Susanne Otterberg: From Gamlestan With Love Simon Johansson The people in the project

The people in the project come from different parts of the world but share many of the same experiences

Winner of the Swedish Photobook/Best Photobook Award 1999

I came across a book entitled The Seasons

147 color and b/w images • Text by Tone Schunnesson • Translation to English: Maria Morris • Design and editing: Gösta Flemming and Märta Thisner • Soft cover with flaps • 210 x 280 mm • 168 pages • English/Swedish • 2019

Design: Gösta Flemming • Published in co-operation with NJP-->NJP/Fritt Ord-->Fritt Ord • Softcover with flaps • 205 x 265 mm • 384 pages • English • 2013

Susanne Otterberg: From Gamlestan With Love Simon Johansson The people in the projectGamlestan is an important industrial and working class district in Gothenburg with a long history. Gamlestadens Fabriker housed a large spinning factory and many people worked at kulan, as the Swedish Ball Bearing Factory (Svenska Kullagerfabriken) was known. The company built many of the blocks of flats in Gamlestan for their employees. The district has a tarnished reputation but is now becoming trendy. New infrastructure and new blocks of flats are