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World acclaimed photo artist Erik Johansson presents the largest volume of his works to date - an evocative collection of moments and settings beyond the ordinary

In a series of richly-imagined portraits, the artistic duo Sarah Cooper and Nina Gorfer explore the idea of Utopia in the age of the new diaspora

The photographer and visual artist Erik Johansson creates surreal worlds through his own unique method. It often takes him months just to make one image, in a process where his photographs are combined so that an original place emerges. The result is often humorous, sometimes even scary, but always mind-blowing. Erik Johansson has become world-famous through his captivating and detailed images. This is his biggest book so far, presenting almost a hundred of his best images in large format. He also reveals the secrets of his methods and shares many of the original sketches that work both as a concept and as a road map to his art.

Lovisa Ringborg (b 1979) is a Swedish artist based in Stockholm and holds an MFA from the School of Photography at Gothenburg University.

The first extraordinary art book created through promtography. The artist and author has created the images, not with paint and brush but with AI. This is an incredible selection of images, created through promtography. The artist Annika Nordenskiöld has used AI as a tool to portray her dreams and inner fantasies. None of the places, people or creatures in this book exist in the physical realm. Instead, they are conjured from the sum of human experience in our deep collective well. ¿I press enter and four versions of an image start appearing in the darkness. I have prompted deliberately, starting with characters and themes, the mood, and what matters most. Adding lesser details towards the end. I do not reference any existing work or artist, but I am specific with the time and setting. Slowly layers are added, and shapes are taking form.¿ The result is a book that is both beautiful and intriguing.

This magnificent large-format illustrated book takes you down to the most spectacular wrecks in the Baltic Sea. This magnificent large-format illustrated book takes you down to the most spectacular wrecks in the Baltic Sea. This unique sea holds close toere are nearly 100,000 wrecks on the seabed here ¿ many of them in surprisingly well keptgood condition. The unique qualities of the Baltic, with its cold water and the historic lack of shipworms, has help to preserved the shipwrecks better than anywhere else in the world ¿ thus. This makes the Baltic Sea provides an enthralling irresistible treasure chest trove for divers. There are warships dating from the 17th century, magnificent wooden ships from the 18th century, cargo ships from the 19th century and warships from the Second World War. On board these sunken ships, time has stood still on board these sunken ships frozen ¿ it often feels as if the crew has only just left the vessel. The wrecks have become like time capsules, a spooky mixture of serene beauty and haunting reminders of many a brutal dramas. These amazing images of the ghost ships of the Baltic have attracted global attention. This is the first time they have been reproduced in a large format. and appear in this book reproduced really large for the first time.

For more than a century, the fight for women¿s equality has been waged in the public sphere. Posters have often been the only available means of communication when others were denied. In this book, artist Jessica Hallbäck has collected 20 fantastic posters from times passed up until today, all related to the fight for gender equality. The posters in this inspirational book can be pulled out and put up on the wall. Each poster comes with a short accompanying text about its history. The posters in the book come from many different countries but the main message is universal ¿ everyone is entitled to equal rights, without discrimination.

Artist Signed Edition Photoshop has changed the photographic arena and created new opportunities. Erik Johansson has made international success with his surreal dream worlds. His pictures are pushing the boundaries of reality. The photographer and visual artist Erik Johansson creates surreal worlds through his own unique method. It often takes him months just to make one image, in a process where his photographs are combined so that an original place emerges. The result is often humorous, sometimes even scary, but always mind-blowing. Erik Johansson has become world-famous through his captivating and detailed images. This is his biggest book so far, presenting almost a hundred of his best images in large format. He also reveals the secrets of his methods and shares many of the original sketches that work both as a concept and as a road map to his art.

Anna Clarén has during her entire career directed her attention towards her closest family, using her camera as a tool of exploring life. In this book she is delving into the third level of Maslow¿s pyramid of needs ¿ the need to be needed. She asks: Who am I in my family, and who am I without them? Who really needs whom?In her images, she investigates the family as a constellation with the inherent power to unite people in their efforts to satisfy their need to be needed. Adults usually choose their family, while children are born into theirs. It is easy to see children¿s immediate need for care, but could adults have an equally significant need to be needed? What demands does the family place on us? What happens to individuals¿ privacy and autonomy? Why do we belong to a family constellation, what propels us towards the family, and what needs are we looking to satisfy? This intimate and profound depiction of a family and their everyday life is not only an art book but also a wonderful gift.

