Artist, writer and curator, Odette England asked more than 200 photographers, artists, and writers to respond to Winter Garden Photograph, Roland Barthes’ mythical image of his recently deceased mother when she was five years old. It was an image Barthes wrote extensively about in his book Camera Lucida but refused to reproduce, somehow building on its memory and mythology.

England’s resulting publication, Keeper of The Hearth, published by Schilt Publishing on the 40th anniversary of Barthes’ book, might be the best photobook of 2020– we’re betting on it.

Humble’s Senior Editor Roula Seikaly spoke with England (and a special guest!) about her motivation behind the book.