New publication: “one photo is a loose-leaf book and, at the same time, an exhibition contained within a box. The box includes a text volume that brings together my Substack writings, along with 30 photographs (30 × 1 photo).”

On the wall or in a book? Can a photobook be an exhibition? Artists like Richter, Polke and Tillmans explored that idea. In my new blog on Substack Ireflect on books as exhibitions and catalogues as artist’s books. onephoto.substack.com

Being Against Something, or Making a Statement? Rebellion in photography doesn’t always shout. Sometimes it quietly questions the camera itself. From Jan Dibbets to Takuma Nakahira, and a loaf of bread sliced into eighteen portraits. More on my Substack: onephoto.substack.com

Can a photograph exist without author or art? Lewis Baltz believed it could. Joachim Schmid never made it his central theme, yet his work quietly points in that direction. And then there’s me, who discovered another possibility entirely by accident. See: onephoto.substack.com

Representation or relation? Can a photograph simply show the world, or does it need to add meaning? In my new post on substack I reflect on Friedlander and Zhang Huan, and connect their work to my project Bleeding Red. See onephoto.substack.com

If a single photograph cannot fully capture reality, can an archive of images come closer? Albert Kahn tried to capture the whole planet, Christiaan Boltanski his entire existence. I chose something smaller: the fleeting details of daily life. Continue reading on: onephoto.substack.com

Is the grid a vision or a rigid law? In my new post on Substack I dive into the work of Ray K. Metzker and Andy Warhol, two artists who surrendered to the grid. I keep returning to the grid myself. Not as a rule, but as a way to hold on to the everyday.See onephoto.substack.com

Research or sheer beauty? This week, I write on Substack about Medardo Rosso and Josef Albers—two artists who used photography not to document, but to think. For them, the camera was a tool for analysis, reflection, and transformation. Read the full story via www.substack.com

Can a photograph truly tell a story? This week on Substack I reflect on La Jetée, Paul Graham’s filmic haikus, and Jeff Wall’s staged tableaux. Three very different approaches, but all circling around the same question: how do images carry narrative meaning? See onephoto.substack.com

In-or outsider? Outsiders are not dependent on the market, they do what their hearts tells them and still dare to develop. “To dare is to lose your balance for a moment. Not daring is losing yourself”,says Kiergegaard. Read my post on Ed Ruscha and Luigi Ghirri on onephoto.substack.com

Can a single photo tell a full story? I was in Arles and visited the exhibition of Letizia Battaglia. Some of her pictures reminded me of the work of Jeff Wall. I wrote a post about this and added a picture, that with some imagination, met certain critera of Walls pictures. onephoto.substack.com

How is it that photography has, in so many cases, been reduced to something decorative for above the couch? In Gerry Badger’s book The Pleasure of Good Photographs the answer is given. In my newsletter I write about this and W.Shakespeare, who also has an opinion about it. onephoto.substack.com

In my work, sequences take center stage. On Substack, I write about photography and explore the beauty of the single image. I’m not sure how it happened, but in my fourth post, I somehow return - once again- to sequences. See: A Sequence or A Photo? at onephoto.substack.com

Dear all, How much text can a photo take? I wrote a post on Substack about Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Louis Draper and a photo I took in München 2011. See onephoto.substack.com

New post on Substack! onephoto.substack.com

Tokyo 2017

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Starting today I will write monthly about photography on Substack. Hope to see you there. onephoto.substack.com

Switzerland on the road, 2010

Switzerland 2010

Summer Holliday. Avenue Aéodat Vasseur at Quand Plage, Normandy. From my book La Mer, 2018

Avenue Maritime, Barneville Carteret, France, 2023. #photography #textile #art

Amsterdam Sunset, February 2025

Two years ago in my holiday home in Brittany I dove into Itten's colour contrasts and made a poster out of it.

Next Friday (Feb 7) the exhibition American Photography opens @rijksmuseum.bsky.social with also photos from product brochures. This photo by Schadde Brothers is from the brochure of Brandle & Smith Co., a candy manufacturer (ca.1915). Love it!

From my book Monochrome, 2016

One day I took pictures of all the prints and patterns in the house. From Prints and Patterns, 2021.

Studio. #artistsbooks #photography #textile

From my book The Complete Collection