Hendrik Zeitler - 1:1 Hammarkullen

Hendrik Zeitler
1:1 Hammarkullen, 2022 (Signed)

Includes a unique signed and numbered cut-out taken from an original photogram print

Published by Journal Photobooks, 2022
Book size: 21.5 x 32 cm
80 pages
Hard cover
Editing and design: Gösta Flemming
Language: English, Swedish
Signed by the artist
ISBN 978-91-87939-66-2

This book presents photograms (cameraless images) from Hammarkullen – a suburb to Gothenburg in Sweden, the home of the photographer. 1:1 is Zeitler's third book with pictures from the area.

“A photogram is a photo that has been created without a camera, where the subject has been placed on or in front of a light sensitive paper and then exposed in some way. Photograms have existed since the beginning of photography with varying status, but always a little in the periphery compared with other techniques.

"Zeitler here works in the field, in Hammarkullen. (...)
The pictures in this book are repro-photographs of the originals. My thoughts go to Man Ray and László Moholy-Nagy, who photographed their cameraless images to obtain negatives which could then be enlarged. Hendrik Zeitler has done the opposite; photographed his large originals and reduced the size for the book. When Zeitler shows these images in exhibitions, he is careful to show only the originals. For the special book edition he has enclosed parts, unique cut-outs, taken from original prints that were not used. For Zeitler, there is a dichotomy between books and exhibitions. He believes that it is a compromise not to see the original or feel the artist's hand in the book. In this way, however, you get both a number of reproductions in book form as well as a signed original picture.”

– Linda Bergman (Text from the editor's website)

See Hendrik Zeitler in action: https://vimeo.com/774198633

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This book features photograms (photographs made without a camera) of Hammarkullen - a suburb of Gothenburg in Sweden, the photographer's home.
1:1 is Zeitler's third book featuring images from the region.

"A photogram is a photograph that has been created without a camera, the subject having been placed on or in front of photosensitive paper and then exposed in some way. Photograms have existed since the beginning of photography with varying status , but still a little on the periphery compared to other techniques."


"Zeitler works here in the field, in Hammarkullen. (...)
The images in this book are repro-photographs of the originals. I think of Man Ray and László Moholy-Nagy, who photographed their images without a camera to obtain negatives that could then be enlarged. Hendrik Zeitler did the opposite: he photographed his large originals and reduced them to size for the book. When Zeitler presents these images in exhibitions, he is careful to show only the originals. For the special edition of the book, he has attached parts, single cutouts, from original prints that were not used. For Zeitler, there is a dichotomy between books and exhibitions. He considers it a compromise not to see the original or not to feel the artist's hand in the book. In this way, however, you get both a number of reproductions in book form as well as a signed original image."

- Linda Bergman (Text from the publisher's website)