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  • Writer: Laurent Denimal
    Laurent Denimal
  • Oct 22, 2023


Have you ever dreamed of meeting

French gardener and photographer, Laurent Denimal,

who has lived in Sweden for three decades,

and who has contributed, among other things,

three very beautiful books of photographs

on three of the most emblematic parks and excursion spots in Stockholm?







I will be present during the two days devoted by SSF

to the Photography Book Fair in Stockholm,

on October 27 and 28,

where the latest book, Gröna Lund, will be presented.




photo Hendrik Zeitler, Fotobokfestival 2022




Friday, October 27th, 12:00 - 19:00

Saturday, October 28th, 12:00 - 16:00



Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Plan 5



 



This will be a unique opportunity to see the three works relating to these green spaces brought together on the same table; Gröna Lund, Djurgården and Millesgården, and to be able to discuss with the photographer his original working method and also about the stages that were followed from the inception of the project to the final production of the book.






Gröna Lund (LDP, 2022), foreword Laurent Denimal.


While working as a gardener at Stockholm's Gröna Lund tivoli, I carried a wooden pinhole panorama camera loaded with 35-mm film around with me.

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An artist's edition of fifteen autographed copies is presented in a slipcase with one numbered and signed colour print.

designed by Laurent Denimal






Djurgården, in the King's Park (Carlssons, 2014), foreword Per Wästberg.

Djurgården, which once upon a time was the royal deer park in Stockholm, is today the world's first national city park. It forms a green oasis just across the water from the city centre. I spent a season working in the park as a gardener, and had my Polaroid camera with me every day.

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Polaroid photography provides unique, small-format images without a negative, limited to a single original photograph. The book "In the King's Park" presents a selection of motifs that were caught in an instant.




designed by Johannes Molin






Millesgården, in the Sculptor's Park (Carlssons, 2008), foreword Agneta Pleijel.


The photo book Millesgården, in the Sculptor's Park takes you for a walk through the sculpture park in the grounds of the house formerly belonging to Swedish sculptor Carl Milles (1875-1955), located on the island of Lidingö, outside Stockholm.

An artist's edition is presented in a black slipcase with one numbered and signed original print.



designed by Johannes Molin




 



Watch two shorts clips presenting the new book



Gröna Lund






and


the Artist Edition




music Johan Hellqvist





 


Five other books published by Laurent Denimal will be also exhibited


The books are :




LDP Editions 2011, text Laurent Denimal


LDP 2015, foreword Éléonore Lelong


LDP Editions 2019, text Laurent Denimal


Carlssons 2020, foreword Josyane Savigneau


LDP Editions 2022, text Philippe Bouquet



 






 



Welcome to the

Photo Book Fair 2023!



Friday, October 27th, 12:00 - 19:00

Saturday, October 28th, 12:00 - 16:00



Kulturhuset Stadsteatern Plan 5



Stockholm, Sweden




 


  • Writer: Laurent Denimal
    Laurent Denimal
  • Oct 23, 2022

Welcome to the Photo Book Fair / Fotobokfestival at the Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Plan 3 (Stockholm), on Friday 28th and Saturday 29th, october 2022 !





 


I will present the seven books I published since 2008. The books are :



Millesgården, in the Sculptor's Park (Carlssons, 2008), forword Agneta Pleijel.


Tour de Stockholm (LDP Editions, 2011), text Laurent Denimal.


Djurgården, in the King's Park (Carlssons, 2014), forword Per Wästberg.


Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (LDP, 2015), forword Éléonore Lelong


J'y suis encore / I am still here (LDP Editions, 2019), text Laurent Denimal.


Portraits d'Auteurs / Author Portraits (Carlssons, 2020), forword Josyane Savigneau.


Swedish Country Churches (LDP Editions, 2022), text Philippe Bouquet.



... all the books will be available for sale !


I will also have some copies of the artist's edition of Millesgården, in the Sculptor's Park, Tour de Stockholm and I am still here, also a copy of Swedish Country Churches signed by former professor and translator Philippe Bouquet.




Welcome!


Friday the 28th, 12:00 - 19:00

Saturday the 29th, 11:00 - 16:00


Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Plan 3, Stockholm




To read and see more about the books, click on the thumbnail !


 



Millesgården, in the Sculptor's Park


 



Tour de Stockholm


 



Djurgården, in the King's Park


 



Saint-Valery-sur-Somme


 



J'y suis encore / I am still here


 



Portraits d'Auteurs / Author Portraits


 



Swedish Country Churches


 


  • Writer: Laurent Denimal
    Laurent Denimal
  • Sep 21, 2021

A photograph of the Franco-Syrian cartoonist Riad Sattouf published in the textbook Français Escales 2de (Belin Education, 2019), known for his award-winning graphic memoir pentalogy L'Arabe du futur (The Arab of the Future). The photograph was taken in Stockholm during his stay in October 2017


All the portraits of Riad Sattouf are available at the Opale Agency.


You can also see the complete collection of author portrait at https://www.laurentdenimal.se/thecompletecollection



 


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