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2024 11 04

POLYCOPIES, BOOKS AND FRIENDS

It’s that time of the year! I’m very thrilled to be participating at Polycopies book fair next week during Paris Photo. This is the fourth time for me at Polycopies, and every year I’m looking more and more forward to the fair. I’m particularly happy to have many of the artists I have made books with coming to the fair. This year we’ll launch two new titles and host three signings, the full schedule is:

Thursday 7th, 17:00: Marcel Top - Reversed Surveillance (BOOK LAUNCH)
Friday 8th, 18:00: Hannah Modigh - Searching for Sivagami (BOOK LAUNCH)
Saturday 9th, 15:00: Michael Swann - Noema
Saturday 9th, 16:00: Eliot Nasrallah - Les yeux fermés 
Saturday 9th, 18:00: Jan A. Staiger & Malte Uchtmann - The Perfect Crime

And for the actual Paris Photo fair, don’t miss Aapo Huhta showing the work Gravity with a Miami based gallery Momentum Fine Art.

If in Paris, please come say hi and have a look of the books. Looking forward to meeting many of you and for the good times by the boat!

2024 09 13

OSLO BOUND

Very excited to participate in Fotobokofestival Oslo this weekend for the first time! Please come and meet Kult Books and browse the books at Gamle Munch, Oslo, this Saturday and Sunday 11-17. Can’t wait to see the photobook exhibition What if? curated by Marte Aas & Line Bøhmer Løkken, featuring three of Kult Books titles. Hope to meet many book enthusiasts, so if in Oslo, come and say hi!

2024 09 02

OPEN STUDIO DAY

Welcome to visit the studio of Kult Books on the first annual open studio day! The doors are open to the public on Saturday 7th of September 11-16. This is a rare chance to see all published titles and make some great bargains. Follow Kult Books on instagram for more info. See you!

2024 07 08

OUT OF OFFICE

After Arles, it’s vacation time. Kult is on a break until the 31st of July. Thank you for the fun times and interesting meetings in Arles last week. Looking forward to starting again fresh in August. Cheers!

2024 06 16

NEW BOOK: Les yeux Fermés by Eliot Nasrallah

Happy to announce the third book of 2024: Les yeux Fermés by the French-Lebanese artist Eliot Nasrallah. Eliot initiated the project after experiencing the loss of a place of personal significance, as a result of the loss of a loved one. The book has 320 pages and presents 133 photographs and video stills in two paper stocks. The soft-cover thread bound book has a brown dust jacket which is offset printed with white ink.

The book will be launched in Arles at the Les Rencontres d’Arles book fair on the 3rd of July, 5.30-7.30 pm. Eliot will be present to talk about the work and sign books. If in Arles, please come and have a look of the brand new book, and have a glass of wine with us.

Meanwhile, you can order the book for a special pre-order discount via Kult webshop. Look closer and read more here.

2024 06 12

SHORTLISTED: Arles Book Awards 2024

So thrilled that three Kult Books titles have been shortlisted in the Arles Book Awards in the Author book award -category! The Shortlisted books are:
-Gravity by Aapo Huhta
-El Retrato de tu Ausencia by Alejandro Morales
-Transi by Margot Jourquin

The announcement of the winners will be made on Tuesday, July 2nd at the Night of the Théâtre Antique in Arles. So exciting, can’t wait!

2024 05 15

BOOK LAUNCH: Noema by Michael Swann

Kult Books will participate at A Bigger Book Fair, the book fair of Peckham24, the coming weekend in London. On Friday we will launch Michael Swann’s book Noema. Please join us, Michael will be present and ready to sign some books!

Opening hours for A Bigger Book Fair:

Friday: 18-22 (Release of Noema at 19 onwards)
Saturday: 11-18
Sunday: 11-18

Come and say hi and browse Kult Books titles, looking forward to meeting many of you!

2024 04 19

WINNER: Hulda / Lilli by Maija Tammi

Maija Tammi’s book Hulda / Lilli was awarded the Finnish Photobook 2023 prize yesterday. The winner was selected from the five finalists by photography curator Thyago Nogueira. Another Kult Books’ title, Notes for Our Legacy by Janne Riikonen was also among the five finalists. Thank you for interesting talks at the Finnish Museum of Photography for the visitors, and big congratulations Maija!

