Leiffing Through History Book

Front of book, black fabric hardcover with red silk cord. Paper attached onto cover: old black & white photo lightly brushed with gold, forest green, and maroon paint strokes.
Close-up view of spine, with pages braided together with red silk chord.
Front inner cover: old black & white photos arranged in a loose stack. First page on the right: old black & white photo painted on with gold, maroon and forest green.
End inner cover stamped with gold tree (business logo) and lettering of credits: Photographs by Lee Leiff Roseman, book by Laura Chenault.
Book opened with loose pages.
Close-up picture of the upper left corner of opened book, with loose pages.
Close-up of upper right corner of opened book, with loose pages.
Top view of opened book with loose pages.
Book opened to old black & white photos painted with gold, forest green, and maroon.
Right page: old photo of soldier smiling at camera, painted on with light brushstrokes.
Book opened to old black & white photos painted with gold, forest green, and maroon.

This is the book that was made for the Leiffing Through History altar I created in honor of my grandad for Dia De Los Muertos. The images are photographs he took while stationed in Hawaii during WWII that I printed on artist paper and painted on them. This altar is a site specific installation that was part of the "Death on the Installment Plan/La Muerte en Plan de Pagos" at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco CA.

Sorry. This book is not for sale.