For decades, Michael Graf has studied the rhythms and routines of image-making cultures. The ‘12°of Other’ share some of what he and his subjects have learned over those years. From the Vodoun practices of West African villages to the rituals of Western identity to the hyper-glow of attention markets, Graf steers us along the borders of twelve unique human themes. Each reflects on notions of age, beauty, worth, erotism, duality, and worship that quietly shape our everyday lives.
Split across two mirrored volumes, Other explores the dual ways we experience these worlds ourselves.
Part memoir, part social history, part travelogue, Graf suggests that to truly see is to engage the world through broader connections. The pursuit becomes less about answering the world than seeing and re-seeing the stories that move through it.