2024 04 16

NEW BOOK: The Perfect Crime by Jan A. Staiger and Malte Uchtmann

Very excited to announce the next Kult Books release, by German photographers Malte Uchtmann and Jan A. Staiger - The Perfect Crime: Concerning the Murder of Reality. The work investigates the effect of crime series on our perception and behaviour through several photographic techniques and approaches. The silkscreened thermachromic cover reacts to warmth of the readers hands, leaving temporary light marks that fade away as the material cools down. The Special Edition contains the book in a slipcase, which is screen printed and uniquely handled with glow-in-the-dark UV ink by the artists Jan A. Staiger and Malte Uchtmann. During the day, the ink is charged if exposed to light, which consequently makes the slipcases glow during the night.

The book will be released at Plast in Leipzig on the 17th of April.

Read more and look closer here

2024 04 07

NEW BOOK: Noema by Michael Swann

So excited to announce the first release of 2024, Noema, the debut book of the British photographer Michael Swann. Noema is Michael Swann’s investigation of the aura of place and religious experience in two locations the Virgin Mary has been seen. Noema combines Michael’s photography from the two sites, San Sebastian de Garabandal in Spain and Medjugorje in Bosnia & Herzegovina with appropriated from video footage of the visionaries taken during their apparitions. The hardcover, 176-page, book is offset printed on thin paper and is unopened on the top edge of the inlay. Michael has also designed and made a special edition of the book, in which the book comes wrapped to a silk screened print on fabric of one of Michael’s photographs from the series.

The book will be released at a Bigger Book Fair in London on the 17th of May. Pre-orders are now open!

Read more here

2024 01 08

BOOK LAUNCH: Transi by Margot Jourquin

After a short Christmas break, we’re back on books. This Friday, Margot Jourquin’s newly released book is launched in Brussels hosted by the Tipi Bookshop. Margot will of course be present to discuss the project, bookmaking process and signbooks. Welcome all to Tipi Bookshop on the 12th January, 6-10 PM!

Read more about the book here.

2023 11 20

NEXT UP: TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR

Konnichiwa! Could not be more excited: This week Kult Books is present at the Tokyo Art Book Fair for the first time. The fair will be arranged at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo from the 23rd to the 26th November. My participation is kindly supported by The Finnish Cultural Foundation, thank you!

I’m also doing a presentation of Kult Books at Yumi Goto’s Reminders Photography Stronghold on Monday the 27th November, where I delve deeper into the process of making a book and present books I have published.

Read more about the fair here.

2023 11 06

POLYCOPIES HERE WE COME

It’s that time of year again, Paris is calling. Kult Books is excited to participate at Polycopies book fair in Paris again this year. The fair starts Wednesday 8th of November and lasts until Sunday the 12th. This year is especially thrilling since two of our books are nominated for the Paris Photo - Aperture Photobook Awards in the First Photobook category. The winner will be announced on Friday the 10th, and Luis Corzo, one of the nominees, is doing a book signing the same day at 6pm. Also, on Friday, we’re launching Margot Jourquin’s book Transi at sans titre bookshop. The whole week’s schedule below:

Friday 10th Nov

18:00 Luis Corzo - Pasaco, 1996, Book signing at Polycopies
18:00 -> Margot Jourquin, Transi, Book release at sans titre bookshop

Saturday 11th Nov

17:00 Margot Jourquin, Transi, Book release at Polycopies
18:00 Aapo Huhta, Gravity, Book signing and launch of the Special Edition at Polycopies

And you can of course get your copy of Notes for Our Legacy signed any time. Please came and say hi, looking forward to meet many of you!

2023 11 02

NEW BOOK: Transi by Margot Jourquin

Very pleased to announce the last book of the fall season, and the seventh book for 2023, Transi by the French photographer Margot Jourquin. In book Transi, Margot documents a brief moment between the two realms of life and death as well as the people who prepare the dead for their burial. The book consists of two intertwined booklets, concept that was created by Margot herself. The books are bound together with pamphlet stitching in embossed soft covers.

The book release will be held at sans titre bookshop is Paris on the 10th of November.

Read more and look inside here.

