Julian Slagman – Looking at My Brother – Artist Talk & Book Presentation
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 19:00
Softcover, Stumpergasse 53-55, 1060 Vienna
Artist Talk with Julian Slagman and Eva Maria Ocherbauer
In this book, German-Dutch photographer Julian 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.
Julian Slagman (b.1993, Hamburg) is a German-Dutch photographer currently living and working in Stockholm. He studied photography at Neue Schule für Fotografie in Berlin, HfbK Hamburg and HDK-Valand in Gothenburg under Eva Maria Ocherbauer, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin and Anna Strand & Annika von Hausswolff. He has exhibited series of works in Deichtorhallen Hamburg and Paris Photo and around Europe including Berlin, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Copenhagen and Gothenburg. Looking at My Brother was awarded the Aenne Biermann Prize in 2021 and shortlisted for the Carte Blanche Students Prize sponsored by Paris Photo.
Embossed printed hardcover, 17 × 22,7 cm, 120 pages
68 b&w and color images, Edition of 750
ISBN 978-87-973526-9-4, Published 10 May 2024
Publisher: DISKO BAY