Alicia Queiro 

Photography: an alternative view of Paris – in pictures

We show a selection of images from JH Engström's new book, which offers a raw yet lyrical portrayal of misadventures, loves, and random encounters in Paris
  
  


JH Engström: Sketch of Paris
‘This is a photograph that I took early on… Bastille was totally different then. I lived there, and I just walked in the street taking pictures.’
Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org Photograph: JH Engstrom/www.aperture.org
JH Engström: Sketch of Paris
‘If you see a dog jumping in a bar you have to take a photo! What you see is what you get.’ Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org
JH Engström: Sketch of Paris
‘These kids were dancing in the street to a CD… as kids do.’ Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org
JH Engström: Sketch of Paris
Untitled photograph by JH Engstrom from the book Sketch Of Paris Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org
JH Engström: Sketch of Paris
The book mixes colour and black and white. Engström explains: ‘I want to be thrown between two energies.’ Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org
JH Engström: Sketch of Paris
Untitled photograph by JH Engstrom from the book Sketch Of Paris Photograph: JH Engström/www.aperture.org
JH Engstrom: JH Engstrom
The body of work combines to present a raw yet lyrical portrayal of misadventures, loves, and random encounters Photograph: JH Engstrom/www.aperture.org
JH Engstrom: JH Engstrom
The book reveals the rough edges and blurred lines of a true portrait Photograph: JH Engstrom/www.aperture.org
JH Engstrom: JH Engstrom
Another intimate bar moment from the book Photograph: JH Engstrom/www.aperture.org
JH Engstrom: JH Engstrom
Engstrom shirked the Paris of well-thumbed tourist guides in favour of its more gritty side Photograph: JH Engstrom/www.aperture.orh
JH Engstrom: JH Engstrom
A woman and child Photograph: JH Engstrom/www.aperture.org
 

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