BooxEncounters Catalog 2019

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BOOX ENCOUNTERS

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he past year we have developed the content in our first program. It has been a year of fun and exciting experiences. The first book in the catalog is The Clash of Graffiti and STREET ART, a duo book set and a compre­ hending set of information on street art. It delivers both a description and geo-placement of its subjects.

Next, we put together Christer Löfgrens MAN – thoughts about human­kind: a collection of three books containing thoughts about humankind alongside a strong and engaging street-photography portfolio.

From North To The South Pole–LATITUDE is a compre­ hensive and fascinating trip in which we use Latitude as an initiative to travel around the world. It’s fascinating and especially inspiring for the experienced globetrotter.

A Foujita Diary is a gem, a charming expression of the artistry of the famous painter Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita.

A must-have to keep for yourself or give away!

Classified Chinese Imperial Reign Marks is a practically impossible achievement. It was accomplished by Christer Löfgren, who catalogued thousand of marks and signs.

It is a beautiful gift for the collector or the porcelain geek.

Let’s take a moment to reflect on the explosive develop­ ment of China. China 1970, 2000 and Tibet, a trilogy spanning from 1974 to percent, describes the magnitude of develop­ ments from rural areas to high-tech cities and modern living.

As the trilogy shows, China is moving in high speed.

The Clash of Graffiti and STREET ART

The Clash of Graffiti and STREET ART slipcase – format 270mm x 304mm landscape pages 336 two books in slipcase isbn 978-91-984651-4-3 paperback – isbn 978-91-984651-5-0

In this set of two books–slipcase, Christer Löfgren uses a new approach to explore the art of graffiti and wall paintings. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, this collection of photographs manifests his excellent in the documentation of the subject. Once again he finds a new expression of his photography. This time, documenting the collective knowledge of Graffiti and Street Art. It stretches over 36 countries and in remote places as the Antarctic, Greenland, and Svalbard. The first book is explaining the methods and motives behind the artists.

Today, when graffiti is a criminal act and at the same moment accepted by the community as inspiring as any art before. The second book is showing the many variations of expressions of artistic endeavor in counties all over the globe.

It is not just the more prominent countries that express the knowledge of mastering this genre. The expression is widespread all over the communities in the world, with more or less artistic hight.

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Photographer Christer Löfgren is based in Stock­holm Sweden and has produced 16 books in various fields. His specialty is in travel and street photography.

BOOK 1 The Clash of Graffiti and

STREET ART

STREET ART Firstly, this is not an academic “och scholar” approach to a book about graffiti or street art. When Christer Löfgren, extensively traveled the world, he started to collect these images. The interesting thing is, what we have in this presentation, is that when you begin to gather something, objects, art or stories, it creates fascination and it generates curiosity. We are ponded by media, governments, family, and friends about what is usually their view or their opinion. In this case, our idea is not only looking to what’s considered “best” or “famous,” instead of looking at the global and widespread effect of graffiti and street art.

The result is a magnitude of engagement, love, humor, skill, manifestation, propaganda, hate, religion, philosophy, naive and insightful expression. It is fascinating and mostly, beautiful and lovable.

2. hong kong china, 2018 3. stockholm sweden, 2014 4. stockholm sweden, 2010

CAMPAIN A genre in Street Art is oriented toward the

traditional partisan information based on -ism and political content. The idea is usually represented by icons like Che Guevara and Mao or Obama. The message is at the doorstep, grounded in political activism, and it is hard to know if it is art or propaganda.

2. hong kong china, 2018 3. stockholm sweden, 2014 2. hong kong china, 2018

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2. hong kong china, 2018 3. stockholm sweden, 2014 4. stockholm sweden, 2010 2. hong kong china, 2018 2. hong kong china, 2018

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THE BLUE PENIS Legally it was painted on a commercially established building wall, with many street art paintings earlier exposed on the same wall, which meant that there was no need to consult with the residents and neighbors living with the view. The organization ”Kollektivet Livet” got the wall from the owner of the building and uses it as a propaganda for Street Art and Graffiti. The art pieces are up to six months or less on the wall. This time the artist Caroline Falkholt where chosen and she painted the penis in just a couple of hours.

In 2017 Caroline had painted the same object, but in pink, on a building in New York. The day after it was taken down, overpainted, after a rage from New York-residents. So, when she got the assignment in Stockholm on the five-story-apartment building, she thought it was a resurrection of her idea. She believed that with its subject sex – ”people should consider what it is they are so upset about and talk about it”. In an interview, a neighbor, an older person explained – ”at my age, I don’t want to think about sex, not even look at it”. Falkholt told, in an interview in the Guardian, that her work is often about ”not feeling ashamed of your body and who you are as a sexual being.” After articles in the newspaper and a sparing debate under a week, the painting consequently reached the same verdict as in New York.

