Aletsch Glacier
Aletsch is the largest glacier in the Alps, located in the Canton of Valais. Like all glaciers today, it is retracting, and most of it will melt down in the not-too-distant future. I wanted to visit the glacier to make photographs for a future project. Luckily, I got a grant from Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation to make the trip and get on the glacier. You are not allowed to access the glacier on your own since it's full of crevasses and precarious. Kilian Volken from Bergsteigerzentrum in Fiesch helped me access the glacier, and I made several breathtaking and interesting images.
Landskrona Foto
Arena, the publisher of ¨Barriers¨, has a table at the Photobook Market arranged by Landskrona Foto 2 - 4 of September. I participated and signed books on Saturday. The books available at Landskrona Foto are part of a pre-run, and production will be finished in the coming weeks.
Barriers in Print
The photobook Barriers is now in print.
For three years, I have visited and photographed places in Stockholm's suburbs. The background is the city's transformation, following a decision that 140,000 new homes will be built between 2010 and 2030. "Barriers" is published by Arena and is finally ready for delivery. Many thanks to all Involved in the Project.
Photographs and text: Erik Hagman Foreword: Niclas Östlind Editor: Lisa Daram Westling, Niclas Östlind Design: LOD / Peter Sellberg Map illustration: Kartillustration.se Translation: Astrid Trotzig Printing: Göteborgstryckeriet Binding: Förlagshuset Nordens Grafiska AB Publisher: Bokförlaget Arena
Sjöbo Konsthall
During the summer, Magali Cunico had an ongoing show at Sjöbo Konsthall, ¨As a thin line between you and me¨. The show finished on the 20th of August with a Finisage where we showed are collaborative and ongoing work ¨ A Whisper and three trembling shadows¨ The work consists of a tent that acts as a camera obscura. Inside the tent, the camera obscura projection is accompanied by sound recorded at a nearby meadow.
Printing
Printing of Barriers. I have been working on the Barriers book since 2018; at last, it is in print – but not yet in binding. Göteborgstryckeriet has done the printing, and Förlagshuset Nordens Grafiska executes the binding and case will in Malmö. The book turned out to be more comprehensive than I thought when entering the design process one year ago. The format is 300 mm x 206 mm and 140 pages. Besides the 96 pages for images, there are 16 pages with maps and 28 pages of text. The photo pages are 150 g Arctic Volume White paper, the text on 115 g Munken Print Cream 15, and the maps on pink 120 g Colorit from Lessebo Bruk. The design is by Peter Sellberg / LOD, and Kartillustration.se have made the the maps.
