Silvia González de León

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Francisco Segovia says in his prologue: “The pinhole camera has given Silvia González de León a few arcana to learn, I say that it has given them to her to learn–and has not taught or revealed them to her–, because I want to emphasize the commitment and constancy of her work, but above all because in it I seem to see the sign of something deeper; namely, that none of her photos relies on inspiration, on chance, on unexpected revelation...”

Círculo de Arte collection, Dirección General de Publicaciones, Secretaría de Cultura, México, 2018.

The Waiting (La espera)

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This is the first book of a trilogy about our experience in the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic.

Poems by Laura González Durán and pinhole photography by Silvia González de León. Digital edition by Ediciones el Reloj, México, 2020.

Digital French edition, Écrits des Forges, Quebec, Canada, 2020.

Route (Rumbo)

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Second book of a trilogy about our experience in the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic.

Poems by Laura González Durán and pinhole photography by Silvia González de León. Digital edition by Ediciones el Reloj, México, 2020.

Harbour (Puerto)

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Third book of a trilogy about our experience in the first two years of the coronavirus pandemic.

Poems by Laura González Durán and pinhole photography by Silvia González de León. Digital edition by Ediciones el Reloj, México, 2021.

Unfoldings (Desdoblamientos)

The idea of making a book with some of my recent self-portraits had been on my mind since I made them in 2016-2017. But it wasn't until the coronavirus pandemic started that I initiated the project. I felt that the tone of the pieces matched the gloom we all went through. It is a beautifully bound and cloth-covered piece. Since 2025 it has been part of the collection of the National Library of México.

Artist's book, 20 copies signed by the author, printed by Vostok Image Lab, México, 2021.

 

Berenice´s Drawers

(Los cajones de Berenice)

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I made this book, to commemorate the first anniversary of Berenice's death in 2022, with the photos I had taken in her house of an old wooden cabinet and its fourteen drawers filled with beautiful and strange objects: from shells and snails to fossils and stingray eggs. Diego Alcazar says in his introduction: “This singular collection portrays the vestiges of Berenice's wanderings, and the species collected. What was once movement has remained static, first in the drawers, then in Silvia's photographs”.

Artist's digital book, Ediciones El Reloj, México, 2022.

Paz (1898-1966). From the Family Album

Paz (1898-1966). Del álbum familiar

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Book about my paternal grandmother who had a peculiar life. It consists of vintage photographs that I reproduced and memories that I wrote. In the years of the Mexican Revolution my grandmother Paz and her younger brother traveled with their parents to France as children. They were fleeing because they feared for their lives and property. They lived there for about ten years and went to school. When they returned to Mexico, Paz was a young, beautiful, educated and sophisticated woman. However, her life changed radically. Thus begins this family story.

Ediciones El Reloj, digital version, 2021; printed version, 2022, México

The Woodpecker. Musicians and Luthiers of Veracruz

(El pájaro carpintero. Músicos y lauderos de Veracruz)

Edited by the poet Alfonso D'Aquino, this book has a prologue by printer Juan Pascoe; forty analogical black and white photographs that I took, for more than thirty years, that illustrate the world of Son Jarocho, the traditional music of Veracruz; and couplets by musician Gilberto Gutiérrez about the woodpecker, a mythical bird in the region. The publication shows images of the landscape, musicians, dancers and fandangos, as well as the community context where it all happens.

Ediciones Odradek, México, 2023.