The main narrative of this book is a series of images documenting construction sites and urban infrastructures. As the series progresses, some details emerge whereas others are omitted. Movement and space are at once static and elastic. Because the images are published as timelines, they remind us that the process of photography deals with time and space, as well as the constant manipulation of those parameters. It follows then, that the skill of the photographer is to make choices in relation to the camera and space. Therefore, the series of construction sites evidences the camera’s ability or inability to act as a window to reality. Philosopher Vilém Flusser once suggested that ‘in the act of photography the camera does the will of the photographer, but the photographer has to will what the camera can do.’

- Johan Deurell

Title: Constructs
Publisher: Heavy Books
Year: 2020
Dimensions:  23 x 29 cm
Pages: 52, with 16-page insert
Binding: Open spine with silk screened dust jacket
Edition: 300 copies
ISBN: 978-82-93580-09-6

Available from Heavy Books