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STREET ART countries

FRANCE DENMARK GERMANY ITALY SWEDEN SVALBARD POLEN FINLAND LITHUANIA UKRAINE RUSSIA MAURITIUS KAZAKHSTAN UZBEKISTAN TAJIKISTAN INDIA NEPAL BHUTAN

COUNTRIES

203 209 229 237 249 279 280 283 289 303 315 327 343 345 348 351 363 367

CHINA HONG KONG JAPAN NEW ZEALAND CANADA GREENLAND UNITED STATES COSTA RICA NICARAGUA CUBA ECUADOR CHILE ARGENTINA BRASIL FALKLANDS ISLANDS ANTARTICA ICELAND MAROCCO

371 379 393 397 419 425 429 461 483 497 514 517 527 540 543 544 547 567

• SVALBARD (NORWAY) 279

•• GREENLAND GREENLAND (DANISH) (DANISH)58-61 58-61

• ALASKA (USA) 429

• ICELAND 547 • FINLAND 283 • SWEDEN 249 • RUSSIA 315 • DENMARK 209 • LITHUANIA 289

• CANADA 419

• POLAND 280 • GERMANY 229 • UKRAINE 303 • FRANCE 203 • ITALY 237 • UNITED STATES 429

• KAZAKHSTAN 343

• UZBEKISTAN 345 • TAJIKISTAN 58-61 • JAPAN 393

• CHINA 371

• MAROCCO 567

• NEPAL 363 • BHUTAN 367 • CUBA 497

• INDIA 351

• HONG KONG (China) 379 • VIETNAM 579

• NICARAGUA 483 • COSTA RICA 461

• ECUADOR 514

• BRASIL 540 • MAURITIUS 327

Greenwich Mean Time Greenwich Mean Time is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, reckoned from midnight. At different times in the past, it has been calculated in different ways, including being calculated from noon; as a consequence, it cannot be used to specify a precise time unless a context is given.

• CHILE 517

• ARGENTINA 527

• NEW ZEALAND 397

• FALKLAND ISLANDS 543

• ANTARTIC 544

Greenwich Mean Time Zone

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MAN – thoughts about humankind slipcase – format 270mm x 304mm pages 336 in three books and slipcase slipcase – isbn 978-91-984651-0-5 paperback – isbn 978-91-984651-1-2

In this set of three chapters, Christer Löfgren uses a new approach to explore the emotions of human-kind. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, this collection of photographs manifests his excellent and aggressive uncensored pictures, depicting a pure expression of humanity. In MAN– Thoughts About Mankind, we find interactions between people and an extravagant representation of feelings and expressions.

Documentary photography, buried last century, the credibility vanished with the exploration of the soft­ware Photo­shop. The notion of manipulated photos made it impossible to judge it’s authenticity. Never the less, documentary photography has not drowned in the world of photo manipulation, and there is still an interest in documentation and ”straight photography”.

Today, in the twenty-first century, with the explosion of the information society and where the digital camera has become an everyday commodity. The smartphone, combined with Instagram and Facebook, have created a blast of ”Selfies” that nobody can avoid. Even politicians use a selfie to promote them self.

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Photographer Christer Löfgren is using a Leica-Q that is a perfect tool for Street Photography with its wide-angel lens of 28mm.

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Nr 1 MAN – thoughts about mankind Documentary photography, buried last century, the credibility vanished with the exploration of the software Photoshop.

The notion of manipulated photos made it impossible to judge it’s authenticity. Never the less, documentary photography has not drowned in the world of photo manipulation, and there is still an interest in documentation and ”straight photography.” In this set of books, Christer Löfgren explores, with a new approach, the emotions of humankind. His excellent and aggressive uncensored pictures revile the pure expression of humanity.

Humankind, and the camera The most significant paradigm in the art of photography is the shift from analog to digital. Young generations today have lost the fascinating process of the film, water, chemicals, and paper. They have lost the magic that appears in front of your eyes when you put the exposed paper into the developer. Within ten seconds, the picture slowly begins to appear, and if you have made the right exposure, it is fully developed within two minutes. How the film is exposed is still a mystery; the physical and chemical reaction has still not been revealed. Compared with sketches and paintings, pictures were created untouched by any hands and “drawn with light.” The handicraft of photography started with imitating the theories of old-school paintings. With its short history of almost two hundred years, it has had a remarkable development. The first news photograph, which was made in France 1847 and published in the Journées illustrées de la révolution de 1848, is considered the first image used to illustrate a news story and the first example of photojournalism. A few years later in 1855, Roger Fenton, along with his assistants and equipment, was engaged in the Crimea War as an official campaign photographer paid for by the British government. This was the first historical attempt to portray a war campaign. Due to the limitations of the photographic techniques of the period, it was hard to capture the devastation of the war.

