Du Mich Auch
Anders Petersen
Journal
Swedish, English
Hardback
112 pages
190 x 240 mm
2002
ISBN 9197362921
Du Mich Auch is a photobook of Anders Petersen’s photographs from his time mostly in Hamburg and Stockholm in the 1960s.
‘I look at these pictures. Old photographs, taken in the late sixties in Hamburg and Stockholm. They bring back memories of kinship, fearfulness, undisguised curiosity and our solidarity. Photography was rarely the main issue. What counted then was meeting people and exploring different realities. The same things still count. Now I see the pictures from a changed perspective. But they link together what was then with what is now. My questions of then are my questions of now. I recognise them, though the answers no longer carry the same weight. So I continue to ask my questions. Be wary of: Nicely formulated principles and truths. Useless feelings of guilt and sins of the past or while we’re at it, a photography resembling pretty adjectives. On the other hand, I like private diaries and family albums.’ – Anders Petersen.
About the Artist
Anders Petersen (b. 1944) is a Swedish photographer who has been taking photographers since the 1960s. He has exhibited internationally for many years as well as publishing many photobooks. He is a Professor of Photography at Göteborg University.
anderspetersen.se
About the Publisher
Journal was founded by Gösta Flemming in 1991 with an aim to publish photo books. They are based in Sweden.
journal-photobooks.com
