Coming up for Air surfaced out of an extended body of photographic work produced by Stephen Gill as he bobbed back and forth between Hackney and Japan during 2008 and 2009. Using his lens like a portable fish tank, Stephen transports us to a strange and disorientating fictional aquatic world, in which contextual information is limited or completely absent and our breath mists the view as our noses push up against the glass.
Each book has its own unique cover, individually hand painted by Gill – don’t worry, yours will be the best one!