Please Notify the Sun

Please Notify the Sun is an extraordinary photobook by British artist Stephen Gill, created during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in spring 2020. As the world fell into a suspended state and external movement became severely restricted, Gill embarked on a radical inward journey—into the microscopic universe of a single fish.

After nine attempts and thirty hours of fishing, he finally caught the subject of his exploration in April 2020. Using a microscope, a specially rigged camera, lights, and tremendous patience, Gill photographed what lay within. The result is not a scientific record, but a surreal and almost cosmic world: caves, oceans, rocks, suns, clouds of blood, imagined landscapes—like something between dreams and alien planets.

This visual journey is accompanied by an essay by renowned Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård, who reflects on the wonder, strangeness, and perceptual mystery of what lies beneath the surface—both literally and metaphorically.

Published by Nobody Books, this meticulously crafted edition features a foil-embossed three-part clothbound hardcover, printed by Narayana Press in Denmark and bound in Germany. It includes a separately printed 12-page booklet with Knausgård’s essay and is signed by the artist.

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Publisher / Manufacturer: Nobody Books
Country of origin: Sweden
Website: https://www.nobodybooks.com

Email: stephen@stephengill.co.uk
Address:
Stephen Gill AB
Stenängavägen 132
271 75 Glemmingebro
Sweden