Emil Heilborn - Emil Heilborn - 2003

A very beautifully made and well printed book about the well-known Swedish photographer Emil Heilborn.

Book condition: outside very good, black cloth hardcover without bumps or fading, the dustjacket is made of two sheets, also in very good condition, the second transparent dustjacket just containing the red line and text, this one has a very minor tear at the top. Interior very clean, unmarked, no creased pages.

Emil Heilborn (1900–2003) was one of Sweden’s leading industrial and advertising photographers of the 1930s. With his straightforward and effective style, taking the New Objectivity art movement as his starting point, Heilborn depicted the technology of the time: machinery, steel, the assembly line, cars, aeroplanes and electricity.

His images feature excitement and drama in both form and composition, often with surprising angles, bold cropping and attention to detail. The tone is one of inter-war optimism and faith in the future. His innovative, modernist images attracted early international attention, and today his name is one of the most important in the history of Swedish photography.