
Gröna Lund
- Publisher
- The Eyes Publishing
- Year
- 2013
- ISBN
- 978-2-9533910-2-2
- Specifications
- 21 x 28 cm
96 pages
Black and white
Text by Arnaud Cottebrune
Printed on Munken Lynx
A reissue of the 1973 volume
A reissue of Petersen's first volume, Gröna Lund om människor på ett nöjesfält, published in Stockholm in 1973. Like Café Lehmitz before it, the series was made inside a closed world: one of the oldest amusement parks in Sweden, opened in 1883 on the island of Djurgården.
In re-reading the 1973 edition he shows how his approach has moved: a tighter selection, a more organic energy carry it towards the almost animal sensibility of his later work. The manner is harsh and nervous, the pictures chosen quieter and more melancholy, the euphoria of the fairground drained out of them.