Portfolio: Jonas Dahlström

07:27:47

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My book "07:27:47" was published by Kerber Verlag (Germany) in September 2020. It consists of 76 images, printed in duotone on 160 pages. It was designed by Rikard Österlund and includes a text by Petra Gipp.All images were taken in Sweden between 2016 and 2020. Sorted by the hour, minute and second of their exposure, they form a sequence that takes place during exactly 12 hours. ​ Throughout this project, I tried to capture the graphic beauty of ordinary environments by focusing on the strict and minimalist aesthetics that arise in the interaction between light and shadows, people and architecture. Combining it with the immediacy of street photography, it can be seen as a study not only of the urban environment, but also of the relationship between this environment and the human being.​The subjects are all in a state of transition, on a journey from one place to another, in time and in space. As a photographer, I found myself on a similar journey. In my search for locations, I travelled from south to north, from city centres to end-of-the-line suburbia. Somewhere during this process, I began to realise that the external landscapes that I wanted to capture just as much were projections of an internal landscape. Through my camera, I could see its contours emerge, with the city as a backdrop."07:27:47" has won the street photograpy categories at Fine Art Photography Awards and Minimalist Photography Awards, among others. It was a finalist in Hasselblad Masters 2023 and shortlisted for Fotografi's portfolio prize in Norway. The book was also awarded with a grant from the Swedish Author's Fund. It was presented at Paris Photo 2021.