“Asa Nisi Masa” is a photographic exploration of the overlooked โ a book that reveals Blake Andrewsโ unique ability to discover and reframe hidden details of urban life into surprising visual narratives. Through a quiet, attentive approach, Andrews invites the viewer to look beyond the surface of the everyday, exposing micro-worlds and unexpected connections between marginal objects and spaces. Ordinary fragments โ shadows on a wall, discarded items, fleeting juxtapositions โ are recontextualized and charged with symbolic resonance. The work is not only a study of what is seen, but of how we see. Much like its title โ an enigmatic phrase drawn from Felliniโs 8ยฝ movie โ the book offers a meditation on hidden meaning, visual intuition, and the power of photography to suggest more than it shows. “Asa Nisi Masa” challenges us to slow down, to reconsider what we usually pass by, and to engage in a deeper, more layered experience of visual reality.
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Edition Details
Digitally signed
Exclusive limited edition
Published by Eyeshot, 2025
Hardcover, 22ร24 cm
128 pages
Designed and made in Italy
Edited by Marco Savarese
Introductions by Lucrezia Bonarota
Language: English
Book Timeline
Pre-order starts, 15th April
Pre-order ends, 30th June (no extension)
Printing Underway, July/August
Shipping Begins, August/September
Blake Andrews is a photographer based in Eugene, where he lives with his wife and teen sons near Spencer Butte. In addition to his own blog, B, an irreverent view of the photo world which he has maintained since 2007, he is a regular book reviewer forย Collector Dailyย andย PhotoEye, and the photography critic forย Eugene Weekly. As a photographer he has been consistently engaged in one project or another since 1993, including Portland Grid Project, Eugene Grid Project, UP Photographers, and numerous shows internationally. But mostly he shoots for himself. He received a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Brown University in 1992, a discipline which comes in handy behind a camera.
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