In this gorgeous book Brigitte Lustenberger explores the passing of time memory and the
fragility of life. She transforms flowers dried on glass used for photographic slides into
delicate photographs. Celebrating the beauty of decay Lustenberger leads us into a fascinating
world of withered flowers. Her images reveal the incredible details of nature's ingenious
constructions. The artist manages to combine both the fleetingness of a drawing made with light
and the preservation of a photograph. Four essays by renowned curators provide insight into the
artist's process-oriented working method the interweaving of analogue and digital technology
in her practice and contextualize An Apparition of Memory within Western and Japanese
photographic and art history. BRIGITTE LUSTENBERGER (*1969 Zurich) studied Photo Theory and
History at Zurich University and Fine Art Photography at Parsons The New School of Design in
New York. Lustenberger explores the essence of the medium of photography and its close
connection to themes such as decay memory and death. She works with large and medium format
cameras scanners iPhones overhead and slide projectors. Her work has won numerous awards and
has been exhibited internationally. She lives in Bern Switzerland.
