Mis en avant
A photo-text book about being an artist. Its fulcrum is an art residency. Pictures and text trace the photographer’s wanderings around Paris, as she attempts to find inspiration for her art. But how do you create new works in a city where such important and beautiful art already exists, and where photography itself was invented? As she explores the city, she also explores the history of the medium, and decides to write a book about art photography and where it is today. She interviews various photographers, who all have different views on the subject, making her job more difficult than she had hoped. (Self published, 2019.)
Between 2013 and 2019, with the aim of shedding light on aspects of the artist's condition, I self-published a series of zines about being an artist. This book, Studio Situations, collects all of them. Fictional Love, about fictional relationships, or how an artist should avoid falling in love with another artist. Backstage, about artist-run collaborations. Solo, on the importance of travelling alone to make real art. (Female) Artist, on the difference between the sexes and the exposure of their work. Age vs Beauty, on the young artist vs the more established artist. Artist's Salary, on the different win-win situations available to make money. Work, about a normal working week for an artist in a medium-sized studio in the centre of Oslo. (Self published, 2023.)