Europe, Greece, Athens, Acropolis

KK + TF and 1:2:3 continues making photographic essays. The second book Europe, Greece, Athens, Acropolis, depicts two days in Athens. The photographs were taken at the Acropolis and the Syntagma square during the general strikes in October 2011. The book is released at the opening of KK+TFs exhibition at Tráfo gallery in Budapest, January 2012. Save as PDF

Blackdrop Island

“In Klara Källströms’ Blackdrop Island, she plays with the idiom 'to dig where you stand'. What happens if you do that? You come to the other side of the planet.”

Sinziana Ravini, Microfictions, 2009

The photographs were taken during a stay in Tokyo in 2008 and a revisit in 2010. Documenting things at night, when darkness creates black backdrops and only allows us see a bit of the scenery, is something that occupies Klaras’ interest. It becomes “partially a fictional documentation”, she says. Viktor Johansson has written a poetic suite accompanying the images and the result is shown in the book as two parallel worlds, encapsulated in double-folded sheets. Blackdrop Island is released at the opening of Klara Källströms’ solo show with the same title at Fotografiska, the Swedish Museum of Photography, in September 2011.

Wikiland

This is the first common book by Klara Källström and Thobias Fäldt as KK+TF. The photographs were taken outside the Belmarsh court, London (during the Julian Assange case) and at Ellingham Hall, Norfolk, England, February 24–25th 2011.

581C - Volume 2 & 3

581C - Volume 2 & 3 is the second book in the 581C series. Thobias Fäldt refers to the images as “documents from an imaginary site called 581C”. The story is told through Fäldts’ characteristic manner and his idea of editing the world through a photograph.

The book has no defined beginning, nor an end. Instead of a conventional linear structure, the book aims to give the reader a more holistic sense. It opens up for various readings, the photographs can be viewed as loose brittle shards from peoples lives or as a greater story that shows the world how it looked during our time at 581C.

Gingerbread Monument

“Flashes adding light, reminds me of disengaging the tree’s photosynthesis at night. The trigger finger makes something grow from the sight of it. The pictures eternalize what only exists for the moment – a snowman, a flower of foil dropped on the floor, a car drive in the night, or - a gingerbread monument.”

Viktor Johansson 2008.

Gingerbread Monument is a book of photographs taken over three years time (2006–2008), mainly in Sweden. It is also a book of poems by Viktor Johansson. The poetry reflects upon the photographs and the book design reflects the editing; the blank varnished pages indicate that photographs are missing, that they were removed as a part of the editing process. What is left is a visual poetic story about eternalized moments. Gingerbread Monument was released in October 2008.