PHOTO: SIMON JOHANSSON: The Young Ones

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fredag 11 december 2020

The Young Ones wins 2nd place

Budapest International Foto Awards. So honoured to win 2nd place in the book category with "The Young Ones". Thank you!

onsdag 4 november 2020

"The Young Ones" got a very nice review in L'Intervalle. Merci!

(Google Translate)
"The children we see here have a total, irreducible, frank presence. They are our lost horizon, the one we try to find through art, drunkenness, ecstasies, artificial or not. (…) The looks Johansson catches are crystal clear in depth: no cheating, no time for it."

onsdag 9 september 2020

Silver Award in PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris

PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris. I'm so honoured that "The Young Ones" won the Silver Award in the category Book/Documentary.

tisdag 9 juni 2020

Group exhibition in Arles

I’m really happy that this photo from “The Young Ones” is chosen to be in the group exhibition OpenWalls Arles at Galerie Huit Arles this summer. 26th June to the 5th September.

"From 1854 Media & British Journal of Photography in collaboration with Galerie Huit Arles, OpenWalls Arles is an international photography award designed to elevate the careers of emerging and established photographers by exhibiting their work in the prestigious and historic location of Arles"

söndag 24 maj 2020

Slideshow "The Young Ones"

Slideshow of my photobook "The Young Ones" (Journal, 2019).
Pictures taken 2002-19 in Stockholm, Öland, Kivik, Östersund (SE), Bucharest (RO), Rome (IT) and Costa Rica.

PHOTOS & TEXT
Simon Johansson

MUSIC
Simon Johansson
Christofer Stannow

www.simonjohansson.se
www.journal-photobooks.com

MY FATHER WAKES ME AT three o’clock in the morning as agreed. I’m not sure what’s most exciting, to be up watching TV in the middle of the night, or that man is landing on the moon. No matter which, the grainy black-and-white television image of Neil Armstrong in a space suit floating down the ladder has stuck on my retina. While man takes the giant leap, 380 439 kilometres from our living room, I take a small step to expand my very own universe.

Early every morning, at dawn, I steal the brand new bicycle belonging to the boy next door. Despite being told off several times, I continue to rise before everyone else, lug the bicycle down the stairs and onto the pavement. The bike is too big and wobbly but I manage a few metres at the time. I sway into flower borders, fall on top of rose bushes, scratch myself bloody, crash into the tarmac and graze myself, again and again. But I don’t give up. With the stubbornness of a five-year-old, I lift up the bike which isn’t mine and try again. The red lacquer is scratched and has lost some of its shine. I’m bleeding and bruised. But it doesn’t matter. I’m five years old, man walks on the moon, and I’m determined to learn to ride a bike.

fredag 24 januari 2020

Shortlisted for Gomma Grant

"The Young Ones" is shortlisted for Gomma Grant 2019. A big THANK YOU to the jury!

måndag 13 januari 2020

Washington Post

Kenneth Dickerman at the Washington Post gives a great review of "The Young Ones". Thank you!

lördag 2 november 2019

It's here!

It has arrived! I'm very excited. Release next week at Paris Photo. I'll be signing the book at the Journal booth at Polycopies next friday 8/11 13:30. If in Paris, don't be a stranger!

fredag 25 oktober 2019

Flyers

Got the flyers/postcard for the bookrelease today. This is the front and back. Release at Paris Photo/Polycopies 191106.

tisdag 15 oktober 2019

Printing "The Young Ones"

Snapshots from the printing of "The Young Ones". The staff at Narayana Press in Denmark are very competent. Highly recommended for all your photobook printing needs :)