Photo Book Fair 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

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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.

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.

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

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Watch two shorts clips presenting the new book

Gröna Lund

and

the Artist Edition

music Johan Hellqvist

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Five other books published by Laurent Denimal will be also exhibited

The books are :

Tour de Stockholm

LDP Editions 2011, text Laurent Denimal

Saint-Valery-sur-Somme

LDP 2015, foreword Éléonore Lelong

J'y suis encore / I am still here

LDP Editions 2019, text Laurent Denimal

Portraits d'Auteurs / Author Portraits

Carlssons 2020, foreword Josyane Savigneau

Swedish Country Churches

LDP Editions 2022, text Philippe Bouquet

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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

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Millesgården, in the sculptor's park.

In 2008, I released my first photo book, Millesgården, in the sculptor's park.

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.

As you walk around the gardens with their terraces, steps and fountains you will encounter not only statues, but gardeners, tourists, flowers, bushes and trees, all of which reflect the constantly changing rhythm of the seasons.

During the three years I was employed at Millesgården as a gardener, I carried with me a Vredeborch Felica camera (medium-format 6X6), and documented the everyday life in the park.

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Twelve photographs from the book

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From the foreword, by Agneta Pleijel

"A park, a garden, some sculptures, a borderland between nature and culture. Stone moulders, eaten away by vegetation and biology in the shape of spores. Here, time rocks us. What is time, if not an exercise in the art of a change that is so slow that man’s life is too short for it?

Nothing keeps still. Water dissolves and creates new forms.

The leaves of the ivy stroke gently the pierced feet of the Crucified. The spade rests for a moment in the hand of the gardener. Snow becomes light which becomes shadows. In real life, we often feel cold, but a strange calm reigns in this park. I love and admire Laurent Denimal’s photographs, they are peaceful and yet able to carry you away.

To see a flower blooming by the side of a stone is a miracle. Is it not old Poseidon, who has laid his head aside in order to ponder on life for a while? The notes played by the angel on his flute of stone ring out between some frosty twigs. An army of winged beings conquers the town, in the distance, with its music of stone that resounds with silence. (....)"

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The foreword is written by the Swedish author Agneta Pleijel and the presentation by Laurent Denimal (texts in Swedish, French and English).

It is designed by Johannes Molin and edited by Carlsson Bokförlag in Stockholm.

Stefan Nilson (Nerikes Allehanda) wrote an article about the book.

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An artist's edition containing twenty autographed copies of the book is presented in a black slipcase with one numbered and signed original print (silver gelatine and C-print), with a size of 18 x 18 cm. There are four different motiv.

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You vill find copies of

Millesgården, in the sculptor's park

at the shop !

Delivery in 2 to 6 working days worldwide

Price: 170:- sek / 15 €

to the shop

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Three books for Christmas.

As Christmas is getting closer, you'll find here three of my photo books for the reasonable price of 150:-sek / 15€ each, or 400:-sek / 40€ for a package of three ! (+ shipping fees, 60:-sek for Sweden and 9€ for Europe).

To order a signed and dedicated copy please send me a message at mail[@]laurentdenimal.se

"Djurgården, i Kungens park", "Portraits d'Auteurs / Author Portraits" and "Millesgården, i skulptörens park" are all published by Carlssons in Stockholm.

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