CLOSE PUBLISHING is an independent publishing house, located in Athens, Greece. Our books focus on art, photography, and poetry, exploring intimate themes with established and emerging artists from around the globe. Our love for art books runs deep and with this new platform, we celebrate our passion for print. Our debut book, 'I'm Not Home' is now available for pre-ordering and will ship in September 2025.
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I’M NOT HOME
I’M NOT HOME is a 200-page autobiography created by visual artist Justin Tyler Close and designed by Studio Alabama. Since 2008, Justin has been journaling about his life and documenting the different worlds he’s willingly and unwillingly entered. Inside these journals include photography, collages, paintings, drawings, love notes & other treasures.
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To fully understand Justin’s desire to publish this book, we have to take you back to the
year 2019 — the day his house caught fire, destroying everything he ever owned. One week before the fire, he picked up a box of journals and a few photo albums, which is the work you’ll see published in the book.
“Something happens to your identity when everything you own is suddenly ash.
The words tragedy and grief come to mind, but also liberation and rebirth —
mourning the past but feeling oddly excited to remake a new past”.
In many ways, I’M NOT HOME is a time capsule — a true coming-of-age story of an artist. For as long as he can remember, Justin has collected, archived and captured his time on earth through different mediums, exploring his own identity, and searching for the meaning of home.
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Close Publishing.
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