{"product_id":"binom","title":"BINOM","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003eFor most of her life, Nata Drachinskaya believed she knew her father. After his suicide in 2001, a box of photographs, slides, family albums, official documents and personal belongings revealed a life she had never known. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003eFor more than twenty-five years, her father worked as a cryptographer, developing encryption algorithms to secure state communications. His work was so highly classified that even his family remained unaware of its true nature. As Drachinskaya began to explore his photographic archive, what started as an attempt to understand one man's life gradually evolved into an exploration of family, memory, secrecy and the invisible forces that shape ordinary lives. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003eStructured as two interconnected volumes, \u003cem\u003eBinom\u003c\/em\u003e mirrors the duality at the heart of the project. One volume reconstructs the life remembered by a daughter through intimate family photographs and everyday moments. The second traces the hidden life that slowly emerges from the archive - a life built on silence, omission and carefully guarded truths. Together, the two narratives invite us to reflect on the distance between what we know and what remains concealed, revealing how personal histories can challenge official narratives and inherited ways of seeing the world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003eWorking with family photographs, negatives, slides, official documents and her own images, Drachinskaya transforms the archive into a place of investigation rather than nostalgia. Everyday details - a summer house built by hand, evenings spent writing code, childhood games, treasured objects and family rituals - become fragments of a larger story. Rather than reconstructing the past, \u003cem\u003eBinom\u003c\/em\u003e asks how memory is formed, how silence is passed from one generation to the next, and how every family carries histories that are both shared and hidden. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003eThe title \u003cem\u003eBinom\u003c\/em\u003e derives from the mathematical term binomial - an algebraic expression composed of two terms. Throughout the publication, this idea of duality resonates on multiple levels: two lives, two narratives, two versions of reality, the visible and the invisible. Mathematics itself becomes a powerful metaphor - precise and impartial, capable of serving profoundly different human purposes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThe book is also available in a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blowuppress.eu\/collections\/bup-publications\/products\/binom-special-edition?variant=56896894173508\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" target=\"_blank\"\u003especial edition\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOrder fulfillment will begin after 15 July.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe concept of \u003cem\u003eBinom\u003c\/em\u003e was developed during the 2022 Photobook as an Object workshop led by Yumi Goto and Jan Rosseel in collaboration with \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/reminders-project.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eReminders Photography Stronghold\u003c\/a\u003e. 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Its publication was made possible by support from the award's founders: the \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rencontres-arles.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRencontres d'Arles\u003c\/a\u003e \u0026amp; the \u003ca style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\" href=\"https:\/\/luma.org\/en\/arles\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eLUMA Foundation\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhoto archives:\u003cstrong\u003e Andrey Shtepa \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePhotographs and drawings: \u003cstrong\u003eNata Drachinskaya\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTexts: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNata Drachinskaya\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBook design: \u003cstrong\u003eNata Drachinskaya, Yumi Goto, Jan Rosseel, Aneta Kowalczyk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrey board gatefold cover with 2 mounted photographs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePapers:\u003cb\u003e Arena Smooth Natural 140g, Arena Bulk Natural 100g\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e16.5 x 22 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e192\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eNumber of photographs and drawings: \u003cstrong\u003e152\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage version:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnglish, French \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrint run:\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e 1000 copies \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePrinting and binding:\u003cb\u003e Skleniarz (Kraków, Poland)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication date:\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e July 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBLOW UP PRESS (Warsaw, Poland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e), \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eLes Rencontres d’Arles (Arles, France)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e978-83-977057-4-6\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nata Drachinskaya","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56898734686532,"sku":"BUP_B_ND_B","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0043\/0827\/1175\/files\/Nata_Drachinskaya_Binom_cover_REG.jpg?v=1782757854","url":"https:\/\/blowuppress.eu\/products\/binom","provider":"BLOW UP PRESS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}