But still, the realism of Fenton’s photos surpassed text descriptions, drawings or paintings as journalistic evidence. The cumbersome equipment Fenton carried with him in his van, his mobile darkroom, were 700 glass plates, five large format cameras and cases of photographic equipment and supplies.

…also wet.

pictures, Lewis Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform and was funded by the government. Documentary photography usually covers a theme or topic and is published in an essay or reportage to politically emphasize the content. The ease of roll film cameras made thousands of artists and amateurs guilty of appearing in photos. Arnold Genthe, who was born in Berlin 1869 and moved to Califonia in 1894, is considered one of the first in the genre “street photography.” With his small handheld camera and no experience in photography, he photographed the inhabitants of San Francisco’s Chinatown.

Pictures of Old Chinatown (1908) is the first publication of his wandering the streets of Chinatown with a hidden camera.

In Europe’s late 19th and early 20th centuries, Paul Martin turned the lens to everyday life to produce “snapshots.” He used a fixed-focus detective camera camouflaged to look like a brown paper parcel he carried under one arm. He wrote, “it is impossible to describe the trill which taking the first snap without being noticed gave one.” At the time, these kinds of mundane images were considered “beneath dignity” or shocking. The outbreak of easy handheld cameras made it possible to take “straight photography,” which later became a movement popularized by Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand. In the 1930s, the West Coast Photographic Movement, with its hyper-realistic images, adopted Edvard Weston, Ansel Adams, and their friends and colleagues, members of Group f/64, who went on to dominate modernist photographic aesthetics into the 1970s.

Documentaries and street photography have similarities but manifest differences in motivation and style: a documentary is

Marcus Sparling seated on Fenton’s photographic van, Crimea, 1855.

Photographic processes at the time were elaborate and cumbersome. With the invention of the photographic process, the documentary genre was born. The next camera evolution, from Fenton’s heavy to the first roll film camera, resulted in the birth of the amateur photographer. In 1881, farmer Peter Houston from Wisconsin, U.S.A invented the roll film camera. In close collaboration with George Eastman, Peter’s brother David created the roll film holder used in the Kodak No. 1 box camera (1888), the first easy-to-use camera. “You press the button; we do the rest” was their motto.

In the early twentieth century, the Pictorialist movement in photography was still dominant. The beginning of “straight photography” was emerging. Through politically motivated 4

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journalistic and street photography is candid. Henri CartierBresson was responsible for the term “decisive moment.”

As a 20th-century photographer associated with the postwar humanist school, he focused on form, content, vision, and composition, which inspired successive generations of photographers.

Swiss-American photographer Robert Frank published his book The Americans in 1958, through the French publisher Robert Delpire in Paris. Robert Frank was inspired by Walker Evans’s work, in 1938-41, with a 35mm Contax camera hidden beneath his coat, a photo series of images from New York Subway. Evans’s book Many Are Called was not published until 1966. Frank traveled across the United States in 1955-57, after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship, to photograph its society. It took two years, and 83 images were printed in his book. It is perhaps the most influential photography book of the 20th century. It received substantial criticism when it was finally published in the United States in 1959. This edition was published without the introducing text of Jack Kerouac, an iconoclast of the Beat Generation. “Meaningless blur, grain, muddy exposures, drunken horizons and general sloppiness.” cited from Popular Photography. Frank moved away from photography to concentrate on filmmaking, but in 1972, he published his second book The Lines of My Hand, a “visual autobiography” consisting of personal photographs. He had given up “straight” photography and, instead, created collages and constructed pictures. The influence of Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson is immense. Inspired by Frank in the 1960s, Garry Winogrand, Lee Friedlander, and Joel Meyerowitz began

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Nr 2 MAN – thoughts about mankind Self-portraits were part of the artist’s perception and artistic development. A perfect self-portrait could procure fame, as a painter, sculpturer or photographer. The first self-portrait in photography was a daguerreotype from 1839 by Robert Cornelius. Today, in the twenty-first century, with the explosion of the information society and where the digital camera has become an everyday commodity.

The smartphone, combined with Instagram and Facebook, have created a blast of ”Selfies” that nobody can avoid. Even politicians use a selfie to promote them self. In this second section of MAN, we find the interaction between two persons.

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Nr 3 MAN – thoughts about mankind ”two is a company, and three is a crowd.’” Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins claims that the original proverb is from the 1730s.

There is nothing new with a crowd, and it has always been politicised and compromised. Even the police are using body-cameras to document others beastly action and sometimes there own. A group of people can be a haven or a nightmare. It seems that the nature of human beings changes character when entering a group, history has shown. Photographer has documented violent demonstrations, and many paid with there lives, especially in the war-zone. In this third section, we encounter humankind interacting in a groups.

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From North To The South Pole–LATITUDE format 270mm x 304mm pages 336 in three books and slipcase slipcase – isbn 978-91-984651-2-9 paperback – isbn 978-91-984651-3-6

In these three chapters, photographer Christer Löfgren explores the geographic term Latitude. From the North to the South is a collection of images that show the diverse and multifaceted world in which we live. These colorful and excellent photographs are a lovely source with which to broaden our vision and understand the complex and beautiful world as a global whole.

