Ylandet & Människan / Howling & Humans
Helga Härenstam
Journal
English, Swedish
Hardcover
92 pages
180 x 220 mm
2021
ISBN 9789187939594
‘Some time ago, I came across a book entitled The Seasons, written in the 18th century by James Thomson. I have created the texts in this book by translating, deleting, adding, combining words and writing new ones, inspired by the poems I found.
I started taking photographs inspired by these texts and looked for connections between the words and the things I saw in my time, in my life. I cruised between the fall of kings and gods, roaring floods, a beauty that may be stupid in the heart, drowning people, an I, a we, a conversation with a you, the memory of a first derailment, the small life going on, and the big one, the apocalypse, a rattling gaze that holds what you look at in the threads, a howling child, and a song.’ – Helga Härenstam
(source: https://journal-photobooks.com/products/helga-harenstam-ylandet-manniskan-howling-humans)
About the Artist
Helga Härenstam (b. 1980) is a Swedish photographer born and based in Gothenburg. She has published a variety of photobooks with Journal.
helgaharenstam.se
(source: https://www.helgaharenstam.se/)
About the Publisher
Journal was founded by Gösta Flemming in 1991 with the aim to publish photo books. They are based in Sweden.
journal-photobooks.com
(source: https://journal-photobooks.com/pages/about)
