ENGSTRÖM, JH - Sketch of Paris

Background information

"For over twenty years, Swedish photographer JH ENGSTROEM has lived and worked in Paris, a city that, like New York, has a long photographic pedigree; countless photographers have been inspired by its iconic architecture and busy streets.

Content

This photo volume, 'Sketch of Paris' by JH ENGSTRÖM however, is hardly a catalog of classic Parisian scenes, offering instead a raw yet lyrical portrayal of the artist’s misadventures, loves, and random encounters in its streets, bars, and artist lofts—an entirely personal Paris. JH ENGSTROEM brings us on a gritty, no-holds-barred guided tour of life in his adopted city. The photographs provide a type of homage to Paris, a city that has greatly influenced and inspired Engström—as a photographer and as a person. Beautifully produced in a slipcased 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." (© Aperture, 2013)

About the Swedish photographer, JH ENGSTRÖM (b. 1969, in Karlstad)

Photo books by JH ENGSTRÖM