When one matches the pictures of various cultures, the diversity among countries is more noticeable. A country’s colors, clothes, food, and events help to identify its origin.

The further North or South of the equator you travel, the paler the colors that used, and the milder and less spicy the food is. The more extreme nature is, the more difficult their lifestyle is, marked by long hours of hard work. Most people who live in warmer countries agree that sunshine is a significant factor that contributes to their well-being. High temperatures and blue skies are in demand for travelers. In Spain, “the siesta” is a way of living. In rough climates where humans don’t thrive, nature dominates the terrain.

Where animals flourish, people fail.

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Photographer Christer Löfgren one of the few persons who has traveled to the North and South Pole within the same year.

BOOK 1 From the North to the South Pole

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View of The South Pole

View of The North Pole

from the north to the south pole In the documentary group of photography, one type is travelphotography. This type is undertaken by a rare crowd of photographers who travel all around the world, some with assignments, and others on their own expense. They can easily be mistaken for amateurs photographers, but on the contrary, their work is comprehensive and well directed, which makes it a body of work. Today, when the word ”globalization” unites or separates, and there is increasing interaction of countries, cultures, and people, the world does not seem the same.

The differences between states seen through the eye of the camera make a clear statement of diversity and cultural pluralism. The body of work takes years to fulfill, with numerous questions asked and experiences to be condense into an exhibition or a book. The social and cultural aspects, as well as the economic, have a profound impact on the modern way of living. Migration is not something new in history, but today we have a more complicated situation with the internet, bitcoins, inexpensive airway tickets, and photography that emphasize the globalization impact. Nations like Bangladesh, Vietnam, China, Brazil, and India show a new face to the world.

China, for example, surpassed the United States of America as a premier economic trader, with post offices around the earth crumbling with Chinese imports of goods. Also, China manages to produce and build 53 airports in one year, unheard of in humanity.

Articles like ” Travel Photography Tips” or ”Top 10 Rules of Travel Photography” even ”Get paid to travel: become a travel photographer”

breathing time for thinking is just kindergarten for the plentiful.

There is an immense list of travelers in history, from the fourth century BC to modern time. Xuanzang (602- 664), a Buddhist monk, the first real travel writer who documented his trips with paper and pencil, would have loved to have a camera on his journeys. Consider if Marco Polo (1254–1324) had had a camera onboard his ship--what a sensation it would have been! Currently, we have people like Anthony Bourdain, with a film team, bombarding your television with street food culture from all around the globe. With outer space as the final experience, costing a fortune, travelers will proclaim their uniqueness.

The necessity of documenting the always changing world with photography seems more crucial than ever when cultures are globalized.

In countries like Peru or Tibet, you can see sneakers and T-shirts instead of traditional clothing. The change is immense, heartbreaking, and seen all around the globe. How will it affect us in the long term, and when will it become irreversible? What’s clear is that the change is happening at a rapid speed. The coverage in travel photography is usually free from political bias. Nevertheless, it is as important as ordinary coverage, or sometimes more, because it presents a more objective description, free to be interpreted in many ways, used in studies and for education, and stored for the future.

The travel photographer has the drive that gives her or him an advantage: ”It has to be done.”

Maybe you will find your self with Grizzly bears in the Kamchatka peninsula, instructed by the expert not to be afraid (51.41 N Russia). Or, perhaps, going down in a bunker in Vietnam searching for remains from the Vietnam War. The world is a prominent place; it will take time and effort to concur. In general, it is ”wanderlust” that drives the travel photographer, similar to the never-ending touring rock star, to investigate the earth with the camera as a primary tool. The human aspect always in the center; people, cultures, and linguistics, all immense. In the world today there is +7000 languages documented, but every two weeks endangered languages disappear from earth not to recur. An always changing world.

The approach is systematic, and the long collecting of trips, stories, and events makes the genuine travel photographer. This photographer is usually equipped with light equipment: camera body, two lenses, and accessories, for compactness and convenience. These can be fit into a cabin case, so there is no need for checking in baggage. Fast transportation to the starting point, all ready to go. Long excursions in remote areas demand something else: research, maps, new equipment, help from natives and a right spirit when something goes wrong.

When a booking of the hotel did not go through or when the plane left without you has to be fixed with a smile. Adventure traveling is a new way of getting out of your comfort zone, but it should not be compare with the travel photographer. Buying a trip from an agency that has you booked from five in the morning to late in the evening with no

are simulating or imitating the self-conscious and hard working travel photographer with a destine and a goal to show the true nature of the world. The separation of the amateur and the actual travel photographer, only to be found in the body of work. Of course, major influences derived from monumental photographers like Henry Cartier Bresson, William Eugene Smith, Sebastião Salgado and others is a significant voice and support for becoming a motivated and influential photographer.

