Laura and I worked on the images for In the Shadow of the Pyramids in a very close collaboration. it was clear from laura's intentions as well as the designers' that the atmosphere had to be very intense and fiery, Dark nights, fires, smoke, blood even, anger, excitement and fright. Those were the ingredients that had to ooze out of these pages. I started with making an edit proposal for het images following these ideas. Those were welcomed with great enthusiasm. So, I finished the whole series in the same atmosphere, making it as three dimensional and focussed as possible.
In addition, the preparation for conversion to regular CMYK offset on a very regular white uncoated stock had to be made, allowing for printing with lots of ink to get the drama in the book too. On the press we sought, together with the printer, how far we could bring this. And the result is still, after many years, quite overwhelming.

As I was also responsible for production I paid particularly attention to this part of the process. All images being spreads it was super important to have the book lay flat completely. To find the right binder that had the experience to make this work was crucial.
All in all a very successful book production.