The Margin of Error by Emanuel Cederqvist

The Margin of Error, by photographer artist Emanuel Cederqvist, continues the work started by Axel Hamberg one hundred years ago, depicting Sarek National Park in the north of Sweden. In the book, Cederqvist places Hamberg’s archive photos next to his own taken in the same area.

As a landscape, Sarek hasn’t changed considerably since the last ice age around 10,000 years ago. The difference between Cederqvist and Hamberg’s photographs is almost indistinguishable. It’s only the camera and the position in the landscape that set the pictures apart.

The book is designed with both the past and the present in mind, making it feel at home both in a modern bookshelf as well as in a century-old archive.

Two images, taken in the same place, one hundred years apart, meet each other on the cover. The design plays with the conventions of traditional hardcovers using familiar elements in unconventional ways. At the end of the book, text and images flow together in a continuous story creating a unique visual index.

The book was issued by Blackbook Publications.