There is no geographical limitation to travel photography, mainly the cost of moving by airplane, living, and possibilities like catch the last vehicle to the South Pole before the temperature is dropping below astonishing 60 Celsius. Also get used to the high altitude of 3000 meters.

It is the coldest place on earth, temperature dropping below -80 Celsius in July. Still, people are working there, and coming back every year, for their experimentation on research facilities like the Atmospheric Research Observatory or the South Pole Telescope. If you are lucky someone will allow you to enter the station, and show you around.

Don’t forget you have to bring your one food for the stay.

In the North Pole, there is even more to consider, polar bears, the Arctic sea and caveating. You have to travel by icebreakers, probably nuclear. Two weeks is an entire trip, there and back, just to stay only for a couple of hours. The North Pole is situated in the middle of Arctic Ocean contrary to the South Pole, located on a continental land mass. In the middle of summer, the temperature is a couple of degrees over zero, with a record high of 14 Celsius.

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90.00 N NORTH POLE 86.10 N ARCTIC OCEAN 80.76 N RUSSIA – FRANZ JOSEF LAND 80.69 N RUSSIA – FRANZ JOSEF LAND

A geographic position – Latitude

80.47 N RUSSIA – FRANZ JOSEF LAND 78.74 N NORWAY – SVALBARD

74.01 N CANADA – PRINCE LEOPOLD LAND

70.95 N RUSSIA – WRANGEL LAND 72.70 N CANADA – POND INLET 71.97 N CANADA – SOMERSET ISLAND

68.99 N RUSSIA – MURMANSK 66.19 N GREENLAND– ILULISSAT

68.03 N NORWAY – NUSFJORD 66,16 N RUSSIA – UELEN

64.14 N ICELAND – REYKJAVIK 67.84 N SWEDEN – JUKKASJÄRVI

69.10 N CANADA – CAMBRIDGE BAY 66.93 N GREENLAND – SISIMUT 63.01 N ICELAND – HVERAGERDI

63.08 N RUSSIA – KIZHI

53.21 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

58.47 N SWEDEN – ÖRÖ

53.12 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

56.52 N RUSSIA – TOMSK

59.27 N SWEDEN – MÅLA 59.22 N SWEDEN – HEDENSÖ

52.98 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

55.69 N DENMARK – COPENHAGEN

52.72 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA 51.58 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

55.00 N RUSSIA – SIBIRIA

53.55 N GER MANY – HAMBURG

51.41 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

50.45 N UKRAINE – KIEV 43.13 N RUSSIA – VLADIVOSTOK

45.46 N ITALY – VENICE

48.87 N RUSSIA – KURILE ISLAND

45.38 N ITALY – VERONA

48.88 N RUSSIA – KURILE ISLAND 39.03 N NORTH KOREA– PYONGYANG

48.88 N RUSSIA – KUNASHIR

34.48 N CHINA – TIBET 34.09 N CHINA – TIBET 36.20 N JAPAN– NAGANO

32.15 N CHINA – TIBET 27.67 N NEPAL – BAKTAPUR 27.65 N NEPAL – CHANGU NARAYAN

20.04 N CUBA – SANTIAGO DE CUBA 23.13 N CUBA – HAVANNA

27.53 N NEPAL – CHITWAN

28.65 N CHINA – TIBET 27.51 N BHUTAN 27.34 N BHUTAN

24.97 N CHINA – YUNNAN 23.50 N INDIA – BANDHAVGARH 12.43 N NICARGUA – LEON

23.22 N INDIA – MADHYA PRADESH

11.48 N NICARGUA – OMETEPE ISLAND

12.35 N NICARGUA – JUAN VENADO

19.03 N INDIA – MUMBAI

11.93 N NICARGUA – GRANADA

11.91 N INDIA – PONDICHEERY

26.19 N CHINA – YUNNAN 25.30 N CHINA – YUNNAN 21.13 N VIETNAM 21.05 N VIETNAM - HANOI 15.87 N VIETNAM - HOI AN

13.41 N CAMBODIA - ANKOR WAT

10.46 N COSTA RICA – TORTUGUERO

00.86 S ECUADOR –GALAPAGOS

35.68 N JAPAN– TOKYO

00.01 S ECUADOR –AMAZONAS

19.14 S NAMIBIA 21.23 S NAMIBIA

24.17 S NAMIBIA - DEADVLIE

21.75 S NAMIBIA - CAPE CROSS 24.09 S NAMIBIA

Word Origin and History for latitude In Latin, the old word ”latitudo”(14c) means ”breadth, width, extent, size.”

In the context of maps, it is defined, geographically, as an imaginary line around the earth, running parallel to the planet’s equator, where the equator is the 0 degree, and the north (N) and south (S) poles have a latitude of 90°.

