# Positive Illusions

- **Brand:** SPBH Editions
- **Price:** $40.00
- **Catalog:** mackbooks
- **Retailer:** mackbooks
- **Product URL:** https://go.cosimo.shop/r/gAAAAABqwOJKIXBFrMJ4Sg4T7MQDgfXTkb45boPVmxLsb0fo0hxrXnamS1Xy7zqVr7Up7CYo13ywHdNZ_CaBznBXOLB5tlzwdxrD_cC5vldgJ9UQ3ZV1aDO1pCsycv8i9sm_3qjQESKs2xeI6DXFeusP3q6ALb_r1qfrRnh3TS5pygAhjnuyaaScQFwD1zA2hWDZBzYV3Q8qtRmK_8Z2EXp4bzQ1ih8qebnS_nYvndXVB_fI0vOqBKhspm05-G-OhPfHzLrt2fseOz9-dgwDmw5jVqJnTOA0IgpkqjxuANJ-M_9gLBCqQtnsuz6995TmdwVRWy0D6kWw5R8n-HTGRs3x-Y4QKMFZkqe6NoSm5m0nlbyjgfzrBBgAQL-P3U3Keai2PwqESM4WfRze2MkcJ-sMsBA5OxV67DbSlLAWTavEsVhEuLzqV784S2zbA04MlDylM3ca4BAcjmJ0Y6x4bVfg0PRUDV7q0Q==
- **Availability:** In stock

## Summary

Positive Illusions by Benjamin Freedman is a debossed hardcover photography book featuring surreal CGI reconstructions of childhood memories, spanning 144 pages.

## Description

Using CGI, Canadian artist Benjamin Freedman presents a captivating image sequence which meticulously reconstructs his childhood memories of a family road trip to Maine in 1999. Blurring the line between reality and simulation, these surreal images toy with the ephemerality of memory and its inseparability from fantasy. Freedman’s recreated scenes of roadside diners, pools, and picnics create a visceral and sensory dreamscape, evoking the sounds and smells attached to his childhood recollections.  These digitally constructed images explore how technology permits us to revisit and reimagine the past in ways that feel both familiar and uncanny. Distinctions between personal recollection and collective nostalgia are compromised, creating an idiosyncratic visual realm saturated with shared emotions and histories. Freedman’s use of digital tools to recapture nostalgic scenes underscores the fluidity of memory while also challenging traditional conventions of the photographic medium.  With an essay by Cat Lachowskyj

## Appearance

- **Fit:** Unsigned

## Variants

- **In stock:** 1 of 2

| SKU | Availability |
| --- | --- |
| 9781915743862 | In stock |
| 9781915743862S | Out of stock |

## Categories

- **Categories:** Photography Books

## Additional Attributes

- **ISBN:** 978-1-915743-86-2
- **tags:** Benjamin Freedman, transfer
- **pages:** 144 pages
- **author:** Benjamin Freedman
- **format:** Debossed hardcover
- **vendor:** SPBH Editions
- **binding:** Debossed hardcover
- **publisher:** SPBH Editions
- **dimensions:** 21 x 28 cm
- **page count:** 144 pages
- **product type:** Photography Books
- **listed prices:** €40 £30 US$40 AU$75
- **shopify handle:** positive-illusions-benjamin-freedman
- **publication date:** February 2025
- **dimensions and pages:** 21 x 28 cm, 144 pages
- **signed edition details:** The signed edition includes an extra image plate signed by the artist and glued into the inside back cover.

## Enrichment

- **Type:** photography book
- **Type Synonyms:** art book, monograph
- **Tags:** hardcover, debossed cover, CGI art, surrealist imagery
- **Styles:** contemporary, surrealist
- **Category Path:** Media > Books > Print Books
- **Book cover type:** Hardcover
- **Genre:** Arts
- **Target audience:** Adults
- **Canonical Brand:** SPBH Editions

## Images

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