Book Title: Tadhana
Photographer/s: Jean-Paul McAllan
Place of publication: Melbourne, Australia
Year of publication: 2016
Publisher: Thirdculture
Dimensions of book: 210 x 148 mm
Edition size: 100
Binding, paper & printing details: Soft cover, perfect bound, digital colour prints on semi coated paper
Number of pages: 74
Number of pictures: 63
Designer: Jean-Paul McAllan
Editor: Jean-Paul McAllan
Printer: Impact Printing
ISBN: 978-1-944787-03-5
Retail price: $20 AUD
Where to buy; Stores, distributors URLs: ‘Thirdculture’
Link/s to existing book reviews: ‘Acclaim Magazine’
Summary of project:
“Tadhana is the first photobook from photographer Jean-Paul McAllan, featuring a selection of photographs shot in the Philippines in early 2016. Inspired by a series of strange coincidences and serendipitous happenings, photographs are paired to represent their duality, with similarities in scenes, colours, elements or as opposites. “Tadhana” is a Tagalog words meanings ‘an invisible force that makes things happen beyond the control of mortals’. McAllan has used an ancient Filiopino Babayin script to write ‘Taghana’ on the front cover. He sees a resemblance in the four characters with the four elements of earth, air, fire and water, each of which have a heavy influence in the book’s content.”
Jean-Paul McAllan