Explorer, 2011 © Cara Barer/Courtesy of Klompching Gallery, New York City.

Houston-based photographer Cara Barer photographs outdated, abandoned and obsolete books and magazines—but only after transforming them into sculptural objects of beauty. Coiled and crumpled, they segue into a considered commentary on the changing role of libraries, society’s relationship with how it accesses and values knowledge and, in a technologically advanced world, her work questions the future of the book itself. Additional photographs by Cara Barer can be seen and puchased as part of Klompching Gallery‘s Print Room in New York City.

Detritus Recycled, 2011 © Cara Barer/Courtesy of Klompching Gallery, New York City.

Freeform Origami, 2011 © Cara Barer/Courtesy of Klompching Gallery, New York City.

Living In My Art, 2011 © Cara Barer/Courtesy of Klompching Gallery, New York City.

Orb, 2011 © Cara Barer/Courtesy of Klompching Gallery, New York City.