ARCHIVO DIÓGENES BOOK · Diana Dot

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By @dianadot_

Collection of surprise flashes.
Birth, death, love, beauty, disgust, family, strangers... life; lack of synthesis.

This work stems from a years-long obsession with creating a definitive life archive, an eclectic blend of recovered fragments: old family film reels, forgotten phone footage, old projects and lost photographs.

Through this process, a raw and honest compilation of life’s moments has been constructed, pieced together into a book that resists coherence, aiming instead to provoke and surprise its audience.
It’s a celebration of life’s unsorted flashes, embracing the beauty in chaos and the authenticity in imperfection.

The project’s title, Archivo Diógenes, inspired by the compulsive act of hoarding, perfectly encapsulates this artistic endeavor, a curated collection of “rubbish” transformed into meaning.
This is a deeply personal archive that becomes a shared experience, where life’s disorder takes center stage.
Photographs were taken in Madrid, Murcia, Palencia, Valladolid, Asturias, Berlin, London, Naples, Prague, Amsterdam, Puerto Rico, New York, Dominican Republic and Mexico.

A heartfelt thank you to @alupicabrera for helping bring this project to life.
Also, @_gatox @lauracodex @albaparrass @es_geraldine @shu.kumei @alexaappear @capulla.sixtina @charlotteeeva @bubuismyname __penas__ @imroi2003 @yana.wall @r.osew @caroopj @selectedfier @danielhdezmoreno my family and to all the strangers encapsulated in these flashes.
Diana Dot.

HARD COVER, 24x17 CM, 208 PAG, MATTE
ONLY 25 COPIES
Printed in Mexico City