Join Aperture and the Consulate General of Sweden for a talk and book signing with JH Engström for his new book Sketch of Paris (Aperture, 2013), his first published in the U.S.
Engström, a Swedish photographer, has lived and worked in Paris for more than twenty years and this body of work brings us on a gritty, no-holds-barred, guided tour of life in his adopted city. The photographs provide a type of homage to a city that has greatly influenced and inspired Engström as a photographer and as a person.
Beautifully produced in a slip-cased volume, the book brings together 250 color and black-and-white photographs all made between 1991 and 2012, tracing a critical time during the development of the artist’s own voice and vision.
About JH Engström
Engström (born in Karlstad, Sweden, 1969) spent the early portion of his life and photography career between Sweden and France. After assisting Mario Testino in Paris and Anders Petersen in Stockholm, he received his formal education from the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden, graduating in 1997.
Engström has produced several photobooks, including Trying to Dance (2004), Haunts (2006), CDG/JHE (2008), From Back Home (with Anders Petersen, 2009), and La Résidence (2009). Engström is the recipient of grants from such institutes as the Swedish Arts Council, the Swedish Authors’ Foundation, and the Hasselblad Center.
In 2005, he was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for his book Trying to Dance. He is represented by Galerie VU, Paris, and GunGallery, Stockholm.
When: Wed., Nov. 6, 2013 at 6:30 pm
Where: Aperture Gallery and Bookstore
547 W. 27th St., 4th Floor
212-505-5555
Price: $5
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Join Aperture and the Consulate General of Sweden for a talk and book signing with JH Engström for his new book Sketch of Paris (Aperture, 2013), his first published in the U.S.
Engström, a Swedish photographer, has lived and worked in Paris for more than twenty years and this body of work brings us on a gritty, no-holds-barred, guided tour of life in his adopted city. The photographs provide a type of homage to a city that has greatly influenced and inspired Engström as a photographer and as a person.
Beautifully produced in a slip-cased volume, the book brings together 250 color and black-and-white photographs all made between 1991 and 2012, tracing a critical time during the development of the artist’s own voice and vision.
About JH Engström
Engström (born in Karlstad, Sweden, 1969) spent the early portion of his life and photography career between Sweden and France. After assisting Mario Testino in Paris and Anders Petersen in Stockholm, he received his formal education from the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden, graduating in 1997.
Engström has produced several photobooks, including Trying to Dance (2004), Haunts (2006), CDG/JHE (2008), From Back Home (with Anders Petersen, 2009), and La Résidence (2009). Engström is the recipient of grants from such institutes as the Swedish Arts Council, the Swedish Authors’ Foundation, and the Hasselblad Center.
In 2005, he was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for his book Trying to Dance. He is represented by Galerie VU, Paris, and GunGallery, Stockholm.
Buy tickets/get more info now
Engström, a Swedish photographer, has lived and worked in Paris for more than twenty years and this body of work brings us on a gritty, no-holds-barred, guided tour of life in his adopted city. The photographs provide a type of homage to a city that has greatly influenced and inspired Engström as a photographer and as a person.