{"product_id":"mateo-ruiz-gonzalez-seventh-summer","title":"Pre-Order: Mateo Ruiz Gonzalez - Seventh Summer","description":"\u003ch3\u003e*Please Note: This is a pre-order. This title is expected to arrive November 2026. All orders containing this title will ship when it is in stock.*\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeventh Summer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a meditation on the memory of love. Rather than recounting the story as a narrative, Mateo Ruiz González works through gesture, landscape, and domestic intimacy to construct a visual language for experiences that resist description. Made over seven years, the photographs move between observation and introspection, accumulating into an atmosphere shaped by closeness, absence, and the recognition of an ending. Like memory, they emerge as partial and associative, acting as a testimony to the emotions between two lovers and the solitude that lingered even within their companionship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn original text by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.georgeweld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGeorge Weld\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e opens the book through the act of naming. Weld uses fragmented sentences and compound words to evoke the imperfect and evolving language between lovers, extending the photographs into a parallel meditation on the fragile world they inhabit. In addition, excerpts from a poem by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/richard-siken.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRichard Siken\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from his acclaimed book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrush \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eaccompany the work throughout\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eas if spoken by the artist to his former partner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the center of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeventh Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the act of tending: to a relationship, to memory, and ultimately to the work itself. From image-making to self-publishing, creation becomes a means of reflection and healing for the artist. Like the seventh day, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeventh Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e becomes a period of contemplation: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreation found its quiet end, and there was rest. The peace that followed was spent in contemplation of the divine work—a stillness in which to reflect on what had been shared, what had been built with care, and the ache that arrives with letting go.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9.45 x 12.5in. 80 pages. 1 monotone and 35 duotone plates. UV image varnish. Vellum jacket with foil stamp text. Swiss binding with exposed spine. Lilac thread. Soft cover with tipped-in print. Edit by Mateo Ruiz González. Design by \u003c\/span\u003eBeginner Swimmer Works\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eCody Haltom\u003cspan\u003e. Production and pre-press by \u003c\/span\u003ePablo Mejia\u003cspan\u003e. Printed in Bogota, Colombia by TorreBeta. Edition of 250. Self Published.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Self Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51385958629628,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0460\/7908\/2645\/files\/Covers_2_b52d1a5f-5cee-498c-bfb0-c22f9a40f16a.jpg?v=1790266196","url":"https:\/\/baltimorephotospace.com\/products\/mateo-ruiz-gonzalez-seventh-summer","provider":"Baltimore Photo Space","version":"1.0","type":"link"}