2023 10 21

NEW BOOK: Notes for Our Legacy by Janne Riikonen

That’s right, I, Janne Riikonen haven’t retired from photography, and I’m finally publishing my second monograph Notes for Our Legacy. The work is a statement against the unsustainable culture of consumption by depicting billboards that are empty of advertisement. I also made a Special Edition of the book, which comes with a silk screened print and wrapped into a paper I have made out of advertisement I have removed from public spaces. I have photographed the work for seven years and I’m happy to finally have the book in my hands. It’s printed with risography on fully recycled papers, and comes in edition of 300 copies.

The book will be released in Konstig bookshop in Stockholm on the 25th of October, please come and have a look at the book if you’re in Stockholm!

2023 10 13

SHORTLISTED: PARIS PHOTO - APERTURE PHOTOBOOK AWARDS

Wow. Two of our books have just been shortlisted for the Paris Photo - Aperture Photobook awards in the First Photobook category. Firstly, the newly released Pasaco, 1996 by Luis Corzo, which revisits Luis’ kidnapping as a young child. Secondly, the book El Retrato de tu Ausencia by Alejandro “Luperca” Morales, which in its way of not showing, discusses about the devastating normalisation of narco violence in Mexico. Quite blown away about the two nominations, feeling proud and thankful. Very pleased to see the issues these books discuss being valued, books do matter and make an impact. Exciting times ahead in Paris in less than a month! You’ll find Kult Books at Polycopies as usual, Luis among few other artists will be in town and do a signing.

2023 10 8

WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

Excited to announce the first ever Photobook Workshop arranged by Kult Books! In the year-long Photobook Workshop we will turn the participants photography projects into book dummies and they will get to learn about editing, book design, the economics of book making and the photobook industry, desides many other things. The monthly group meetings are held at Kult Books’ studio in Stockholm, and individual meetings in between the group meetings either online or in person. Books are physical objects, therefore it’s crucial to meet in person to look and touch books, papers and photographs. Group size is aimed to be 4-6 members, so that everyone gets to voice their thoughts and the atmosphere remains private and personal. Looking forward to getting many applications and getting the workshop going in January!

Application deadline is the 19th of November!

Read more here.

2023 09 18

NEW BOOK: Pasaco, 1996 by Luis Corzo

Very excited to announce the second release of the fall 2023: Pasaco, 1996 by Luis Corzo. The book tells a frightening story of Luis being kidnapped as a child with his father by Guatemalan organised crime group “Los Pasaco”. I met Luis in Polycopies last year where he showed me the dummy of the book. Luis created this investigative photography project as he wanted closure to the traumatic events he lived though as a child. The book initiates conversations surrounding the story; those of violence, corruption, capital punishment, and criminal rehabilitation. Now, almost one year later, we have 96 page, hardcover book with a tipped in photograph in our hands.

The book will be released at Dashwood Books in New York on the 5th of October. Luis will be present to talk about the work and sign books. Don’t miss out!

And a special deal for customers in the US: Order your book online to get it signed by Luis plus a 5€ refund! (shipping will also be done by Luis.)

Look inside and read more here.

2023 08 05

OUT NOW (NEW BOOK): Gravity by Aapo Huhta

The first drop of the fall 2023 is out now: A sensational book Gravity by Aapo Huhta. Gravity presents a collection of black and white studio portraits of human figures and shapes combined with imagery of mummified remains from late 16th-century Sicily. By photographing and rephotographing through transparent and reflective objects, Huhta transforms the figures into contorted human-like creatures. As Huhta’s two previous monographs Block (Kehrer 2015) and Omatandangole (Kehrer 2019), Gravity is designed by the artist and Heikki Kaski. The book consists of monotone and tritone printed paper stocks that are pamphlet bound into double folded, printed and foiled soft covers. The work is shown at Galleria Heino in Helsinki Finland until the 27th of August.

Read more about the book here.

2023 07 08

SOLD OUT - BATTERED BY HARRI PÄLVIRANTA

The first edition of Harri Pälviranta’s book Battered got sold out in the Les Rencontres d'Arles book fair! We’re truly happy and proud of the reception this book has gotten. Missed to buy a copy? No need to worry, we’re going to make a second printing. You can now pre-order copies of the second printing with a slight discount here. Or, if you will, there are a few slightly imperfect copies for even more discount here.

