{"product_id":"this-much-is-true-by-albert-elm","title":"This Much is True by Albert Elm","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisko Bay is exited to present\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Much is True\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby Albert Elm following his acclaimed debut\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Sort of Life is This\u003c\/i\u003e. The book weaves together Elm’s energetic snapshots and dreamlike landscapes into an original body of work that employs a raw yet playful photographic language. Through this approach, Elm reflects on life as he experiences it—at home and abroad, at this particular moment in time, shaped by his age, circumstances, and surroundings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThe images move freely between faraway places and local experiences, icebergs, swimming pools and deserts. South Asian workers in Dubai, a marble quarry in Carrara, and an industrial pipe system outside Mumbai, alongside tourists photographing the Mona Lisa, graffiti on the separation barrier, and a masked police force in Copenhagen. These scenes are assembled into a fragmented yet coherent visual narrative that feels simultaneously global and deeply personal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike many of his generation, Elm navigates a constant storm of information, alternative ways of living, and endless temptations. The images emerge from a desire to understand the many facets of reality and a compulsion to push toward its edges. By refusing hierarchies between the extraordinary and the everyday, the book presents the world as a single, shifting landscape.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eElm’s pseudo-documentary approach offers a selective record of lived experience: he captures what feels significant in the moment and preserves it for later reflection. Like a stamp collector filling an album, Elm gathers impressions until an image of a world he can understand — and feel at home in — begins to take shape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbert Elm (b. 1990) is a Danish photographer educated at the Glasgow School of Art (2015) and Fatamorgana, the Danish School of Photography (2008). His work has been exhibited internationally and his first photobook\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Sort of Life is This\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(The Ice Plant, 2017) was nominated for the Aperture\/Paris Photo First Book Award (2017) and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Book Award (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClothbound debossed hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e164 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e91 color and 8 BW plates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17,6 × 24 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEditing by Albert Elm and Stinus Duch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdition of 800\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted by Narayana Press\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN 978-87-975274-6-7\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished 30 January 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Safelight Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53299241812232,"sku":"9788797527467","price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1713\/2215\/files\/This-Much-is-True_Albert-Elm_packshots02.webp?v=1770899912","url":"https:\/\/safelightberlin.com\/it\/products\/this-much-is-true-by-albert-elm","provider":"Safelight Berlin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}