There are only 2 remaining copies and the price goes to fund the continued operation of Soft Lightning Studio. The funds provide website hosting, web store, shipping supplies, book materials, etc.

The Home We Know by Ben Willis is a forthcoming monograph about the residents of Columbus, Ohio. The work was made from 2017-2021. Ben describes the work as a love letter to his community and all that makes it move and thrive.

“My work is a labor of love, and the work much like life is held together by that kind of love and admiration for one another but also one’s self. When you walk around and interact in the city you’ve got to remember what you’re looking at is also you. I do that through street portraiture. I try and express love and relationship through my work.” -Ben Willis

These funds will make the publication possible and the profits will be given to the artist and production team.

This book is collected by the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio State University, and has been featured in the Washington Post.

The Home We Know, 8”x10”, 88 pages, 72 plates, Duotone printing.

Introduction by Hanif Abdurraqib and afterword by Ben Willis.

Edition of 250

Design by Michelle Suttles.

Published by Soft Lightning Studio, 2021

Edited by Julie Rae Powers