Prototype Diary of an Ending.

by Lina Scheynius

In Diary of an Ending, internationally renowned photographer Lina Scheynius expands her artistic vision to prose, offering an unflinching and intimate exploration of heartbreak and self-recovery.

Blurring the boundaries between diary and essay, Diary of an Ending explores the break-up of a relationship, combining extracts from Scheynius’s diary – written in Swedish and translated by Saskia Vogel – with reflective essays written in English five years on, exploring ideas about art and photography, sex and passion, the act of diary-making, destructive relationships, motherhood and home.

Interspersed with black-and-white photographs, and written with the same unashamed and unfiltered honesty that defines Scheynius’s photography, Diary of an Ending is an intimate hybrid of memoir and autofiction, a meditation on the passage of time and the transformative power of creativity.

256 pages, Paperback

Published July 9, 2025

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Carmen Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quote self indulgent :(

[Joey Pavell · Rating 5 out of 5]

A gut-wrenching snapshot into heartbreak and what it can do to the soul. I thank Lina for allowing us readers in to such a vulnerable piece of her life.