Do Not Disturb

This new photographic book reveals a powerful, emotional narrative; an affecting, personal history of loss and betrayal. It tells how an act of small physicality would take on enormous significance, becoming a formative and lasting influence.
The images comprise arresting formal still life studies: informal snapshots of jugs in windows; and partially obscured views through windows interspersed with a brooding and deliberately simple, succinct text.
The interplay between images and words allows a disconcerting, poignant story to unravel gradually as the context of the ‘act of small physicality’ is eventually revealed.
There is a simplicity about this book that belies the nuanced and elegant portrayal of a complex moment in one family’s history.

‘I’ve long admired Katya de Grunwald’s jug photographs, without fully understanding the story behind them. A revelatory book, about families, loss and everyday cruelty.’
Olivia Laing (artist and cultural critic. Author of The Garden Against Time, 2024).

All images and text: © Katya de Grunwald
Size: 148mm x 210mm

Pages: 40

Contains: 20 colour photographs
Format: Sewn section bound

Printed on 150 gsm GF Smith Max 350gsm embossed cover

2nd edition of 50 copies