From Back Home documents a rural Sweden far removed from the big city. Photographers Anders Petersen (born 1944) and JH Engström (born 1969) both hail from the rural county of Värmland in Sweden, and have returned there to produce this marvelous collaboration. The result is an intimate journey among people, experiences and landscapes spanning over 300 pages. Engström writes of the project: "The land between Klarälven River and the chestnut tree at Ekallén is full of little hard memories of sad and lonely times, but there is also a streak of warm confidence that runs all the way up to Älgsjövallen, a place of fairytale creatures and inquisitive moose. I am carrying my camera, shooting these old dreams through the foliage. It means my memories can never be destroyed because they no longer end in themselves." And Petersen writes: "I’ve returned to something my body and emotions recognize."
In From Back Home, his luring new photobook collaboration with fellow Swede Anders Petersen (published by Max Ström), JH Engström writes: "Maybe you can’t really go back home. But this is where I’m from. These images pay homage, to the people and landscapes that are my origins. I’ve returned to something my body and emotions recognize." Engström will be signing a variety of books at Dashwood, New York, this Thursday, November 7 from 6-8PM. continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 8 x 10.75 in. / 320 pgs / 71 color / 156 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $85.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $112.5 ISBN: 9789171261649 PUBLISHER: Max Ström AVAILABLE: 11/30/2013 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA ASIA AU/NZ ME
Published by Max Ström. Edited by Greger Ulf Nilsson.
From Back Home documents a rural Sweden far removed from the big city. Photographers Anders Petersen (born 1944) and JH Engström (born 1969) both hail from the rural county of Värmland in Sweden, and have returned there to produce this marvelous collaboration. The result is an intimate journey among people, experiences and landscapes spanning over 300 pages. Engström writes of the project: "The land between Klarälven River and the chestnut tree at Ekallén is full of little hard memories of sad and lonely times, but there is also a streak of warm confidence that runs all the way up to Älgsjövallen, a place of fairytale creatures and inquisitive moose. I am carrying my camera, shooting these old dreams through the foliage. It means my memories can never be destroyed because they no longer end in themselves." And Petersen writes: "I’ve returned to something my body and emotions recognize."
