140 x 204mm, 96 pages, Colour printing, Open glue bound, Softcover, 2026

10247 is an auto-ethnographic documentation of a physical and emotional journey of
return. Utilising unique and experimental design language, the book’s photography and
typography are punctuated by errant lines and shapes.

Spanning over a decade, the book chronicles a turbulent chapter of grief, reflecting on
a past life in Berlin, where Shephard lived while enduring a familial terminal illness and
the breakdown of a long-term relationship. 10247 is a personal, yet playful, account of
loss and transformation, using the mechanism of book-making to construct a layered
encounter between two selves: the person one once was and the person they have
become.

The book tethers together fragments, journal entries dated back to 2014 through to
2026, as well as photographs, messages, maps, signs and symbols; bound together, the
author’s personal hauntology is communicated with unique levity through experimental
design.

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