Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson has chosen Pictures of a Family as the book of the month in February. It´s an honor.
Review in Photo Book Journal .
An interesting review of Pictures of a Family in American Photo Book Journal, written by Rudy Vega.
“In the end, Pictures of a Family functions as both a deeply personal self-examination and a universal critique of the ethics and aesthetics of observation. Lundin’s project forces us to question the power dynamics inherent in photography and the complicated relationships between the observer and the observed.”
The conversation with Niclas Östlind.
Here you can see and listen to the conversation (in Swedish) between me and Niclas Östlind at the release of Pictures of a Family on December 3 at Galleri Magnus Karlsson.
Bildspråkets bokklubb
If you speak Swedish and want to discuss photo books, join an online meeting with Bildspråkets bokklubb. It doesn’t cost anything but you have to buy my book Pictures of a Family.
This is what Göran Segeholm writes (in Swedish) about the event.
Okej, så jag har startat en grej som är så pass ny att den tar lite tid att förklara – Bildspråkets bokklubb. Tanken är att du köper en särskild fotobok och får därmed också en inbjudan till ett samtal om boken med författaren (i detta fall Ulf Lundin) och en gästläsare (denna gång Anna Clarén).
Samtalet är digitalt på Zoom. Alla som är med får chansen att kommentera och ställa frågor till Ulf och Anna, och möjlighet att dela sina tankar om läsningen i mindre grupper. Det kostar inget att vara med, förutom då att du måste köpa boken.
Vi får väl se hur det går. 17 december kl 18:30 kör vi första gången. Bara köpare av boken får vara med, för det är tråkigt när någon kommer till en bokklubbsträff och inte har läst boken.
Om du älskar fotoböcker lika mycket som Anna, Ulf och jag, sprid gärna det här så att jag får styrfart på det här initiativet. Tanken är att Bildspråket ska arrangera tre bokklubbar om året, alltid kopplade till en nyutgiven fotobok.
Här kan man läsa mer:
https://www.bildspraket.se/blog/det-ar-bockerna-vi-pratat-om-som-betyder-mest-2/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3GqvwHQ1dSKj4K5HxIcxcBYjDGyf14AMEYfdD7uXPFwhxocS8GgkYXbVM_aem_u4BdyZFtSwGFGTBT7wskuQ
Book release and conversation, Ulf Lundin and Niclas Östlind
Ulf Lundin & Niclas Östlind
Pictures of a family – book release and conversation
Tuesday December 3, 6.00 pm
We are pleased to invite you to the release of the book Pictures of a Family by Ulf Lundin and a conversation between the artist and Niclas Östlind.
Time: Tuesday December 3, 6.00 pm
Place: Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Fredsgatan 12
The conversation will be held in Swedish. Free admission
No RSVP required. Limited number of seats.
Before and after the talk, there will be an opportunity to buy signed books and a new edition from the series.
The gallery is open from 12-7 pm.
Welcome!
In August 1997, Ulf Lundin opened his first solo exhibition, Pictures of a Family, at Galleri Magnus Karlsson in Stockholm. The exhibition was also the gallery’s first in the premises at Riddargatan 29. The work has since been shown in a number of exhibitions, both in Sweden and internationally, and laid the foundation for Ulf Lundin’s artistic practice. Now, almost 30 years later, Lundin has returned to the work and compiled it in book form. Some images have been added and all images have been digitised and edited. The 124-page book presents 64 images from the series and is published by Skreid Publishing. The publisher is present at the event.
Niclas Östlind has a PhD in photography, is a curator and Deputy Head of Research at HDK-Valand. He held an exhibition of Ulf Lundin’s work Pictures of a Family at Gävle Konstcentrum back in 2000. The work raises a number of intriguing questions about identity, surveillance, ethics and narrative. The fact that it is almost thirty years since Pictures of a Family was created also means that a lot has changed, not least social media, which helps the work to be seen and understood in new ways.
