LONG COUCH IN THE LIVING ROOM | Lina Irem Arditty
Arditty’s photographic project, a gritty and unflinching anatomization of existence with a painful, chronic illness, was developed into a photobook during her year as an LTP student (Penumbra’s Long Term Program: The Photobook).
Title: Long Couch in the Living Room
Photographs: Lina Irem Arditty
Book Concept: Lina Irem Arditty & Penumbra Foundation
Printing: Charlie Weber
Paper: Neenah Environment PC 100 Natural (80T) paper
Inks: Black & White Risograph Inks
Pages:
Edition: 100
Year: 2026
Watch a conversation between Evan Davis (LTP alumni and former Program’s Assistant) and Lina Irem Arditty in the context of the 2025 Edition of In The Fold: Photobook Forum.
About Lina Irem Arditty:
Lina İrem Arditty is a film based experimental photographer. Her interest in psychology encouraged her to take a more in-depth education and her productions were shaped in this way. Her journey, which started with psychoanalysis, evolved with the cognitive swings she discovered in her body, and she began to reflect all these changes in her photographs. Her monochrome images focus on concepts such as self-discovery, mind-body duality, the uncanny, childhood memories, and vulnerability. .
About Penumbra’s LTP Program:
The Long Term Program: The Photobook combines online seminars, critiques with guest artists, and one-on-one sessions, as well as optional in-person and online workshops. Working with several instructors throughout the program, while also receiving throughout the year assignments and feedback from guest critics, participants have both continuity and variety of support. The learning process is based on regular production of physical maquettes, which leads participants to deepen their understanding of the book form, as well as reading and writing assignments to continue redefining it for themselves.
About Penumbra Foundation:
Penumbra Foundation is a non-profit organization that brings together the Art and Science of Photography through education, research, outreach, public and residency programs. Its goal is to be a comprehensive resource for photographers at any level, artists, students, professionals, historians, researchers, conservators and curators. Penumbra specializes in advancing the use of historic and alternative photographic technologies for contemporary image-making.