Kent Rogowsky's Whimsical Self-Help Book Collages

We’ve been big fans of Brooklyn-based artist Kent Rogowsky’s cheeky, whimsical work for a while now — but he’s not all teddy bears and puzzles. In Rogowsky’s latest project, Everything I Wish I Could Be, which we spotted over at Booooooom, he takes large format photographs of hundreds of self-help books, each arranged around a central theme, in order to examine the way we look at improving ourselves — and maybe, just a little, to poke fun at the same.

Rogowsky describes the project as “an exploration of language, emotions and the desire to change and improve one’s self.” He writes, “I am interested in the larger questions of how we communicate and deal with moments of pain and change and the commonalities of those experiences, as well as, the patterns and contradictions that are often inherent in language, advice and differing philosophies.” After the jump, check out some of our favorites from the series, and then be sure to head on over to Rogowsky’s website for even more of his work.