Big thank you to everyone who came by the Kult Books table. Lovely to meet many enthusiasts and talk books. See you in Arles next year again!

2023 07 02

ARLES CALLING

Kult Books will be present at the book fair of Les Rencontres d'Arles photo festival, taking place during the opening week of the festival from Tuesday the 4th to Saturday the 8th of July.

This year we'll have two published artists doing signings:
-Wednesday 5th at 18:30, Harri Pälviranta – Battered
-Thursday 6th at 18:30, Maija Tammi – Hulda / Lilli

Also, the work of the most recent publication, El Retrato de tu Ausencia by Alejandro 'Luperca' Morales will be screened at the closing night on Saturday. If in Arles please come and say hi, take a glass of wine and have a look at our books. Looking forward to meeting many of you!

2023 05 12

OUT NOW (NEW BOOK): El Retrato de tu Ausencia by Alejandro “Luperca” Morales

The third book of the year, El Retrato de tu Ausencia by the Mexican photographer Alejandro “Luperca” Morales is out now! During a period of six years Alejandro Morales collected more than 500 photographs depicting bodies published his local newspaper P.M. in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. The time of extreme violence made Ciudad Juárez among the most violent cities in the world, marked by the large number of intentional homicides committed in its streets. The limits of what the press could publish were blurred as it was so common to find oneself in the middle of a shootout or come across an abandoned corpse. The book consists of the photographs from which Morales removed all the corpses by manually erasing them with a gum eraser.

I discovered the work in Arles in 2022 when the dummy was shortlisted for the dummy award. Alejandro’s work was so good that I could not get it out of my mind. So when I returned back to Stockholm, I wrote him and we started to collaborate to publish the book. The simple and very fitting design by Fernando Gallegos is perfected by lenticular photos on the covers, which show a body appearing and disappearing when looked from different angles. We were happy to get Los Sumergidos to be part of the team as a co-publisher, for the book to get more visibility in the Americas.

Read more here.

2023 04 12

SOLD OUT

Two of Kult’s titles, Il Malocchio by Andrea Simonato and The Sun Sets Inside You by Erik Mowinckel got sold out today! Thank you all who have bought the books, selling out is a great moment for a small independent publisher. You might still find copies of the two books at Antenne Books.

Many many books in the making, stay tuned!

2023 03 30

NEW BOOK: Hulda / Lilli by Maija Tammi

Maija Tammi’s book Hulda / Lilli will be released today at the opening of her solo show Empathy Machine at The Finnish Museum of Photography! The book Hulda / Lilli examines empathy through storytelling. The flip book with two beginnings tells the story of the two protagonists, Hulda, a chameleon and Lilli, a locust. In the middle the paths and protagonists meet – who will you empathise with?

Read more here.

2023 02 16

NEW BOOK: The Sun Sets Inside You by Erik Mowinckel

Happy to announce the first book of 2023 - book The Sun Sets Inside You by the Norwegian photographer Erik Mowinckel. The book consists of photographs Mowinckel took on walks during period when he was recovering from a mental illness. There was no aim, no ambition, but the photographs were made in need of routine, keeping him going. Now 48 of these photographs from this period is compiled to a 100 copy limited edition, hand bound and mounted copies. The book discusses recovery and mental health issues through Mowinckel’s experience and practise.

We’d love to welcome all to the book released in Galleri Storck in Oslo on Friday the 24th of February. Pre-orders will be shipped to customers on Monday the 27th of February.

Read more here.

2022 11 08

POLYCOPIES HERE WE COME

Kult Books is excited to participate at Polycopies book fair in Paris again this year. The fair starts Wednesday 9th of November and lasts until Sunday the 13th. On Thursday we will release Harri Pälviranta’s new book Battered and on Friday we launch the Special Edition of My Man Mitch by Ian Lewandowski. We also have a great pleasure to have Malte Uchtmann, Andrea Simonato and Norman Behrendt signing books by our table. Full schedule below:

Thursday 10th

14.30 Harri Pälviranta - Battered (book presentation)

17.00 Harri Pälviranta - Battered (book release and signing)

Friday 11th

17.00 Ian Lewandowski - My Man Mitch (signing and launch of the special edition)

18.30 Andrea Simonato - Il Malocchio (signing)

Saturday 12th

17.00 Malte Uchtmann - Ankommen (signing)

Bonus guest: Norman Behrendt - Blueprint 2017-20 (time TBA)

Please come and say hi and browse all of our published (and available) titles by the Kult Book table. Some sold out goodies available too! See you soon!

