The First Three Years is based on the artist’s personal experience of becoming a mother; on the contradictory nature of the event and the conflicting emotions it creates— the awe at the incredible ’once in a lifetime’ beauty of motherhood mixed with feelings of daunting powerlessness and isolation. We live in a time where women increasingly feel a great deal of stress— both self-imposed and external— to juggle all life roles perfectly: mother, artist, professional, companion.

photography & collages: Eva Gjaltema
design: Amanda Butterworth
print: UNICUM
96 pages

140 x 180 mm format

Munken Lynx Rough

Offset printed

Edition: 250

handsigned and handnumbered

extras: 2 Japanese pages, 2 internal leporellos, embossing and foil stamp on the cover,
swiss bound

With the book also comes a small print (10 x 10 cm) in 3 variations (edition 100, 100 and 50) and a postcard (edition 250)