Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book open to a gatefold spread with black-and-white photographs titled Scull and Strand. Scull shows a man in a rowing scull, and Strand shows two men at the edge of the ocean.
Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book shown open to her image "Dirt Road," which shows a black-and-white photogravure of a foggy road with car headlights.
Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book shown open to a spread with black-and-white photographs titled Trussed and Divers. Trussed shows a bridge with light streaks around it; Divers shows a young man diving into water.
Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book shown open to photogravures called Co-op City and Singlet. Co-op City shows a building with light streaks; Singlet shows a youth in a bathing suit surrounded by skyscrapers.
Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book shown open to a black-and-white photograph titled Salt. Salt shows the shadow of a man wearing a hat surrounded by text and a tear drop.
Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book shown open with introductory text and title page reading ‘Always.’
Vaune Trachtman: NOW IS ALWAYS | Tusen Takk Press Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book open to a gatefold spread with black-and-white photographs titled Scull and Strand. Scull shows a man in a rowing scull, and Strand shows two men at the edge of the ocean. Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book shown open to her image "Dirt Road," which shows a black-and-white photogravure of a foggy road with car headlights. Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book shown open to a spread with black-and-white photographs titled Trussed and Divers. Trussed shows a bridge with light streaks around it; Divers shows a young man diving into water. Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book shown open to photogravures called Co-op City and Singlet. Co-op City shows a building with light streaks; Singlet shows a youth in a bathing suit surrounded by skyscrapers. Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book shown open to a black-and-white photograph titled Salt. Salt shows the shadow of a man wearing a hat surrounded by text and a tear drop. Now Is Always by Vaune Trachtman, hardcover art book shown open with introductory text and title page reading ‘Always.’

Vaune Trachtman: NOW IS ALWAYS | Tusen Takk Press

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Vaune Trachtman’s award-winning series of photogravures is brought together in this exquisite book, which includes a foreword by Major Jackson, one of the leading voices in contemporary literature. All copies are signed by the 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

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

"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 Collector’s Edition of NOW IS ALWAYS is also available.

Visual artist Vaune Trachtman melds archival negatives, handwriting, and contemporary photography in this intimate, beautifully sequenced collection. The 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 gatefold presentation of the triptych Strand.

The book includes a foreword by Major Jackson (“The Second Language of Memory”) and an essay by the artist (“Bound but Separate”).

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 (Hilma af Klint: Flora), the Aperture Foundation (Richard Misrach: Cargo), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Man Ray: When Objects Dream).

  • 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

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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.

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