Eye Black Book

’08. 14-10. 19’ is a photobook by London-based photographer, Rosie Marks, featuring 526 images taken over a five year period between August 2014 and May 2019. _x000D__x000D_A book was never Marks’ intention when she started taking these photos, they started as more of a reaction against the abundant and deceptive presentation of self-image via social media. She took pictures as a way to capture people in what she felt to be their truest and least self aware state; an unguarded and purer view into the trivialities of others’ lives. _x000D__x000D_“Taking these pictures was and still is a way of searching for honesty, something I have seldom found while someone is aware of the camera in front of them. ”—Rosie Marks, 2020