2022 10 16

NEW BOOK: Battered by Harri Pälviranta

Very excited to announce the last drop of 2022 - book Battered by the Finnish photographer Harri Pälviranta. In the book Battered Pälviranta shows the real faces of street violence in Finland. In contrast to the stereotypic portrayals of male heroics and the worn-out attempts at shocking people, Pälviranta deals with the utmost banality inherent in violence.

The 64 page hardcover book comes in large format of 29,5 x 29 cm and features 32 photographs from Pälviranta’s iconic series. Battered was first exhibited in December 2007, and since then pictures from the series have been appeared in tens of exhibitions around the world. Currently 15 pictures from the Battered series are exhibited in the National Museum of Contemporary Art MNAC in Lisbon as part of a bigger solo show by Harri Pälviranta. Even though vastly exhibited, Battered has never been available as a book. This situation is now corrected.

The book will be released in Paris at Polycopies book fair on the 10th of November at 5 PM, Pälviranta will of course be present. If in Paris, please come by and celebrate with us!

Pre-orders are now open, Read more about the book here.

2022 09 21

EXHIBITION: Norman Behrendt: Blueprint 2017-20 Collector’s Edition

Norman Behrendt is participating in a group show “No One Belongs Here More Than You” at the National Gallery in Prague part of the Fotograf Festival. Behrendt exhibits seven unique copies of the Collector’s Edition of his book Blueprint 2017-20.

‘Who does belong here? A seemingly simple question seems to be at the heart of much of the current cultural debates, policy-making and social measures. The question of belonging even becomes a threat for various people when they do not fit into the imaginary homogeneous vision of a nation that is advocated for by a growing number of proponents of the extreme right and populism. The central exhibition of the Fotograf Festival presents artistic strategies that recognise this attack on civil rights and liberties, understanding it as symptomatic of the shift from a democratic to an authoritarian political order.’

The exhibition opens on Thursday 22nd September and runs until the 8th of January 2023.

2022 09 14

UNSEEN BOOK MARKET

Very excited to be participating in Unseen book market in Amsterdam for the first time! The book market is located at the beautiful Westergas from 15th to 18th September. The line-up of publishers and bookshops looks truly fantastic, happy to be in such a good company! Please come and say hello, looking forward to meeting new and old friends!

2022 07 04

ARLES BOOK FAIR / BOOK LAUNCH: Wall Tourist by Harri Pälviranta

Kult Books is participating at Arles Book Fair for the first time this year. In Arles, we’re releasing a new book Wall Tourist by Finnish photographer Harri Pälviranta on the 5th of July. Wall Tourist discusses immigration and freedom of movement through privilege: from 2016 to 2021 Pälviranta has travelled to conflict borders on five continents. He photographs not only the border walls but also himself, a conflict tourist - a middle aged white man - because he can. Pälviranta is present in Arles, come by for a glass of wine!

Read more about the book here.

2022 06 27

NEW YORK / BOOK LAUNCH: My Man Mitch by Ian Lewandowski at Dashwood Books

We’d like to welcome you all to the book launch of My Man Mitch by Ian Lewandowski at Dashwood Books in New York on Wednesday 29th of June, 6-8 pm. Ian will sign books and tell about the work. We’re so happy about this book and excited that the world gets finally to see it! Hope many of you will make it!

2022 05 22

NEW BOOK: My Man Mitch by Ian Lewandowski

My Man Mitch is about Ian Lewandowski’s home state of Indiana, manhood, and finding and maintaining queer space. After moving to New York to pursue a degree and career as a fine artist, Lewandowski, raised in a working-class, conservative, Christian environment, started to analyze these origins through photographic imagery native to Indiana and his family. Simultaneously he was photographing fellow gay men in their New York City apartments. Lewandowski combines his own photography with appropriated material, primarily Indiana high school yearbook photographs, as a dialogue on community and belonging, and a way to elaborate and expand upon his relationship to manhood and gay identity.

