I began working on this series one day out of anguish and ended up rescued by a depth of meaning I never really meant to touch. The resulting images are hand-colored photogravures combining the graffiti of New Orleans with religious imagery from San Miguel in Mexico – the dueling iconographies of the two places I call home. I have no final judgment to make on the subjects. Each expression is presented with its consolations and its cruelties. They are what they are, and hopefully, the viewer finds something in them that speaks to what they themselves may have experienced, needed, or felt. – Josephine Sacabo
Barking at God
A limited edition of three signed and numbered gold foil-stamped, royal green cloth hardcover books housed in a matching, custom-designed clamshell box. Each edition is entirely handcrafted, from the binding to the letterpress text to the hand-pulled photogravures printed and hand-colored with soft pastels at the artist’s studio.
Design by Jacqueline Miro
Photogravures printed and hand-colored by
Josephine Sacabo, Jennifer Shaw, & Meg Turner
Box and Binding by Sarah Smith,
Stock Pile, Brooklyn, NY
Letterpress executed by John Fitzgerald
Luna Press 2025
$10,000 — Josephine Sacabo
https://lunapress.com
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Nancy McCrary
Nancy is the Publisher and Founding Editor of South x Southeast photomagazine. She is also the Director of South x Southeast Workshops, and Director of South x Southeast Photogallery. She resides on her farm in Georgia with 4 hounds where she shoots only pictures.