Background information
Self-published and designed, and sadly out of print, the photo book 'Jetlag and Alcohol' is Morten ANDERSEN's visual diary and a profound portrait of the city of New York. It consists of monochrome photographs from 1990-91 that take us into a multifaceted cityscape where people, dogs, cars, streets and rivers tell the city's story as much as their own.
Content
"The New York depicted by Morten ANDERSEN in 'Jetlag and Alcohol' is brutal, tragic, funny, dirty, and beautiful from the inside out, just as he experienced the city: as a fearless explorer with a sincere desire to hear the stories from its inhabitants and send them back to the world as hauntingly beautiful black-and-white images. (...) The B&W shots in 'Jetlag and Alcohol' show residents of dark alleys, half-empty subways, late-night cookshops and cheap bars with the somber poetry of a Tom Waits song. The introductory text in English is by Terje Thorsen." (© Morten ANDERSEN, 2009)
About the Norwegian photographer, Morten ANDERSEN (b. 1965, in Akershus)
Photobooks by Morten ANDERSEN
- Format
- HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25,5 x 19,5 x 1,5 cm. (10.25 x 8 "), 192 pp., 187 b/w ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 500 copies