binding nieuwe stijl met zichtbare katernen, zonder dichte rug

The 23-year-old documentary photographer Ilse Wolf graduated from the Art Academy AKV St. Joost (Breda, the Netherlands) with ‘Weather Permitting’. She wondered what it would be like to escape from the performance society. To be disconnected 24/7 and not to share everything via social media.
Without telephone and internet access she travelled to Caldey Island, a small island off the coast of Wales. A journey in which she left behind the control freak and telephone addict and in which she looked for solitude. Armed with a pen and a camera a unique book originated that simply by its serene design captures the atmosphere on the island. As if you can hear the never hushed wind around you.
Caldey is a miniscule island off the coast of Wales where time stopped. Once a lively island with children, a school and a village hall, now a base for a secluded life. No supermarket, no street lights. Only a core of twenty-one inhabitants, among them twelve monks, who are one with nature. The islanders depend on the tide, the light and on each other.
What is it like to live a secluded life like that? What does the island bring them? What motivates them? By capturing portraits, interiors, landscape and island scenes in a unique way, Ilse Wolf created a nuanced, complex image of an exceptional, closed community.