NOW IS ALWAYS by Vaune Trachtman

Vaune Trachtman's award-winning photogravures are brought together in this exquisite book, which melds archival negatives, handwriting, and contemporary photography in an intimate, beautifully sequenced collection.

 NOW IS ALWAYS separates text and image sections, with the text and image plates bound independently to create two parallel experiences within a single object. The text includes a foreword by Major Jackson, a leading voice in contemporary literature, and an essay by the artist about her influences and process. The image section has 45 images originally printed as photopolymer gravures and reproduced here for the first time in book form. A gatefold of the triptych “Strand” is included.

 Printed at Trifolio in Verona Italy and published by Tusen Takk Press, NOW IS ALWAYS received Trifolio's 2025 Special Prize, alongside titles from the Museum of Modern Art, Aperture Foundation, and Metropolitan Museum of Art and is short listed for the Les Rencontres d’Arles Book Awards 2026.

"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