Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure.
Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure and the book opened to the image 'Bound," which shows a human figure in the air.
Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure and the book opened to photo spread.
Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure and the book opened to an image spread showing a man rowing a scull and two figures in the ocean.
Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure and the book opened to a photo spread of an urban landscape.
Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure and the book opened to a text spread and ‘Always’ title page.
Visual artist Vaune Trachtman in her studio, holding the Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always, which shows the presentation box with signed photogravure and the cloth-covered book.
NOW IS ALWAYS, by Vaune Trachtman | Collector’s Edition with Original Photogravure — Limited to 99 Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure. Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure and the book opened to the image 'Bound," which shows a human figure in the air. Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure and the book opened to photo spread. Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure and the book opened to an image spread showing a man rowing a scull and two figures in the ocean. Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure and the book opened to a photo spread of an urban landscape. Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, showing the presentation box with signed photogravure and the book opened to a text spread and ‘Always’ title page. Visual artist Vaune Trachtman in her studio, holding the Collector’s Edition of Now Is Always, which shows the presentation box with signed photogravure and the cloth-covered book.

NOW IS ALWAYS, by Vaune Trachtman | Collector’s Edition with Original Photogravure — Limited to 99

$650

A deluxe Collector's Edition presented in a rigid, cloth-over-board clamshell box with gold foil stamping on the front, spine, and back. The box measures 12" × 10" × 2".

At the heart of the Collector’s Edition is Reverie, an original photogravure by Vaune Trachtman. Each print is signed and numbered.

  • Reverie is 9" H × 12" W (paper size).
  • Image size: 6.75" × 9"
  • Photopolymer gravure with a surface roll
  • Printed by the artist in her studio on a 1950s Charles Brand press
  • Akua ink on Shiramine washi paper
  • Edition of 99

    The book itself brings together Vaune's work, in which she melds archival negatives, handwriting, and contemporary photography. The beautifully sequenced images in NOW IS ALWAYS were originally printed as photopolymer gravures and are reproduced here for the first time in book form. The book contains 45 images, including a stunning gatefold presentation of the triptych Strand.

    The book includes a foreword by Major Jackson, one of the leading voices in contemporary literature, and an essay by the artist about her background, influences, and process.

    Printed at Trifolio in Verona, Italy. Published by Tusen Takk Press.

    NOW IS ALWAYS received Trifolio's 2025 Special Prize, alongside award-winning titles from the Museum of Modern Art, the Aperture Foundation, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

    • First Edition. All copies signed by the artist
    • Hardcover, 10 × 8 inches (244 mm × 192 mm)
    • 100 pages (24 in text block, 76 in image block)
    • Paper: Arena Natural Rough, 200
    • Swiss binding with square spine, cloth-over-board
    • Foil stamping on the front, spine and back and with a vertical printed belly band on the back cover

    "Vaune Trachtman's NOW IS ALWAYS reveals once again the wisdom that the past is not even past, as William Faulkner famously uttered, but an ever-present force in which images merge but do not obliterate each other."
    – From the Foreword by Major Jackson

    A Trade Edition of NOW IS ALWAYS is also available.

    Vaune Trachtman is an artist specializing in photography and printmaking, whose work honors historic processes without relying on toxic chemicals. Formerly a master printer of silver-gelatin prints and asphaltum-based photogravures, she began rethinking her materials after feeling that traditional methods were compromising her immune system. She now creates photo-polymer gravures with little more than light and water.

    Her work has been exhibited throughout the country, and she has been recognized by the Critical Mass Top 50, The Print Center's ANNUAL International Competition, the Denis Roussel Awards, Rfotofolio, and Fresh, and she was shortlisted for the international Hariban Award. She lives and works in Vermont, in a former textile mill overlooking the Connecticut River.

    Learn more about Vaune, view more of her work, and inquire about purchasing prints.

    Major Jackson is the author of six volumes of poetry, including Razzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems and The Absurd Man, as well as a collection of essays, A Beat Beyond: Selected Prose of Major Jackson. A native of Philadelphia, he is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University and one of the most influential poets and literary voices writing today. Learn more about Major's work.

    Tusen Takk Press is an independent publisher devoted to producing carefully made books by visual artists, with a focus on photography and artist-led projects. Founded by photographer Geoffrey Peckham, the press is dedicated to connecting artists with audiences worldwide and to publishing work that makes the intangible tangible. Learn more about Tusen Takk Press.

    David Skolkin is one of the foremost art-book designers working today. He is a co-founder of Radius Books and has designed books for institutions including the Aperture Foundation, Magnum Photos, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. See more of David's work.

    Trifolio, SRL is widely acknowledged to be one of the finest art-book printers in the world. Based in Verona, Italy, and led by Massimo Tonolli, Trifolio is known for its exceptional reproduction capabilities and ability to produce complex, carefully crafted books in close collaboration with museums, publishers, and artists. See more of Trifolio's books.

    Storymatic Studios is devoted to storytelling and creative expression, and is proud to be handling fulfillment and secure checkout for NOW IS ALWAYS.

    Od Review
    "The affect is almost hallucinatory, which may have something to do with the book's very fine gravure reproductions, the way they lift and recede simultaneously from the heavy paper. But also, like all myths, even the simplest elements do things they shouldn't be able to do. Light seems capable, somehow, not just of shining but of flowing, crashing, floating, winding, breaking. And darkness assumes the role light has deserted. It glows."

    Read the full review by Collier Brown.

    Lenscratch
    "Her plate reproductions showcase her commitment to the non-toxic direct-to-plate photopolymer gravure process illuminating how technique and materiality become a means of holding the past."

    Read the full review by Aline Smithson.

    What Will You Remember
    "Trachtman's book is an extraordinary object."

    Read the full review by Suzanne Révy.

    Book of the Week at Vermont Center for Photography

    “A real testament to the power of photographs. A beautifully conceived and fully
    realized project.”
    — Diana Bloomfield, Photographic Artist

    “Vaune Trachtman takes us on a journey in Now is Always; untethered, we float
    between light and dark. Her gorgeous gravure prints tell stories and truths about
    time and memory—Now is Always opens our souls.”
    — Crista Dix, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography

    “A revelatory meditation on how family, place, and art can hold memory. Her work
    harnesses the power of print and photography to echo the past, center the present,
    and foretell the future.”
    — Elizabeth Spungen, Executive Director, The Print Center 

    The Collector's Edition includes free expedited shipping within the United States. Tracking details are provided once your order is on the way.

    Please contact us if you're interested in international shipping.

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