HUMPTY DOOM photobook
Published by Bad News Books (Aotearoa) SOLD OUT
Spanning 20 years, Liss photographs the Larrakia Country on which their family lives, addressing the inevitable failures of settling stolen land. “I grew up in a rural district on the tropical fringe of the “northern territory”, Humpty Doo. Haunted by pictures I took as a teenager (some included in the book) I make photographs of the next generation of my family growing up in this place.”
Darkly humorous and intimate, with the surrounding savannah environment, Humpty Doom engages with what it means to represent what will always be Larrakia land.
“Until I looked at these pages, I had never supposed that a book might have little need for words.” – Gerald Murnane on Humpty Doom
Finalist in the Paris Apeture first book award 2023.
Exhibited in Contemporary Photobooks from Australia, V&A Museum London.
Designed by Stuart Geddes. Edition of 500. View on Bad News Books
