BOOK | Make Believe
"Make believe" is both a verb, a noun and an adjective. It can mean to imagine, to pretend that something is better than it is, or to imitate something real. What defines something as real? A photograph has long been a representation of capturing reality as it is. But what happens when we turn it around and try to capture something impossible but make it look like it was there? Problem solving meets creativity.
On better paper and in higher quality than ever. The third book by Erik Johansson is the most complete collection of his work so far covering both new unpublished works and old favorites in a carefully selected collection of his best work produced over the past 15 years. A total of 90 artworks, never before seen sketches and a look behind the scenes of how some of the images were crafted.
Details
Author: Erik Johansson
Design: Milan Nedvěd
Text: Jeppe Wikström
Publisher: Bokförlaget Max Ström
Release Date: March 2023
Dimensions: 295 x 230 x 30 mm
Weight: 1.4 kg
Pages: 212Printed in ItalyISBN: 9789171265876The book contains both many new artworks but also old favorites, here is a complete list of all the included artworks:
a place like home, a taste of freedom, above all, all above the sky, all we have is now, boy of hope, breaking up, burning tree, closing out, comfort zone, cumulus and thunder, cut and fold, daybreaker, deadline, decoration, demand and supply, deviation, disconnecting, don’t look back, down the past, drained memories, dreaming of snow, dream walking, drifting away, end of line, endless stories, endless reflections, expectations, falling asleep, fear of heights, free breakers, fishing with grandpa, fishy island, follow the rain, follow the path, full moon service, give me time, go your own road, groundbreaking, grow with progress, head in the clouds, ideas come at night, if lost please call, impact, imminent, impossible border crossing, just visiting, landfall, last one standing, layers of change, leaving home, leap of faith, long before we met long after we forget, looking back, looking for stars, lost in the rain, loyal mail, make purpose, marvel of engineering, moulin de mer, next station, night shift, night comes, now or never or whenever, october 13th, office escape, rejection process, river hotel, road closed unexpectedly, second attic, self-supporting, set them free, soundscapes, stack them on top, stay warm, stuck inside, the architect, the average consumer, the cover-up, the forest library, the light keeper, the reset, the swedish space program, under the corner, wake up, we saw, work together, you first, your opinion is important to us.
PREVIOUS BOOKS
PREVIOUS BOOKS
IMAGINE, 2016
Imagine is Erik Johansson's first book and contains fifty of his images works created between 2007 and 2015. The book was available in English and Swedish and possible to buy world wide in well sorted book stores.
Author: Erik Johansson
Text: Göran Segeholm
Design: Patric Leo
Publisher: Bokförlaget Max Ström
Release Date: February 2016
Pages: 110
ISBN: 9171263772 (English Edition)
ISBN: 9789171263704 (Swedish Edition)
No longer available, last edition printed in 2019
SOLD OUT
PLACES BEYOND, 2019
Places Beyond was slightly larger than IMAGEINE and filled with even more images, new unpublished works and a section with a look into the process of how Erik creates his surreal worlds. It was available in Swedish and English.
Author: Erik Johansson
Text: Anna Henriksson
Design: Patric Leo
Publisher: Bokförlaget Max Ström
Release Date: December 2019
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9171264914 (English Edition)
ISBN: 9789171264886 (Swedish Edition)
Almost no longer available, last edition printed in 2022