200 Days, 200 Photo Books

Paccarik Orue: There is Nothing
Beautiful Around Here

Publisher: Owl & Tiger, Publication Date: 2011

“The small imprint press Owl & Tiger published a gem with Paccarik Orue’s There is Nothing Beautiful Around Here. The design is appropriately simple alongside the photographer’s elegant story.  Here we see Orue meander through the streets of Richmond, California — a city plagued with crime — but in the pages of this book the wandering photographer has collected a beautiful series of ephemeral moments. The story unfolds from a place to be avoided, to a place that holds a deep complexity and unique characteristics. Individually these are subtle photographs, but in a collection, Orue has put together a powerful series that comments on both the human condition and individual compassion.”

- Antone Dolezal, Managing Editor, photo-eye Magazine