​I am a photographer. But before I ever intended to work with a camera, an invisible force pulled me towards libraries. I learned books were safe. No. Books were friends. I was ten. Fast forward thirty years. That gravitational force hasn’t stopped. Books became my subjects. And I am now a Library Collection Photographer at Princeton University. Some days I feel I can not only photograph a book, but write one, too. Life has funny ways to make you try different things. In 2016, I became a cancer apprentice. I didn’t write a book about it. Just a blog. I haven’t written only that chapter. There are other writings. Just like I haven’t photographed only books. There are other photographs. There is also another photographer in this story. The one I married. We live outside of Princeton, New Jersey, at a place once called Maidenhead. Which reminds me… Once upon a time, my return address was Belo Horizonte. That’s according to the legend. It starts like this: “I was born in Brazil. There was a full moon. It was a Tuesday.” — Jennifer Cabral, duo at Pierce Cabral Editions | http://www.piercecabraleditions.com