Come Closer — Dinaya Waeyaert, Dienacht edition of 500

An invitation that feels both tender and intrusive. This book collapses distance through contact sheets, handwritten elements and fragments taped directly onto the pages—including tissues that introduce an almost vulnerable, bodily presence. It feels assembled rather than produced, as if each copy carried the photographer’s direct touch. The fold-out cover and 36 × 50 cm portrait extend the gesture outward. Offset printing with selectively varnished Polaroids and open thread Swiss binding complete an edition of 500 conceived like messages in a bottle—intimate, personal, released to whoever opens it.

Technical Sheet
Title: Come Closer
Artist / Author: Dinaya Waeyaert
Edition: 500 copies
Printing: Offset with additional varnished Polaroid images
Binding: Open thread Swiss binding
Medium / Materials: Printed fold-out cover with contact sheets, additional 36 × 50 cm foldout portrait, hand taped notes, drawings, tissues, detachable post-its
Dimensions (cm): 17 × 24
Pages: 164
Condition: New