Jh Engström: Sketch of Paris

For more than 20 years, Swedish photographer JH Engström (born 1969) has spent time living and working 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. Sketch of Paris, 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. Drawing more from Nan Goldin and Anders Peters than Atget or Henri Cartier-Bresson, Engström brings us on a gritty, no-holds-barred guided tour of life in his adopted city. The book brings together more than 250 color and black-and-white photographs--self-portraits, nudes, portraits of lovers, friends, strangers and the occasional street scene--all shot between 1991 and 2012, tracing a critical time during the development of the artist's own voice and vision.

Author: Jh Engström
Publisher: Aperture
Published: 10/31/2013
Pages: 314
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.15lbs
Size: 11.20h x 8.30w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781597112536
ISBN10: 1597112534
BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Individual Photographers | Monographs
- Photography | Subjects & Themes | Regional (see also Travel | Pictorials)
- Photography | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | General