This special edition of My Life on Film - Desillusion Days is limited to 100 numbered and signed copies. With an iconic cover featuring skater Dylan Rieder, this edition pays homage to the raw, untamed spirit that inspired Desillusion from the very beginning.
In collaboration with Polaroid, each copy includes an original Polaroid photograph shot by me—one-of-a-kind moments captured on instant film, embodying the unpredictable beauty and authenticity that Desillusion stands for. This edition is not just a book; it's a piece of my journey, a tribute to those who live on the edge, and a celebration of the imperfect poetry of life.
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Long before all this, before you arrived here, before I even became aware of the world we live in, I had already taken a different path from the one laid out by our contemporaries. A path that led me to the margins, on the road with the freest people I’ve ever known. And so, I began documenting my encounters, my flaws, my dreams, and my wanderings—first in a journal, then a magazine, and eventually in books that have followed me for over 25 years. I called it Desillusion—it was my passport to explore the world, my dynamite to shatter preconceptions, my school for learning life through touch.
Desillusion Days - My Life on Films returns to the origins of my journey, to my visual wanderings, those of a young adult with a gaze still in formation—raw, unstable, without pretense. These images are the foundation of who I am, a collection of stolen moments that were never meant to be seen, let alone printed. It’s an unvarnished self-portrait, a testament to a path forged through mistakes, wounds, and raw truth. An ode to imperfection, to the beauty that hides in every corner of our existence.
Captured between 2009 and 2014, these images began with the discovery of a Yashica point-and-shoot at a flea market (until then, I had devoted myself solely to writing) and mark the end of Desillusion in its original form.
This book, titled My Life on Film - Desillusion Days, is composed of 256 pages of moments captured on the fly, a simultaneous ode to nothing and everything.
This special edition of My Life on Film - Desillusion Days is limited to 100 numbered and signed copies. With an iconic cover featuring skater Dylan Rieder, this edition pays homage to the raw, untamed spirit that inspired Desillusion from the very beginning.
In collaboration with Polaroid, each copy includes an original Polaroid photograph shot by me—one-of-a-kind moments captured on instant film, embodying the unpredictable beauty and authenticity that Desillusion stands for. This edition is not just a book; it's a piece of my journey, a tribute to those who live on the edge, and a celebration of the imperfect poetry of life.
———-
Long before all this, before you arrived here, before I even became aware of the world we live in, I had already taken a different path from the one laid out by our contemporaries. A path that led me to the margins, on the road with the freest people I’ve ever known. And so, I began documenting my encounters, my flaws, my dreams, and my wanderings—first in a journal, then a magazine, and eventually in books that have followed me for over 25 years. I called it Desillusion—it was my passport to explore the world, my dynamite to shatter preconceptions, my school for learning life through touch.
Desillusion Days - My Life on Films returns to the origins of my journey, to my visual wanderings, those of a young adult with a gaze still in formation—raw, unstable, without pretense. These images are the foundation of who I am, a collection of stolen moments that were never meant to be seen, let alone printed. It’s an unvarnished self-portrait, a testament to a path forged through mistakes, wounds, and raw truth. An ode to imperfection, to the beauty that hides in every corner of our existence.
Captured between 2009 and 2014, these images began with the discovery of a Yashica point-and-shoot at a flea market (until then, I had devoted myself solely to writing) and mark the end of Desillusion in its original form.
This book, titled My Life on Film - Desillusion Days, is composed of 256 pages of moments captured on the fly, a simultaneous ode to nothing and everything.
