Annihilation book cover | Metaphorical illustration
Cover and illustrations for the book Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer. These are the result of an academic exercise that sought to explore the applications of metaphorical illustrations to an editorial project, bringing to life the feeling and messages that lie within the book.
"Nothing that lived and breathed was truly objective —even in vaccum,
even if all that possessed the brain was a self-immolating desire for the truth."
—Jeff Vandermeer, Annihilation
Our perspectives and interpretations have been influenced;
perhaps contaminated by our context.
You can never truly know what is there. What is real? What is a lie?
We are identities in transition. Evolving and changing.
We may lose ourselves while trying to find us.
Obsession leads to self-destruction.
How much of our identity can we change before we are no longer ourselves?
