Blackbook Publications

07/08/2025

Welcome to an artist talk and book launch for new book ‘Känningen’ this Saturday at 13.00 at

The book ‘Känningen’ depicts a small island in the Swedish east coast called Blå Jungfrun and it’s mythical history. The island is said to be ‘Blåkulla’, the place where witches gather around Easter to feast with the devil himself.

The stones from Blå Jungfrun are cursed. If you take one home, you risk bad luck. But there is a way to lift the curse; by sending them to the townhall in Oskarshamn. The staff will then return them to the uninhabited island.

The book consists of pictures of stones from the temporary stone archive in Oskarshamn. The packages sometimes include letters with stories about the accidents the stone has caused. During the pandemic, the stone archive grew and the tone of the letters seemed more desperate. In the book, pictures from the stone archive are combined with pictures from Blå Jungfru.

22/05/2025

We are participating in this mini photo book festival tomorrow Friday May 23rd! Many interesting talks, pecha kucha and a lot of photo books! From 1pm to 8pm at the Goethe-institute, welcome! Posted • English below

Varmt välkomna till en internationell fotoboksfestival på Goethe-Institutet i Stockholm den 23 maj. Kom för att ta del av ett inspirerande program bestående av samtal, en fotoboksmarknad, spännande gäster mingel och nätverkande!

Programmet pågår kl 13-20. Fritt inträde.

För mer information och länk till anmälan, besök:
https://centrumforfotografi.se/program/fotoboksfestival-i-miniformat-pa-goethe-institutet/

Vi ses!

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Welcome to an international photo book festival at the Goethe-Institut in Stockholm on May 23rd!Come for enjoying an inspiring program consisting of talks, a photobook market, interesting guests and networking!

The program runs from 1-8 p.m. Free admission.

For more information and a link to register, visit:
https://centrumforfotografi.se/program/fotoboksfestival-i-miniformat-pa-goethe-institutet/

See you there!

09/05/2025

This Saturday blackbook publications are involved in 3 different events. 🥂✨

- is showing her work ‘Månvarv’ at , Stockholm. Curated by

- is hosting a book launch, exhibition and concert at Styrsö for her new book ’Unsheltered Island’. 14-19.

- showing new work in a exhibition and a new book at . 12-16.

09/05/2025

New book by . Book launch and opening at tomorrow, Saturday 10th, 12-16.

25/04/2025

We are still very proud of and her book Splinter that won the Swedish photobook award! ✨

Her book, the rest of the nominated and all of the applicants are now on an exhibition tour arranged by . First stop is . Opening tomorrow at 17.00!

”Splinter” is a photographic book about people living in constant disorder, understood both literally and metaphorically, and about the feeling of uneasiness that their lives provoked.

The story took place in a house that had turned into a kind of warehouse - a space packed with things, whether working or not. It seemed that the constant change gave meaning to that reality. Yet its inhabitants apparently refused to accept that only order is legitimate in today’s world.

Pictures documenting the house were taken in the course of a year. What had been changing during this time was not only the place being in the state of a perpetual transformation but also the feelings accompanying the process of documenting this world. A belief that everyone can live however they want, even in a completely disorganized space was followed by anxiety that this visual and material chaos would lead to a catastrophe. And yet both turned out to be real.

Photographs: Ela Polkowska
Designed by Ania Nalecka-Milach

21/04/2025

Välkommen på bokrelease av Unsheltered Island av Charlotta Hammar. Unsheltered Island är ett undersökande konstnärligt arbete om skyddsrummet som företeelse. Boken tar upp frågor om att söka skydd i en orolig värld, fysiskt såväl som mentalt.
Med utgångspunkt i en e-postkonversation med MSB som klargör att det saknas skyddsrum på ön hon bor på, börjar Charlotta Hammar ett tröstlöst sökande efter skyddsrum i sin närhet. Samtidigt gör hon återkommande besök i de stora skyddsrummen sju våningar under universitetsbiblioteket i centrala Göteborg, lokaler som nu används som pliktbibliotek och som måste utrymmas om behov av skyddsrum uppstår.

Plats: Museibutiken, Göteborgs Konstmuseum
När: 23 april kl 18-19

Foto: Elin Engström

02/03/2025

27/01/2025

Join us this Thursday for the release of the book “Splinter” by Ela Polkowska () and a talk with Annika Elisabeth von Hausswolff. The talk starts at 18:00.

Where: Studio Pilot, Bangatan 62, Gothenburg
When: Thursday, January 30, 17:00-20:00
18:00: Talk with Annika Elisabeth von Hausswolff and Ela Polkowska

Don’t miss the chance to have some wine and talk about photography.
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12/11/2024

FEVER by Rikard Laving, exhibition and book release this Saturday (16/11) 13.00-16.00 at Stockholms Fotoantikvariat. Grab a drink and join the fun!

04/11/2024

Come meet us in Paris at Polycopies! Our authors Ela Polkowska and Lotta Törnroth will be signingen their books ”Splinter” and ”Månvarv/Lunar Cycles” on Friday November 8th at the signing table organized by the Swedish Photo Authors. Come by, buy books and have a drink with us!

November 8th:

13.00-14.00 Ela Polkowska “Splinter”

17.00-18.00 Lotta Törnroth “Månvarv” (together with Hannah Modigh “Searching for Sivagami” )

The adress to Polycopies:
Bateau Concorde-Atlantique - Berges de Seine
Port de Solferino - 75007 Paris
Métro: Assemblée Nationale ou Concorde
RER C: Musée d’Orsay

Image 1. Portraits of Ela Polkowska and Lotta Törnroth
Image 2. Ela Polkowska “Splinter”
Image 3. Lotta Törnroth “Månvarv”

18/10/2024

Congratulations and for the Swedish Art book price ()🥂⚡️⭐️ /Proud publishers 😊

07/09/2024

Today at 16.10 we’re launching 4 books at . One of them is “Splinter” by !

“Splinter” is a photographic book about people living in constant disorder, understood both literally and metaphorically, and about the feeling of uneasiness that their lives provoked.

The story took place in a house that had turned into a kind of warehouse - a space packed with things, whether working or not. It seemed that the constant change gave meaning to that reality. Yet its inhabitants apparently refused to accept that only order is legitimate in today’s world.

Pictures documenting the house were taken in the course of a year. What had been changing during this time was not only the place being in the state of a perpetual transformation but also the feelings accompanying the process of documenting this world. A belief that everyone can live however they want, even in a completely disorganized space was followed by anxiety that this visual and material chaos would lead to a catastrophe. And yet both turned out to be real.

Photographs: Ela Polkowska
Designed by Ania Nalecka-Milach