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Elizabeth Alderliesten - Not Shameless, Self published, 2025, Remember Who You Once Were

 

Softcover. Spiral coil binding (oversized, bold tan-colored). Printed on Biotop3. Limited edition of 50 copies, each signed and numbered by the artist. Originated from 18 unique archival pigment prints, individually hand-finished with soft pastels, and developed into a stop-motion animation before becoming a book. Design by Tina de Souter, text by Elizabeth Alderliesten.

Here I stand, exposed. Not just my body, but everything I am.
Every mask removed, every layer that once served as protection, gone.
This is not a cry for attention, but a whisper of my truth. My vulnerability, is the place where the
light breaks in. A nakedness that is not shameless, but pure. My skin feels like a boundary
between who I am and the world, thin as silk, yet almost impenetrable.

I look inward. At my fear, my hope, at everything I thought I knew. Here, in this nakedness, I meet
myself. My form reminds me that I am not just part of nature, I am nature. Breathing, flowing,
changing. Every part of me longs for connection, with the earth, with the unseen, with something
greater than myself.

Seeking the essence,
Light in darkness reveals truth,
True self, so pristine.

~
not shameless is a project that has grown quietly over the past few years, layer by layer, until it
was ready to be shared.
It began with a series of images, powerful and vulnerable at the same time. Eighteen unique
archival pigment prints, each individually hand-finished by me using soft pastels. Every piece is
therefore truly one of a kind.

From these images, a stop-motion animation emerged. A visual narrative composed of the
individual prints, where movement and stillness alternate.
And from that movement, the book ultimately came into being.

not shameless is a limited edition that is not just a book but also a work of art.

https://www.elizabethalderliesten.nl/13733181-not-shameless

 

Pages: 82
Place: Remember Who You Once Were
Year: 2025
Publisher: Self published
Size: 14 x 19 cm (approx.)





Elizabeth Alderliesten Not Shameless

Elizabeth Alderliesten Not Shameless

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Softcover. Spiral coil binding (oversized, bold tan-colored). Printed on Biotop3. Limited edition of 50 copies, each signed and numbered by the artist. Originated from 18 unique archival pigment prints, individually hand-finished with soft pastels, and developed into a stop-motion animation before becoming a book. Design by Tina de Souter, text by Elizabeth Alderliesten.

Here I stand, exposed. Not just my body, but everything I am.
Every mask removed, every layer that once served as protection, gone.
This is not a cry for attention, but a whisper of my truth. My vulnerability, is the place where the
light breaks in. A nakedness that is not shameless, but pure. My skin feels like a boundary
between who I am and the world, thin as silk, yet almost impenetrable.

I look inward. At my fear, my hope, at everything I thought I knew. Here, in this nakedness, I meet
myself. My form reminds me that I am not just part of nature, I am nature. Breathing, flowing,
changing. Every part of me longs for connection, with the earth, with the unseen, with something
greater than myself.

Seeking the essence,
Light in darkness reveals truth,
True self, so pristine.

~
not shameless is a project that has grown quietly over the past few years, layer by layer, until it
was ready to be shared.
It began with a series of images, powerful and vulnerable at the same time. Eighteen unique
archival pigment prints, each individually hand-finished by me using soft pastels. Every piece is
therefore truly one of a kind.

From these images, a stop-motion animation emerged. A visual narrative composed of the
individual prints, where movement and stillness alternate.
And from that movement, the book ultimately came into being.

not shameless is a limited edition that is not just a book but also a work of art.

https://www.elizabethalderliesten.nl/13733181-not-shameless

 

Pages: 82
Place: Remember Who You Once Were
Year: 2025
Publisher: Self published
Size: 14 x 19 cm (approx.)