My Man Mitch is the tenth book by Kult Books and the second monograph by Ian Lewandowski. The book is very meaningful to us in many ways. We have been working closely with Ian on this book since January 2021. The editing, the sequence as well as design was all done together – working with Ian has been very fruitful and rewarding.

The book is an 80 page softcover featuring 38 works by Ian and a text by Paul Legault. Inside the front and back cover, partly hidden under the flaps, is a collage of photographs of Ian’s family albums from speedway races. The book is offset printed on coated stock to get the deep tones that are very rich in Ian’s large format photographs.

The release is planned for late June in New York, stay tuned!

ps. A special edition of 20 copies is also in the making, planned release in early August!

2022 04 26

NEW BOOK: Ankommen by Malte Uchtmann

Our second book of 2022, Ankommen by Malte Uchtmann is in final stages of the production! Ankommen, Uchtmann’s debut book, is a study of architectural infrastructure for state-provided accommodation for refugees in Germany. The dummy of the book received the German Photo Book Award in the category "Best Student Project" in 2020 and has since then been edited slightly in the final steps of the process.

The book is a Swiss bound softcover with an elastic band closure, and comes in edition of 500 copies. Ankommen features 77 photographs, official documents and an index with aerial maps. The book is now open for pre-orders for 34€ per shipping, for more click here.

2022 04 06

OUT NOW: Il Malocchio by Andrea Simonato

The eighth Kult Books publication Il Malocchio by the great Andrea Simonato is out now! Pre-orders have been shipped to customers and the profits made from the pre-orders have been donated to help in the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine through the Red Cross. Thank you for support, every order was specially meaningful this time. The book is available from our webshop and is slowly getting distributed to bookshops. You can already find it at Konst-ig (Stockholm, Sweden), Baltimore Photo Space (USA) and Marmo libreria (ForlÌ, Italy), hopefully many more will follow!

2022 03 12

NEW BOOK: Il Malocchio by Andrea Simonato

Thrilled to announce the next book by Kult Books, Il Malocchio by Italian photographer Andrea Simonato. In his debut book Simonato depicts the quiet villages of his home region of Vicenza in the Northern Italy as upon a curse of unluckiness called ‘il malocchio’ or ‘the evil eye’ . On his walks through sleeping villages and their empty buildings, dark woods and resting groves Simonato makes extraordinary findings in the seemingly common surroundings. The work echoes both longing and hope, creating a beautiful and poetic, yet mysterious ode to a place called home.

The perfect bound hard cover book comes in first edition of 250 copies. The book features 49 black and white photographs by Simonato and is printed with duotone offset technique. The book is now available to purchase with a pre-sale discount and is estimated to be released on the 4th of April.

Read more and look inside here.

2021 12 05

SOLD OUT

Thrilled to announce that Transcendence by Mikko Kerttula is now sold out! The limited edition of 100 copies went much faster than expected, thank you everyone who supported the work and bought a copy. You can read the thorough review in Collector Daily here.

2021 11 19

ORANGE STREET BOOK RELEASE AND EXHIBITION

Orange Street by Johannes Frandsen was released last December in the middle of the toughest pandemic phase in Stockholm. We were never able to celebrate the release in any way, but this will change tomorrow: Welcome all to the release and exhibition of Orange Street, tomorrow Saturday 20th November is Gallery Fotografi in Stockholm. Johannes Frandsen will sign books and tell about the work. Ironically the book is almost sold out already. The show will run until December 1st.

Read more here and have a peek at the book here.

2021 10 27

POLYCOPIES / PARIS PHOTO

We are attending Polycopies book fair for the first time during Paris Photo, from 10th to 14th November. We’ll also officially launch the book Blueprint 2017-20 by Norman Behrendt at bookshop sans titre on Thursday 11th November. This also will be the first time the Collector’s edition of the book Blueprint 2017-20 will be shown to public.

Behrendt and Julie Scheurweghs, the author of the book Mère will come by to talk about their work and sign books on Saturday at the Kult Books table. If you’re in Paris, come and say hi, hope to meet many of you fellow book enthusiasts.

