{"product_id":"cedar-dreams-kim-jakobsen-to","title":"Cedar Dreams - Kim Jakobsen Tô","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShot between 2021 and 2026, while Jakobsen Tô was living in Mexico City, the series constitutes a document of the artist’s personal relationships and tenderly conveys his unique, naturalistic approach to photography. Containing 60 duotone plates, the publication captures subjects from Jakobsen Tô’s queer and spiritual communities – friends, lovers, associates, collaborators and mentors – alongside attentive, sweeping landscapes and intimate depictions of personal objects imbued with humility and compassion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCedar Dreams\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis the result of a committed two-year collaboration between the publishers Queer Street Press and Jakobsen Tô. ‘Cedar’ refers to the sacred tree whose leaves are burned in the Four Tobacco ceremony, a Native American ritual, while ‘Dreams’, as Mexican writer Juan Pablo Ramos notes, ‘alludes not only to the oneiric nature of the images but also to hope, longing and a visionary state in which ancient wisdom can be channelled.’ A new essay, ‘Scenes from a Lightwell’, by Ramos accompanies the photographs, examining Jakobsen Tô’s relationship to home and community, alongside a concrete poem, ‘Swallowing Rain’, by Diego Gerard Morrison. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Kim Jakobsen Tô’s photographs convey intimacy through earned trust rather than through detached or casual observation. Documenting those who resonate with him on a personal level, his work is an act of unprejudiced love, inspired by the possibility of revealing his subject’s inner self – if only for an instant.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– Juan Pablo Ramos\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cahier Central","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58622340956492,"sku":null,"price":52.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/7577\/7976\/files\/cedardreams.jpg?v=1788245682","url":"https:\/\/cahiercentral.com\/en\/products\/cedar-dreams-kim-jakobsen-to","provider":"Cahier Central","version":"1.0","type":"link"}