In this book, Slagman presents work made over the past decade, photographing his two younger brothers, Mats and Jonah, growing up and creating a world of their own. From individual portraits to shared moments, the images offer a poignant exploration of childhood, growth, and the passage of time. The work deals with the vulnerability of the body and the brutality of the scars that Mats suffered after his scoliosis surgery. These physical reminders juxtapose with the resilience and strength embodied by both brothers as they navigate adolescence and brotherhood.
Through the book, Slagman delves into the vulnerable relationship between photography and time, inviting us to witness the tender moments of connection, and the world created growing up.
Within the last ten years, a child became a teenager, and a teenager became an adult. Skin became a photograph and light somehow evolved into a face. When I press the shutter, the viewfinder blacks out in the moment I am taking the picture. The photographic image cuts itself through time on every level. Its surgery. Like a doctor sealing a wound, with careful stitches. Like me, sealing light onto film. I have been photographing my brothers for the last ten years, watching them grow up and seeing myself growing up with them. Like an arrow that never reaches its target, carefully bending around its moment, like flesh that becomes light and wounds made out of time. – Julian Slagman
Specifications: Disko Bay ・ 2024 ・ Embossed printed hardcover ・ 17 × 22,7 cm. / 120 pages ・ English ・ 978-87-973526-9-4
