In Michael Mahne Lamb’s Complements, a drowsy flight cabin hums as an umbrella gives cover to scrub, and glowing plastic furniture floats in darkness. Recall the experience of watching a train pass through a short tunnel—familiar and visually interrupted, yet psychologically completed. Translating this perceptual effect into a still image, the interpretative possibilities open a library of visual concepts from past individual experiences; the back of an anonymous head calls for an old friend’s face; just as sealed train doors call for a routine destination.

Case-bound with a printed linen cover.
200 × 280 mm, 72 pages

ISBN 978-0-473-42958-4
March 2018
Limited edition of 50