The title is drawn from William Blake’s poem The Tyger (1794), which ruminates on the duality of beauty and destruction. Butcher’s photographs, like Blake’s verses, pose open-ended questions, inviting viewers to reflect on greater realities such as power imbalances, fragility, and the natural world’s enduring presence in the face of urban expansion.
Benjamin Butcher (b.1995), was born and raised in England until his family relocated to Australia in 2000. He returned to London in 2019 with the intention of setting up his studio and beginning his first long term photography project. Five years later, the result is Tyger Tyger, published by ROAD MAP.
First edition, 250 copies.
124 pages, 300mm x 200mm, 67 individual black and white plates,
threadsewn, Swiss-bound, landscape softcover, silkscreen cover.
ISBN: 978-1-3999-9792-9
Stockists: Dashwood Books (NY), Reference Point (LDN), Huis Marseille (AMS)