has been collected into a beautifully bound volume (though we’d love to see what it will look like after a few years in a library); you can buy it on her site, and she was kind enough to share a few images from it for this gallery.
SELECT EXPIRED PRESS
THE EXPIRED TRADE EDITION
• 12”x12” 120 Smyth Sewn Pages
• Case Bound Linen Cover
• Leather Wrap Spine
• Signed Library Check-out Card
• Red Page Marker Ribbon
• Blind Embossed Title
• Tipped-in Back Cover Picture
EXPIRED LIMITED EDITION WITH PRINT
• SIGNED LIMITED Edition Print - 8x10
• LIMITED Clamshell Edition of 50
• Linen Covered Clamshell case
• Hand Signed
• Blind Embossed Title on case
• Trade Edition Details Included
LIMITED EDITION PRINT selection
FRONT INTERIOR SPREAD,
”THE BOOK OF NONSENSE”
INTERIOR CLOSE-UP STAMP,
”ABOUT AMERICA”
COVERS FRONT & BACK,
”OLD YELLER”
CHECK-OUT CARD, FRONT & BACK,
”CURIOUS GEORGE RIDES A BIKE”