• Front cover of The Essential Solitude with gold-foil figure on green cloth board.
  • Back cover of The Essential Solitude by Tereza Zelenková (Void); plain green board with small imprint details.
  • The Essential Solitude by Tereza Zelenková — book spine in close-up with title and VOID logo stamped on green cloth hardcover.”
  • Interior spread: unmade bed, velvet folds and ornate baroque headboard in low light.
  • Close view of a dried poppy seed pod photographed against a neutral background.
  • Interior scene with a dark, suspended mass of hair amid antique furnishings.
  • Figure seen nude from the back among heavy drapery and architectural arches.
  • Close view of a dusty window, small objects, and patterned curtains in an old room.
  • Hanging white garments on a line inside a dim, aged cellar space.
  • Text page with decorative initial and Tereza Zelenková’s statement in the book.
  • Essay page referencing solitude and literature printed in serif type.
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The Essential Solitude

The Essential Solitude – Tereza Zelenkova – Hardcover

Tereza Zelenkova
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An atmospheric black-and-white photobook by Tereza Zelenkova, made in Dennis Severs’ House in London, staging a timeless interior to reflect on solitude, imagination, and the act of reading.

Hardcover, 24.0 x 32.0 cm, 0.72 kg , 80 pages
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About the Book

Created during several visits to Dennis Severs’ House (18 Folgate Street, London) in 2017–2018, The Essential Solitude assembles staged black-and-white photographs that treat the historic interior as a place of retreat. A single androgynous figure moves through dusted rooms, dulled mirrors, and heavy fabrics, articulating Zelenkova’s meditation on Maurice Blanchot’s idea of “essential solitude”—a work existing outside ordinary time. The sequence merges mysticism and observation, image and text, and pays homage to the solitude of the absorbed reader.
Details: hardcover, 80 pages, 24 × 32 cm, edition 1,250, ISBN 9786185479145. Publisher: Void.

Hardcover, 24.0 x 32.0 cm, 0.72 kg, 80 pages, English
ISBN: 9786185479145

About the Author

Tereza Zelenkova (b. 1985, Ostrava; based in Prague) is known for pensive black-and-white photography that draws on literature, local mythologies, and history. Educated at the University of Westminster and the Royal College of Art in London (2007–2018), she frequently combines image and writing to build research-driven narratives. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held by the Victoria & Albert Museum, Foam, Musée de l’Élysée, and Fotomuseum Winterthur.

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Publisher / Manufacturer: Void
Country of origin: Greece
Website: https://void.photo/

Email: talkto@void.photo
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