INVISIBLE SUN is a visual meditation on survival, transformation, and fragility by artist Amani Willett. The project traces the impact of childhood medical traumas and the ways they continue to reverberate through the present.
Confronting these early challenges amid new chronic health challenges, Willett turned to intensive therapies. Within this process he encountered vivid, unsettling memories, often of his younger self, that became a generative source for the work.
The resulting images weave together photographs of his children, experimental photographic processes, dark landscapes, and AI-generated visions. Moving between the haze of memory and the clarity of the present, INVISIBLE SUN gives form to what the body remembers when the mind does not. It is an exploration of fragments, vulnerability, and resilience, offering a visual language for what is most often left unspoken.
Printed and bound in New England
7.5” x 10”
64 images
124 pages
Hard cover with lay-flat binding
Design by Emily Sheffer
Published by Dust Collective
Autumn 2025
In the News:
The New York Times, In Development, October 25, 2025
Amateur Photographer, Invisible Sun by Amani WIllett, January 13, 2026
Collater.al, Amani Willett Illuminates the Shadows of Memory, October 21, Anna Frattini
Aboutphotography.blog, How Amani Willett Turned a Childhood of Unprocessed Trauma Into His Most Personal Photography Book Yet, November 1, 2025
zeroninemagazine.com, Invisible Sun, November 11, 2025
It’s Nice That, Amani Willett’s photobook journeys through chronic illness and ketamine therapy to reach his younger self, November 18, 2025
What will you remember?, Our Favorite Photo Books of 2025, November 20, 2025
Itsnicethat.com, Amani Willett’s photobook journeys through chronic illness and ketamine therapy to reach his younger self, 20 November, 2025
blind-magazine.com, Invisible Sun: Fragile Beauty and Trauma, Lou Tsatsas, December 8, 2025
Lensculture, Favorite Photobooks 2025 — The Big List - Compiled by LensCulture Editors, December 10, 2025
Photobook Journal, Amani Willett — Invisible Sun, Lee Halvorsen, Dec 15, 2025
Metal magazine, Amani WIllett, January 19, 2026
Lenscratch, Amani Willet: Invisible Sun, January 20, 2026
Radio / podcast
The Real Photo Show podcast, Amani Willett, Thursday November 13, 2025
GBH Culture show, Imari Paris Jeffries, Amani Willett, and Jackson Cannon's martini masterclass, January 8, 2026
The Candid Frame podcast, Amani Willett, Jan 20, 2026
Permanent Collections:
MassArt Library
Museum of FIne Arts Boston
Boston Athenaeum
Tufts SMFA Library
Harvard Fine Art Library
SUNY New Paltz Library