This is the clamshell limited edition of 12, which originally came with 15 prints.
Excerpts from Silver Meadows by Todd Hido, published in 2013 by Nazraeli Press, is widely considered the culmination of his early career and a defining modern achievement in narrative sequencing.
The title refers to a specific street that ran through Hido's childhood neighborhood in Kent, Ohio, serving as both a geographical anchor and a psychological point of departure. Rather than creating a straightforward documentary, Hido constructs a hazy, non-linear cartography of midwestern memory. He seamlessly interweaves his signature atmospheric, neon-lit suburban landscapes with intimate portraits, archival documents, and found vintage photography. The resulting sequence functions as an unsettling trip through the innocence of adolescence into the darker, hidden realities of suburban American life. Operating entirely through shadow and suggestion, the work eschews simple nostalgia in favor of the immediate, sometimes jarring sensation of uninvited flashbacks.
For a formalist collection focused on the physical execution of printed matter, this monograph stands as a critical benchmark. Hido conceptualized the project in direct defiance of the emerging digital publishing trend, setting out to create a volume that demanded a purely physical and tangible interaction. The design notably utilizes oversized, multi-page gatefolds. These structural interventions disrupt the standard rhythm of consumption, forcing the viewer to physically manipulate the object, peel back its narrative layers, and actively slow down their reading process.
Collectors of art editions often complement this volume with the 2014 B-Sides Box Set, a specialized companion piece also published by Nazraeli. Housed in a two-piece lucite box, this edition consists of fifty loose image cards featuring alternate crops and outtakes, offering a rare, tactile deconstruction of Hido's rigorous editing and sequencing process.
This is the clamshell limited edition of 12, which originally came with 15 prints.
Excerpts from Silver Meadows by Todd Hido, published in 2013 by Nazraeli Press, is widely considered the culmination of his early career and a defining modern achievement in narrative sequencing.
The title refers to a specific street that ran through Hido's childhood neighborhood in Kent, Ohio, serving as both a geographical anchor and a psychological point of departure. Rather than creating a straightforward documentary, Hido constructs a hazy, non-linear cartography of midwestern memory. He seamlessly interweaves his signature atmospheric, neon-lit suburban landscapes with intimate portraits, archival documents, and found vintage photography. The resulting sequence functions as an unsettling trip through the innocence of adolescence into the darker, hidden realities of suburban American life. Operating entirely through shadow and suggestion, the work eschews simple nostalgia in favor of the immediate, sometimes jarring sensation of uninvited flashbacks.
For a formalist collection focused on the physical execution of printed matter, this monograph stands as a critical benchmark. Hido conceptualized the project in direct defiance of the emerging digital publishing trend, setting out to create a volume that demanded a purely physical and tangible interaction. The design notably utilizes oversized, multi-page gatefolds. These structural interventions disrupt the standard rhythm of consumption, forcing the viewer to physically manipulate the object, peel back its narrative layers, and actively slow down their reading process.
Collectors of art editions often complement this volume with the 2014 B-Sides Box Set, a specialized companion piece also published by Nazraeli. Housed in a two-piece lucite box, this edition consists of fifty loose image cards featuring alternate crops and outtakes, offering a rare, tactile deconstruction of Hido's rigorous editing and sequencing process.