Gnomic Book

04/07/2025

’s Zero Hour is now shipping!

Zero Hour traces Germany’s post-WWII reconstruction through photography, uncovering how a nation emptied of symbols and role models rebuilt itself under the shadow of western influence. Drawing from family archives, press images, still lifes, and political texts, Zero Hour blends fact and fiction to expose the enduring structures of power, nationalism, and historical erasure that shape the present.

04/04/2025

’s Growing Tired of Calloused Knees is now sold out. The work documents a decade-long collaboration between Deville and his mother as they navigate the lasting effects of abuse, addiction, and mental illness. It is shaped by grief, care, and the need to understand what cannot be undone. Thank you to everyone who supported this powerful release.

03/24/2025

From Andrea Orejarena and Caleb Stein’s () book American Glitch.

This work explores the strange tension between reality and illusion in the U.S. landscape, where simulation theory meets lived experience. Rooted in years of research treating the internet as a collective subconscious, the project pairs found images of “real life glitches” with photographs the artists made at eerily similar sites across the country. The result is a layered portrait of disinformation, digital saturation, and the surreal textures of late capitalism.

02/24/2025

From ’s Lakeside.

“Lakeside, Virginia is a psychic landscape, a representation of countless spaces initially built to feign the ‘American Exceptionalism’ writ to redact America’s contentious reality,” Rocheleau says. “Lakeside is also a place with 11,000 people doing the best they can—ugly and beautiful things alike—while drowning in the reality that dreaming gets far less than its promise.”

02/19/2025

Today is the last day to support the pre-order campaign for ’s Zero Hour at GnomicBook.com. Zero Hour looks at Germany’s struggle to redefine itself after the devastation of war, exploring how photography played a crucial role in reconstructing a nation stripped of its traditional symbols and role models. By blending family photos, press imagery, and constructed still lifes, Piontek’s work lays bare the fragmented narratives that continue to shape the present.

02/17/2025

’s Hard Times are Fighting Times offers a look into a family steeped in radical activism and the legacy of revolutionary ideals. The book documents how her parents navigated the fierce demands of leftist activism while embracing the complexities of family love and everyday life. It is a narrative where the spirit of rebellion and the warmth of home converge in unexpected ways.

02/12/2025

“Zero Hour” by reflects on what we learn to trust and reject, shaped by both personal experience and collective history. The images unmask how the desire to forget coexists with the impossibility of a clean slate. There is no true “Zero Hour,” only versions of history that glitch, repeat, and refract.

Pre-order your copy today—production begins next week.

02/07/2025

’s Open began with photographs taken in Occupied Palestine in 2009. When Israeli security forces exposed his undeveloped film, he thought the images were ruined and left them untouched for over a decade. In 2021, revisiting the negatives, Ashcom discovered that the light exposure had added layers of meaning, reflecting themes of resiliency and vulnerability. The book is designed as a box referencing the original film container, containing a passport-sized book with 34 images. Translucent pages obscure the imagery with fragments of communications between Ashcom and financial institutions, adding depth to the narrative.

02/05/2025

’s Zero Hour is a haunting exploration of history and its lasting imprint on the present, where the past feels both distant and eerily close. Uncover the depth of its complexity and pre-order this book at GnomicBook.com.

01/31/2025

Zero Hour by is available for pre-order. The book examines the tension between history and the present, challenging the images and ideals we take for granted. Blending promises, facts, and fiction, Zero Hour asks viewers to reconsider their relationship to familiar narratives, exposing the biases, inequalities, and dominant social structures embedded in these photographs.

01/27/2025

’s Zero Hour is now available for pre-order on the Gnomic website. In the book, Piontek looks into Germany’s past to understand a war-ridden and divided present tense, tracing the country’s post-WWII history, societal structures, and values by examining photography’s role in reconstructing a nation emptied of symbolism and role models after 1945. Combining images from her family archive, press images, and constructed still lifes with political transcripts and documents, Piontek seeks to understand how Germany, once the “poster child of peace and democracy,” finds itself entangled in current wars and seduced by a rising national populism.

01/24/2025

We’re excited to announce our presale campaign for ’s forthcoming book, Zero Hour. The project is a visually remarkable exploration of the power of image in the creation and subversion of political realities - which feels exceptionally relevant in this moment.

Preorder your copy at gnomicbook.com for early April delivery!

11/26/2024

The Kickstarter for ’s forthcoming book, Growing Tired of Calloused Knees, has only 13 days remaining. Please share and support if you can! Link in bio.

11/14/2024

We're excited to announce the presale for our forthcoming book by Chance DeVille, Growing Tired of Calloused Knees. Please support if you can!

Growing Tired of Calloused Knees is a photobook that attempts to carry the multitude of issues that stem from domestic abuse.

11/05/2024

Jason Hendardy () will be signing copies of his new book, This is a Test, on Saturday at 5pm, at the Gnomic Book table (P58) at Polycopies. See you there!

10/19/2024

Book #3 forthcoming from

09/07/2024

We’ll be at the Photobook Fest this weekend, with signings by and . Come on by!

Saturday
3:00 PM - Alice Proujansky, Hard Times are Fighting Times
4:00 PM - Jason Hendardy, This is a Test

International Center of Photography
79 Essex Street, NY

08/25/2024

We continue our presale campaign for our new project with , titled This is a Test.

The book explores contemporary issues like the American dream, immigration, and family, explored through the filter of visual language. The project tells a story of grappling with identity during assimilation and dissecting intergenerational differences. It speaks to the contemporary feelings of the suffocation of impending catastrophe.

If this excites you, you can preorder the book, signed or not, and 3 stunning prints in two sizes, to support the project. Please note that our presale engine requires you to add products to your cart one at a time!