Vendredi 03 Août 2012 15:13:22 par actuphoto dans Livres

Haunts can be seen as part two of a trilogy which began with Trying to Dance, JH Engström's artist's book project which was short-listed for the 2005 Deutshe Börse Photography Prize. At the back of Trying to Dance JH Engström wrote “I'm always looking for presence. Whenever I try, my doubts get unmasked….” These doubts and questions are prelevant in Haunts, but in this volume Engström focuses more on public spaces and life in the streets. At the center of JH Engström's pictures is a strong feeling of being in an endless present tense. The confrontation between “now” and the photographer's memories is inevitable. And he doesn't try to separate emotions from objectivity. His images embody their questions. Price UK £35.00 US $65.00 EC €50.00 JH Engström JH Engström was born in 1969 in Karlstad, Värmland, Sweden. He moved to Paris with his parents at the age of 10 and back to Sweden when he was 13, but spent a lot of his adolescence in Paris. In 1991 he moved back to Paris and worked as assistant to fashion photographer Mario Testino. In 1993 he went back to Stockholm to start working as assistant to documentary photographer Anders Petersen. In 1997 he graduated from the photography and film department at Gothenburg University. The same year he published his first book, Shelter. In 1998 he moved to Brooklyn, New York and started work on Trying to Dance. In 2000 he travelled throughout Europe and then moved to his native Värmland where he continues working on the Trying to Dance project. He has received numerous grants and awards since 1994. His work is held in collections both in Europe and USA. He also leads workshops regularly. JH Engström lives and works in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. * Edited by JH Engström and Greger Ulf Nilson 127 color and duotone plates * 216 pages * 24.2 cm x 30.5 cm * Clothbound hardcover with dust jacket * Steidl * ISBN: 3-86521-297-2 * Publication date: November 2006