2012 First edition Very good copy 22 × 24 cm 176 pages Japanese binding, softcover
Texts by Xavier Canonne and Witho Worms (Dutch, French, German, English and Polish) Design: Hans Gremmen
Printed entirely on black paper, with 2 × white, cyan, magenta and yellow inks
Cette montagne c’est moi is about me. Translated literally, it means “This mountain that’s me”. It was initially an association of image and meaning that led to the subject matter. The carbon in coal is the same carbon referred to in carbon printing. Carbon printing is a photographic printing process that is excellently suited for reproducing dark tones.
For this project, I developed a variation on the carbon printing process, a photographic printing technique from the 19th century. I took a piece of coal from every mountain I photographed. I then ground this coal into a pigment that I used to create photographic paper. This paper was then used to make a print of the mountain from which the coal originated. In other words, the object of the photograph — the mountain — has become one with the subject of the photograph — the print itself.
— Witho Worms
Golden Medal Schönste Bücher aus aller Welt De Best Verzorgde Boeken 2012 Shortlist First Book Award: Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards 2012 Best Photobooks 2012: Volkskrant Favourite Photobooks of 2012 by ICP Library Best Books of 2012 by Photo-Eye
