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THE PIER . Nils Petter Löfstedt

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This is a story that took place under a pier on the outskirts of Malmö between January and May in 2009. This book documents a street art project done by photographer Nils Petter Löfstedt and Erik Vestman. Having discovered an empty space under a pier in Malmö, Sweden, Löfstedt and Vestman worked for 5 months to convert this anonymous concrete interior into an inviting room.

Bringing building supplies to the pier by bike and working mostly at night by the light of headlamps, Löfstedt and Vestman squeezed between the rocks beside the pier to enter and build the space, cleaning it of debris, rocks and seaweed, painting the walls white, framing out and laying a parquet floor, adding a door and window and ultimately creating a beautiful space in a magically unexpected location.

What they created has been called "Sweden's most secretive and at the same time widely discussed street art projects."

The book also includes a DVD with the film "The Pier", directed by Nils Petter Lofstedt, documenting this whole process and the use of the space by theirs friends.

More about this project: www.thepier.se

Nils Petter Löfstedt (b. Malmö, 1981)

Lives and works as a photographer in Malmö, Sweden. He has worked as an assistant for JH Engström and for the documentary photographer Jean Hermanson.

More about the author: www.petterlofstedt.se

Selected Press on THE PIER:

Nominated as one of Photo-Eye's best books of 2011.

Shortlisted for the Swedish Photobook of the Year 2011.

"There is an ecstatic quality in undertaking this kind of clandestine work, one that Löfstedt manages to capture in these images of the construction of the room. Though tired and cold-looking in a number of the images of the two men on break, there is also a palpable sense of joy -- one that can only come from setting out an absurd task and making it a celebration of life and possibility. A mix of black & white and color, the images are a lovely combination of the process of the room's construction (and ultimate release to the public) and striking shots of small moments and the beautiful surroundings of the pier." - Sarah Bradley in Photo-Eye

THE PIER

by Nils Petter Löfstedt

Softcover

72 pages / color and b&w

19 x 26 cm

DVD included

ISBN 978-972-99825-6-9

December 2010

Everything can be changed.

Everything can be turned into poetry.

A lot can be accomplished with two pairs of hands, without the need of a boss or money.

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