The essay “The Myth of Sisyphus” by Albert Camus forms the basis for this booklet. Camus’ essay compares our daily lives to the labours of Sisyphus, a man who was condemned to repeatedly push a stone up a mountainside and watch it roll back down for eternity. Camus makes the case that while Sisyphus cannot change his situation, it is within his power to acknowledge it and find joy in his decision to participate. The cameras in the photos in this booklet can be seen as Sisyphus’ rock, and highlighting them in bright pink suggests the joy that can be found in the day-to-day. This is a way to work through the philosophical state of Nihilism, as suggested by both Camus and Nietzsche: after one rejects all systems of meaning, one is free to determine meaning for oneself.

This booklet was printed on a Risograph printer and is bound with thread in the centre.