First Edition Monograph, "Of One and The Other". Please contact the artist to purchase a copy.

Introduction, Of Shared Spaces and the Distances between US, by Stephanie S. Turner
Essay, Of One and The Other, by Jayanti Seiler
Afterward, Beyond the Wall of the Species, by Julia Roberge Van Der Donckt, No. 5, 2017
Design by Jayanti Seiler
Size: 13x11" Large Format Landscape
# of Pages: 126
# of Illustrations (color): 63
Hardcover Image Wrap
Publish date: January 23, 2018
ISBN: 9781388969653

Jayanti Seiler created the monograph titled, “Of One and The Other”, to inspire consideration of the complexity and depth found in diverse relationships between animals and people from points along the spectrum spanning the chasm from lifesaving to exploitation. Jayanti’s lifelong passion for the well-being of animals, initially compelled her to apply her craft to explore a myriad of venues wherein humans and animals interact. The body of work developed out of her long-term dedication to wildlife rehabilitation and rescue. Jayanti immersed herself in the commonalities and conflicts of interest between neighboring groups to call attention to the ill-defined slippery notion of boundaries and how they are either honored or crossed. She sought to create photographs that deal with paradoxes inherent in human-animal encounters, such as the fine line between adoration, lifesaving, and exploitation. As a participant, observer and storyteller, Jayanti spent time among falconers who practice the sport of hunting with birds of prey, owners of exotic big cats, sanctuaries that care for abused wild and domestic animals, traveling safaris, zoos, wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centers, taxidermists, and tiger cub “encounters” for profit. Through her photographs she aims to impart a greater consideration and respect for our fellow inhabitants of this planet who are unable to speak for themselves. The images as seen together, are a call to revere the natural world while living in a modern one in which the two realms often conflict. “Of One and The Other”, is an acknowledgment of the myriad contradictions, and the unresolved and intricate borderlands shared by contemporary life and the undomesticated world of nature. Irrespective of our own biases, within every interaction and encounter, there deserves to be further understanding of our obligations and impact on the lives of animals who, by definition, share our ability to perceive and respond to complex sensations and emotions: sight, touch, smell, also joy, fear, and suffering.

Contributors:
Introduction, Of Shared Spaces and the Distances between US, by Stephanie S. Turner
Stephanie S. Turner teaches in the Rhetorics of Science, Technology, and Culture program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where she writes about animals in visual culture. With artist Jyl Kelley she co-curated an exhibit of taxidermy art at her university, Animal Skins: Visual Surfaces. With artist and co-author Sussan Ressler, she won SPE's Excellence in Historical, Critical, and Theoretical Writing in 2010 for her essay, "Photography as Medium for Co-Evolutionary Animal Human Conversations". Her current project, Extinct In the One of View, is a book-length monograph on representation of the current mass extinction of species in conservation biology, natural history museums, speculative science narratives, and visual art.

Featured interview initially published in Véganes, magazine contreculturel, No. 5, 2017, Beyond the Wall of the Species by Julia Roberge Van Der Donckt.
Julia Roberge Van Der Donckt holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the Université de Montréal, Canada. Her research focuses on the use and the representation of animals in contemporary art. She also regularly volunteers at the Montréal SPCA.

The Orlando Magazine Jan 2023 Issue, 8 page feature spread.

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts FMoPA, The Company We Keep, Photographs of Our Complex Relationships with Animals. Featuring by Jayanti Seiler and Jo-Anne McArthur. 2022
www.fmopa.org/the-company-we-keep-photo…

Book signing sequence for Of One and The Other 2018

WORKSPACE Gallery. 2018 Solo Exhibition. sites.google.com/site/workspacegallery/…

Of One and The Other
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
June 8-September 11, 2016
Opening Reception June 8, 2016 from 5-7:00 PM

2014
Of One and The Other
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
June 11-September 21, 2014
Opening Reception and Artist Talk June 11, 2014 from 6-8:00 PM

Chiang Mai University Art Museum, Collective Experiences. An International Exhibition. 2017

2015
The New York Times LENS
Humans and Animals: A Complicated Bond. A featured article on "Of One and The Other".
www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2015/12/03/bl…

The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. London, UK. You make my heart sing, Culture and Art Photography June 26, 2014 Issue, pg.20-21, www.telegraph.co.uk and Telephoto Media/ News/ Publishing Facebook page. Featured photographer and interview Of One and The Other series. www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography…

2024
Photographs from "Of One and The Other" featured and exhibited at the Midwest Center for Photography in Wichita, Kansas.

2020
Interview and work currently featured in the largest news website in Hungary Index, hu "The Paradoxical Relationship Between Humans and Animals".

2018
Véganes, magazine contreculturel, Montreal, Canada.
"Beyond the Wall of the Species" Published Interview

LENSCRATCH
ReRuns. Fine Art Photography Daily.
Published article. lenscratch.com/2016/08/jayanti-seiler-o…

GEO WISSEN. German Science Magazine, A Stoke to the Wilderness, 2017 Issue. NR.60.

Muybridges Horse Magazine + Artist Index. Of One and The Other. Interview and photography featured. 2016 muybridgeshorse.com/2016/05/04/jayanti-…

2016
LIFE FORCE Magazine
"Of One and The Other" July Issue 2016. www.lifeforcemagazine.com/jul2016/index…

2017
Edge of Humanity Magazine
"From Lifesaving to Exploitation-The Human Factor in the Animal's Life”. Published article. edgeofhumanity.com/2017/02/05/animals/

Bird In Flight Magazine. Golden Cage. Interview/photos featured. Russia 2016. birdinflight.com/ru/vdohnovenie/fotopro…

2020
Interview and work currently featured in OtherPeoplesPixels Artist Blog
and OPP Facebook, OPP Instagram.

PhotoWeenie. Web based Fine Art Photography gallery featuring Of One and The Other series, 2014 September Issue. photoweenie.com/index.html

Vision Magazine, Beijing.
Published article