Read more at Polycopies website.

2021 09 01

MÈRE BOOK RELEASE AND EXHIBITION

Mère by Julie Scheurweghs will be released this Friday, September 3rd at the vernissage of her exhibition ‘Birth of a Mother’ in mu.ZEE in Belgium.

“What happens before, during and after delivery is dominated in the public domain by idealised bodies stripped of all juices, fat, pain and welts. On the one hand, there is the clinical approach that often runs counter to how mothers would act emotionally or instinctively, and on the other hand, a sexualised patriarchal view that only offers space for the woman as an object of sexual desire. Both ways of visualising femininity distort the reality. For ‘Birth of a Mother’ Julie Scheurweghs therefore explicitly opts for motherhood, without disguising or dramatising it, as a possible stage in a woman’s life in which transformation and strength lie.”

While the exhibition shows more broadly Scheurweghs’ work around the experience of giving birth and being in labour, the book Mère is more narrow and conceptual piece depicting her own experience of becoming a mother. The book can be browsed at the exhibition and will be available to purchase at the museum shop, selected bookstores and of via our website. All pre-orders will be shipped the following Monday. ‘Birth of a Mother’ will run until January 2022 in

2021 08 08

NEW BOOK: Mère by Julie Scheurweghs

"There is a great power in giving birth, one of transformation, hope and new beginnings."

Very excited to announce the seventh Kult Books’ publication, Mère by Julie Scheurweghs. In her debut book Mère, we see the artist Julie Scheurweghs in different stages of labour. Scheurweghs' natural home birth took 16 hours, and while being by her side, the whole process was closely documented by her partner. Later Scheurweghs cropped the photographs to details that accurately matched her recollections from the day. The pure and bare design of the book highlights the skin-close and raw photographs that show the intensity of the experience.

The 148 page book features 142 black and white photographs in continuous sequence; no breaks are given - no breaks are given in labour either. First print run is 200 copies and the book can be bought from our website for a pre-order discount of 25€ until 3rd of September. Read more and look inside here.

2021 07 19

TRANSCENDENCE OUT NOW

Kult Books’ sixth publication Transcendence by Mikko Kerttula is finally out! As always we encountered some last minute difficulties, thanks for everyone who pre-ordered the book for your patience!

At the same time we’re happy and proud to announce, that exactly half of the books are already gone! The book comes in 100 copies, all numbered and signed by Kerttula. See inside here.

2021 06 16

NEW BOOK: Transcendence by Mikko Kerttula

Excited to announce the sixth book by Kult Books, Transcendence by the Finnish photographer Mikko Kerttula. The book Transcendence presents Kerttula’s observations from the bus terminal of Swedish city of Sundsvall. It seems like the reality is bending, and the passers-by reach otherworldly state during the most mundane activities.

The 64-page book is printed on a raw 80 gram paper, and comes in loose, screen printed covers. The book is made in a limited edition of 100 copies, all signed and numbered by the artist in Finland.

Look inside and get your with the pre-order discount (20€ + shipping) here

2021 05 19

KULT TOTE OUT NOW

To celebrate the release of Blueprint 2017-20 by Norman Behrendt, we created the very first Kult Books tote bag in! The bag comes in very limited edition of 20 copies and costs only 8 euros. See and read more here.

2021 05 10

BLUEPRINT 2017-20 OUT NOW

Today we received the book Blueprint 2017-20 by Norman Behrendt from the printer. It’s always hard to imagine how the book will feel until one get’s to hold it, but this feels truly special.

The book is designed and edited by the artist Norman Behrendt and Janne Riikonen from Kult Books. The book is printed with two Pantone colours to match the tonalities of Behrendt’s original cyanotypes. Behrendt chose the cyanotype as his artistic method to reflect the invisible influence of the European Union on the United Kingdom. The idea for the book concept, creating fully blue book with coloured edges came quite early in the design process. The only colour detail, a yellow foiled star in the cover symbolising the United Kingdom, follows the graphic guide of the European emblem.