Abandon Ship is a dramatic, tempestuous, glorious journey through art history. Spectacular paintings have transformed shipwrecks into powerful metaphors for human vulnerability. These works depict fear and bravery, hope and desperation, life and death ¿ and people¿s struggle against immense danger. Rocky coastlines and gales could reduce human ambitions to splinters. The sea has always held a special fascination. It carried people to new continents and enabled trade and progress. But the sea, dark and stormy, also represented a threat to human life. This magnificent book takes the reader on a journey spanning several centuries, from medieval mythical disasters via Romantic tragedies to shipwrecks in the contemporary realist era. The paintings presented in the book are from many of the finest museums in the world, among them the Louvre in Paris, the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, the National Gallery in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The introduction is written by Christine Riding, head of the curatorial department at London¿s National Gallery.

This is the fascinating story of Swedish equestrian and Olympic medallist Peder Fredricson and his winding road to success. As a five-year-old he was riding on free rein in the Swedish forests and from then on everything was about horses. He worked as a groom for the best equestrians in the world, lived on next to nothing and rode for a while with a buzzard on his arm. He was a skilled rider but not very interested in competing.When he finally was persuaded to compete in the big equestrian eventing and showjumping competitions, he realised that talent was not enough - he had to rethink completely. He created a structure, both for everyday life and for competitions, and the outcome was almost immediate. After only a few years, he was one of the best showjumpers in the world. Much has changed since his unconventional childhood, but his attitude remains the same - interaction with the horses is what is most important. His mental focus has been his secret weapon in the major competitions.Today, Peder Fredricson is one of the top showjumpers on the planet with four Olympic medals to his credit. In 2021 he was ranked the world number one rider.

In this deeply personal book, photographer Aili Markelius explores the innermost corners of the human psyche. With her camera as a tool, she approaches her fellow human beings as much as she seeks herself. The images hover in the borderland between reality and dream - and sometimes they approach true nightmares. This is an exquisite book in the small format, but with high specific gravity. The book has been printed in a limited edition: 444 numbered and signed copies.

Photographer Elin Berge has captured the spiritual rituals of women seeking comfort with each other in sisterhood and making efforts to own their bodies and sexualities

Silent Land is a portrait of life in Moldova, one of Europe's poorest and remotest countries. Photographer Åsa Sjöström visited the country repeatedly in the '00s. When she returned in 2014 she noticed that something had changed. Moldova had become silent: 'When I arrived in Moldova for the first time, in 2005, I approached the people and the country with an idea about misery and social problems. Those were the stories I had heard about this small, unknown country sandwiched between Romania and the Ukraine, the stories that had coloured my views. Three month-long trips later I had a collection of photographs from prisons, trafficking and violence. But something was missing. I wanted to experience life around the corner, things one takes for granted and perhaps don't pay attention to in one's everyday life ... Moldova has changed fundamentally since 2005, and so have I and the people I have met. Each time I'm about to leave, I wonder what it is that attracts me to a place, a country or a story. The connection is often personal and I can't always put into words why I am captivated by a story. I let my meetings with people and my images tell the story. However, I do know that it is very difficult for me to let go when I have been attracted to something. I want to know more, I want to enter the country, meet people and learn their stories. A story I share, even though it's not mine. We share the same dreams, the same hopes for the future; it's just the conditions that separate us.'

Sune Jonsson (1930-2009) spent nearly his entire life working in the remote, northern Swedish counties of Angermanland and Vasterbotten. This is a retrospective monograph on Sune Jonssons life work. It covers the majority of Sune Jonssons works, from the debut book Byn med det bla huset to Och tiden blir ett forunderligt ting.

All women are not mothers, but all women are daughters. This challenging study of young women from all over the world from privilege to poverty, from Iceland to Indonesia, asks us, and the striking subjects of the photographs who look at us with such directness, to reconsider the relationship, both its origins and its aftermath.