The distance of a degree latitude is about 111 km. So, the figures, for the north is 90.00 N, and the south is 90.00 S. London is on the latitude 50°30 N, and Cape town is on 33°55 S at the South hemisphere.

19.97 S BOTSWANA –OKAVANGO 20.65 S BOTSWANA –OKAVANGO 39.63 S NEW ZEALAND - CAPE KIDNAPPERS 43.54 S NEW ZEALAND - CHRISTCHURCH 62.92 S ANTARCTICA – DECEPTION ISLAND 63.80 S ANTARCTICA – ELEPHANT ISLAND 64.22 S ANTARCTICA

51.22 S51.22 UNITED S UNITED KINGDOM KINGDOM – THE–FALKLAND THE FALKLAND ISLAND ISLAND 51.69 S51.69 UNITED S UNITED KINGDOM KINGDOM – THE–FALKLAND THE FALKLAND ISLAND ISLAND 46.83 S NEW ZEALAND - STEWART ISLAND

64.45 S ANTARCTICA – PORT LOCKROY 64.55 S ANTARCTICA

54.44 S54.44 UNITED S UNITED KINGDOM KINGDOM – SOUTH – SOUTH GEORGIA GEORGIA 84.05 S84.05 ANTARCTICA S ANTARCTICA – UNION – UNION GLACIER GLACIER

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90.00 N North Pole

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80.47 N Russia

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PICTURE INDEX From 90.00 N to 48.87 N

90.00 N North Pole

90.00 N North Pole

68.99 N Russia

69.10 N Canada

70.95 N Russia

Murmansk

Cambridge Bay

Wrangel Island

70.95 N RUSSIA Wrangel Island Wrangel Island near the Bering Strait in the Arctic Ocean is known as the final home for the last living mammoths just 3,000 years ago. The oil drums are located in the town of Shaknvsky.

90.00 N NORTH POLE Global warming has made it possible to reach the North Pole.

Before then, it took the world’s largest nuclear-powered ice breaker, ”50 Years of Victory”, to force through the two-meter thick ice.

90.00 N NORTH POLE The North Pole is completely desolate and there are no tracks of life, neither traces of polar bears or birds.

69.10 N CANADA Cambridge Bay In Northern Canada, there are no roads between the communities, flying is the only way to get around. There are no paved runways but the large aircraft can take off and land on gravel.

68.99 N RUSSIA Murmansk View of Murmansk from the world’s largest nuclear icebreaker.

Russia’s only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the ”Admiral Kuznetsov”, in the foreground.

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66.19 N Greenland

Ilulissat

80.69 N Ryssland

86.10 N Russia

Arctic Ocean

86.10 N RUSSIA Arctic Ocean Icebreaking on the immense Arctic Ocean. Amazingly, there is open water everywhere because the entire ice mass travels at about three knots. This causes the ice to crack and create small open spaces.

68.03 N Norway

80.69 N Russia

80.76 N Russia

67.84 N Sweden

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Frans Josefs Land

Frans Josefs Land

80.76 N RUSSIA Franz Josef Land The dark mountains of Franz Josef Land consist of fossil-bearing Paleozoan sedimentary rocks. The entire archipelago is almost 90% covered by large glaciers.

80.69 N RUSSIA Franz Josef Land The large sphere is a concretion of sandstone that has eroded from the bedrock. It is an unusual phenomenon but is known from other places in the world.

Jukkasjärvi

68.03 N NORWAY Nusfjord In the Nusfjord, a group of killer whales have driven a school of herring that they have surrounded with air bubbles. Even the seagulls get a share of the catch.

67.84 N SWEDEN Jukkasjärvi A cold night at -33 degrees Celsius in Norrbotten near the Torne River.

66.19N GREENLAND Ilulissat Is-fall from the glacier is blocking the seaway to the village.

74.01 N Canada

66.16 N Russia

Prince Leopold Island

80.47 N Russia

Frans Josefs Land

80.47 N RUSSIA FRANZ Josef Land Swimming walrus in the clear waters. What distinguishes Franz Josef Land is that it is one of the few areas on earth that is unaffected by hunting. This is because it is so remote and difficult to access.

Uelen

78.74 N Norway

66.93 N Greenland

Svalbard

Sisimiut

78.74 N NORWAY Svalbard Polar bear feeding on seal on drifting ice outside Svalbard.

66.93 N GREENLAND Sisimiut A Greenlander in a traditional kayak meets the new era in the form of colorful plastic canoes.

74.01 N CANADA PRINCE Leopold Island An almost100 meter vertical wall of ancient Paleozoic rocks.

The area is brimming with nesting birds on the mountainside.

66.93 N Greenland Sisimiut

66.16 N RUSSIA Uelen After a walrus hunt on Lake El’gygytgyn at the Bering Strait, you need powerful gear to get the boat up on land.

