"Special Nothing" Photo Book by Phyllis Ma

Special Nothing is a collection of travel photos by Phyllis Ma in the form of still lifes. 

• Release: October, 2020

• Edition of 300

• Printed in Belgium

• 72 pages, 230 x 310 mm

• Hardcover, Swiss Bound

• Four Color Offset

To Ma, “special nothings” are those everyday objects that, on the right day, or in the right moment, are sources of pure delight: a very hairy flower; a block of head cheese the size and shape of an iPhone; a gherkin that looks especially perverse. 

Shot in Berlin, London, Tokyo, Mexico City and New York, the photo book is a unique travel diary, a distillation of those moments when the commonplace and the strange coalesce, turn into something magical, surreal.

Essay by Erin Sheehy. Design by Ongoing Projects.