The 304 page book features 212 of Behrendt’s photographs from his two part work Blueprint. The first half of the project, Blueprint, 2017-18, was made while the artist lived in London for a year during the countdown to the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. The second half, Blueprint, 2019-20, was made after Behrendt’s return to Berlin. While the two bodies of work can each be exhibited as a large grid of 175 A3 cyanotypes (each grid approximately 3 x 8 metres) or as smaller selections, the book offers a non-chronological edit from the archive of images that make up the two parts of the project.

Read more about the book and get yours here.

2021 02 28

NEW BOOK: Blueprint 2017–20 by Norman Behrendt

Exciting news – The pre sale for our upcoming book Blueprint 2017–20 by German photographer Norman Behrendt is now open. Blueprint 2017–20 explores how the mass media has influenced political debates and democratic processes during the process of Brexit. Norman Behrendt's photographs of Brexit-related video material examine what sort of imagery is used to influence people by stirring up deep-seated attitudes around national pride, immigration and lack of control.

“I am interested in how the mass media contributed to a post-truth political environment. By photographing details of publicly accessible online video content, uploaded on various media channels including newspapers, magazines, Leave and Remain Youtube channels, documentaries and political debates in the UK and EU parliaments, I disassemble the visual layers into their individual parts and thereby scrutinize and recycle these pixelated, transient images. In my presentation I bring these different visual extracts together, rearrange them and thereby form a new narrative.”

- Norman Behrendt

The book features 212 photographs and an essay by Lucy Soutter and an appendix featuring crucial texts and speeches about Brexit and EU-UK relations. Blueprint 2017–20 is the fifth book by Kult Books and third book by Norman Behrendt. Look inside and order yours now with a special pre sale discount here.

2021 02 02

FREE SHIPPING <80€

From now on all orders above 80€ will ship free world wide with the use of promo-code FREESHIP at checkout. Our clients receiving their books in flawless condition is a top priority, while we struggle to keep the shipping costs reasonable–shipping costs from Sweden to all over the world are sky high. We started this new campaign for our clients to get more value for their money. Happy shopping, free shipping!

2020 12 19

ORANGE STREET OUT NOW

Orange Street by Johannes Frandsen has arrived from the printer and the preorders are ready for shipping! Unfortunately we are not able to arrange any sort of release event now because of the pandemic, but we're planning a book presentation in Stockholm as soon as the situation calms down.

The first edition is printed in 500 copies which include the special edition of 25 copies. The numbered and signed Special edition comes with an unique print produced in darkroom by Johannes Frandsen (5 works in edition of 5 copies each). Read more and order yours here.

2020 11 22

NEW BOOK: Orange Street by Johannes Frandsen

Orange Street by Johannes Frandsen is now open for pre-orders! Orange Street is a portrait book of Beijing’s cleaning workers. In the direct and close portraits we get to meet some of the thousands of cleaning workers looking after the city. They are seemingly everywhere and truly indispensable, yet remain faceless and only recognised by their orange outfits.

The book includes 41 photographs and a text by Chinese writer Chilly Chin in English, Chinese and Swedish. Orange Street is the fourth book by Kult Books and third book by Johannes Frendsen. Read more and order yours now with the special preorder discount here.

2020 10 30

SOLD OUT

Golden Days by Max Sjödin is now sold out! The 50 copies went fast, thank you everyone who bought the book and showed interest in it. Some copies might be available via our retailers, contact Photo-Eye (USA), Tsutaya (JP), Konst-ig (SWE), Hippolyte Gallery (FIN) and Ivory Press (ES) for inquiries.

2020 08 30

NEW BOOK: Golden days by Max Sjödin

The hand bound artist book Golden Days shares insight into the cruise ship trips on the Baltic Sea, where the passengers come to leave their worries behind for 24 hours. With close portraits, crowded dance floors and dated interiors, Golden Days is not only a book about cruise trips, but also about longing, intimacy and the lack thereof.

The book comes in limited edition of 50 copies, all of which include a print and are signed and number by the artist. As well as being Kult Books’ third publication, Golden Days is also the first artist book in the Kult Books catalogue. Golden Days is the debut book by Swedish photographer Max Sjödin.

2020 08 23

NEWS SECTION OPEN

Coming a little bit late, but we will share the latest news about Kult Books’ publications, the published artists and their projects here in the News section. Enjoy!