66.93 N GREENLAND Sisimiut The building authorities in Greenland have no problem with the house’s color scheme. Something for us Swedes, who are afraid of a little color on our houses, to think about.

66.16 N Russia

66.16 N Russia

Uelen

Uelen

72.70 N Canada

72.70 N Canada

Pond Inlet

72.70 N CANADA Pond Inlet Elderly Inuits with grandchildren on their way to shop in the village’s only store.

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72.70 N CANADA Pond Inlet Inuit children learn to hunt at an early age.

64.14 N Iceland

71.97 N Canada

Reykjavik

Somerset Island

66.16 N RUSSIA Uelen The walrus butchering takes place on the beach and everything is shared equally between the hunters.

71.97 N CANADA Somerset Island The polar bear has dragged its meal a good distance and then dines with gusto. The seagulls are waiting to enjoy the leftovers.

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66.16N RUSSIA Uelen Homeward bound with walrus meat in a home-made carriage.

64.14 N ICELAND Reykjavik Firandet av Island seger över England i fotboll

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BOOK 2

Nr 2 Latitude – a cultural dividor When one matches the pictures of various cultures, the diversity among countries is more noticeable. A country’s colours, clothes, food, and events help to identify its origin. The further North or South of the equator you travel, the paler the colors that are used, and the milder and less spicy the food is. The colder the weather, the less variation there is in their nutrition and lifestyles. The more extreme nature is, the more laborious their lifestyle is, being marked by long hours of hard work. It is also necessary to have a big family that can support and contribute, which makes life easier. Most people who live in warmer countries agree that sunshine is a significant factor that contributes to their well-being. States like New Zealand, Australia or Ecuador, brag about there pleasant lifestyles, with sun all year round. High temperatures and blue skies are in demand for travelers. In Spain, ”the siesta” is a way of living. A short nap at midday is a common tradition in warm countries, especially when the sun is at its zenith, namely 90 degrees above them, and when the shadows vanish from under the viewer.

90.00 N NORTH POLE 86.10 N ARCTIC OCEAN 80.76 N RUSSIA – FRANZ JOSEF LAND 80.69 N RUSSIA – FRANZ JOSEF LAND

A geographic position – Latitude

80.47 N RUSSIA – FRANZ JOSEF LAND 78.74 N NORWAY – SVALBARD

74.01 N CANADA – PRINCE LEOPOLD LAND

70.95 N RUSSIA – WRANGEL LAND 72.70 N CANADA – POND INLET 71.97 N CANADA – SOMERSET ISLAND

68.99 N RUSSIA – MURMANSK 66.19 N GREENLAND– ILULISSAT

68.03 N NORWAY – NUSFJORD 66,16 N RUSSIA – UELEN

64.14 N ICELAND – REYKJAVIK 67.84 N SWEDEN – JUKKASJÄRVI

69.10 N CANADA – CAMBRIDGE BAY 66.93 N GREENLAND – SISIMUT 63.01 N ICELAND – HVERAGERDI

63.08 N RUSSIA – KIZHI

53.21 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

58.47 N SWEDEN – ÖRÖ

53.12 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

56.52 N RUSSIA – TOMSK

59.27 N SWEDEN – MÅLA 59.22 N SWEDEN – HEDENSÖ

52.98 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

55.69 N DENMARK – COPENHAGEN

52.72 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA 51.58 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

