Landet Utom Sig: Bilder Fran Sverige / Country Beside Itself: Pictures from Sweden (Lars Tunbjork) (1993)

Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden. Cited in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Volume II. The rare first printing. From the British Journal of Photography: “Country Beside Itself is a comment on the decline of the Swedish welfare state; [according to the artist]. Published in 1993 it focuses on the leisure culture in small town Sweden, capturing the country’s mood following an economic boom and rapid commercialisation.” Condition: slight rubbing to the front cover, else fine.