Coincidence, Jeremy Liebman
Coincidence, Jeremy Liebman
Description
Coincidence is the first photography book by photographer Jeremy Liebman, which explores family, memory, and the concept of home through black-and-white photography. Spanning Dallas, Texas, Brooklyn, New York, and the English countryside, the book follows three generations of the Liebman family, capturing their lives as they unfold in parallel.
After over a decade dedicated to the visual aesthetic of Apartamento magazine, with 16 articles, Jeremy turns his lens inward to create an intimate family portrait. The book centers on a touching dialogue between his late father, photographer Richard Liebman, and his young grandchildren: as the latter open up to the world, Jeremy's father's command of language slowly fades and his memory progressively weakens. Somewhere between them, Jeremy finds an opening, the possibility that, momentarily, they see the world similarly.
Coincidence traces this convergence through fragile fragments of domestic life. Fallen books echo the collapse of language; the various faces of the house—the childhood home, the nursing home—appear unsettling, promising tenderness and fullness, yet at times reduced to a facade, emptied both literally and metaphysically. Set within the flux of Jeremy's family life, the photographs become a meditation on time and legacy, on oblivion and memory, on the struggle with language at both beginning and end.
Photographer Jeremy Liebman was born in Berkeley, California, and raised in Texas before moving to New York. He has photographed figures in the worlds of art, politics, and design, from Bill Gates to John Waters, for clients such as Interview, Apartamento, Purple, and The New Yorker. His work has been commissioned by the Met Museum, Apple, and Bottega Veneta. His first shoot for Apartamento was a cover story with design legend Jim Walrod for issue #10.
Published by Apartamento Publishing SL / Release date: February 4, 2026 / Dimensions: 240 x 210 mm / Pages: 96 pages / Binding: Hardcover / ISBN: 978-84-09-78112-6