55.00 N RUSSIA – SIBIRIA

53.55 N GER MANY – HAMBURG

51.41 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

50.45 N UKRAINE – KIEV 43.13 N RUSSIA – VLADIVOSTOK

45.46 N ITALY – VENICE

48.87 N RUSSIA – KURILE ISLAND

45.38 N ITALY – VERONA

48.88 N RUSSIA – KURILE ISLAND 39.03 N NORTH KOREA– PYONGYANG

48.88 N RUSSIA – KUNASHIR

34.48 N CHINA – TIBET 34.09 N CHINA – TIBET 36.20 N JAPAN– NAGANO

32.15 N CHINA – TIBET 27.67 N NEPAL – BAKTAPUR 27.65 N NEPAL – CHANGU NARAYAN

20.04 N CUBA – SANTIAGO DE CUBA 23.13 N CUBA – HAVANNA

27.53 N NEPAL – CHITWAN

28.65 N CHINA – TIBET

12.43 N NICARGUA – LEON

23.22 N INDIA – MADHYA PRADESH

11.48 N NICARGUA – OMETEPE ISLAND

12.35 N NICARGUA – JUAN VENADO

19.03 N INDIA – MUMBAI

11.93 N NICARGUA – GRANADA

11.91 N INDIA – PONDICHEERY

26.19 N CHINA – YUNNAN 25.30 N CHINA – YUNNAN 21.13 N VIETNAM 21.05 N VIETNAM - HANOI 15.87 N VIETNAM - HOI AN

13.41 N CAMBODIA - ANKOR WAT

10.46 N COSTA RICA – TORTUGUERO

00.86 S ECUADOR –GALAPAGOS

35.68 N JAPAN– TOKYO

27.51 N BHUTAN 27.34 N BHUTAN

24.97 N CHINA – YUNNAN 23.50 N INDIA – BANDHAVGARH

00.01 S ECUADOR –AMAZONAS

19.14 S NAMIBIA 21.23 S NAMIBIA

24.17 S NAMIBIA - DEADVLIE

21.75 S NAMIBIA - CAPE CROSS 24.09 S NAMIBIA

Word Origin and History for latitude In Latin, the old word ”latitudo”(14c) means ”breadth, width, extent, size.”

In the context of maps, it is defined, geographically, as an imaginary line around the earth, running parallel to the planet’s equator, where the equator is the 0 degree, and the north (N) and south (S) poles have a latitude of 90°.

The distance of a degree latitude is about 111 km. So, the figures, for the north is 90.00 N, and the south is 90.00 S. London is on the latitude 50°30 N, and Cape town is on 33°55 S at the South hemisphere.

19.97 S BOTSWANA –OKAVANGO 20.65 S BOTSWANA –OKAVANGO 39.63 S NEW ZEALAND - CAPE KIDNAPPERS 43.54 S NEW ZEALAND - CHRISTCHURCH 62.92 S ANTARCTICA – DECEPTION ISLAND 63.80 S ANTARCTICA – ELEPHANT ISLAND 64.22 S ANTARCTICA

51.22 S UNITED 51.22KINGDOM S UNITED–KINGDOM THE FALKLAND – THE FALKLAND ISLAND ISLAND 51.69 S UNITED 51.69KINGDOM S UNITED–KINGDOM THE FALKLAND – THE FALKLAND ISLAND ISLAND 46.83 S NEW ZEALAND - STEWART ISLAND

64.45 S ANTARCTICA – PORT LOCKROY 64.55 S ANTARCTICA

54.44 S UNITED 54.44KINGDOM S UNITED–KINGDOM SOUTH GEORGIA – SOUTH GEORGIA 84.05 S ANTARCTICA – UNION GLACIER 84.05 S ANTARCTICA – UNION GLACIER

90.00 S ANTARCTICA – SOUTH POLE

BOOK 2 39.03 N North Korea

Pyongyang

32.15 N China

PICTURE INDEX |

Tibet

PICTURE INDEX From 48.88 N to 10.46 N

48.88 N Russia

35.68 N Japan

45.46 N Italy

Kurile Island

48.88 N RUSSIA Kurile Islands A male fur seal watches over his swimming harem. The male can weigh over 1,000 kg, while the females weigh only 150 kg.

Tokyo

Venice

45.46 N ITALY Venice A small boatyard in Venice that manufactures and renovates gondolas.

34.48 N China Tibet

34.48 N CHINA Tibet Winter in Tibet at over 4,000 meters altitude, the sheep don’t have much greenery to eat.

35.68 N JAPAN Tokyo The cluster of Tokyo Central Railway Station

34.09 N China Tibet

34.09 N CHINA Tibet A curious monk in the Langmusi monastery.

28.65 N China Tibet

45.43 N Italy

44.38 N Russia

Verona

45.43 N ITALY Verona Opera performance in Verona taking place in the Arena di Verona, which dates to Roman times. The entire performance takes place in the open air.

Pyongyang

Baktapur

27.67 N NEPAL Baktapur Monk taxi in Nepal.

39.03 N NORTH KOREA Pyongyang A reminder of how East Germany looked in the 1960s.

39.03 N North Korea

Chitwan

Nagano

36.20 N JAPAN Nagano Snow monkeys take an open-air hot spring bath in Jigokuani

27.67 N Nepal Baktapur

27.67 N NEPAL Baktapur Cremation in Baktapur where the body goes up in smoke and the ash is spread in the river below. Note the foot!

27.67 N NEPAL Baktapur Watchdogs on an early morning in Baktapur

27.65 N Nepal Changu Narayan

27.65 N NEPAL Changu Narayan Goat head on a barrel after a religious sacrifice in the temple.

27.53 N Nepal

36.20 N Japan

Pyongyang

39.03 N NORTH KOREA Pyongyang ”Happy faces” on the bus from a happy population in North Korea.

28.65 N CHINA Tibet Palcho Monastery in Gyantse built in the mid 1400s.

27.67 N Nepal

Pyongyang

Pyongyang

39.03 N NORTH KOREA Pyongyang The great leaders in North Korea are everywhere and see everything, they are also in all subway cars.

39.03 N North Korea

39.03 N NORTH KOREA Pyongyang Snow clearing by hand in front of the great leader.

32.15 N CHINA Tibet Housing for the thousands of monks in the monastery Larong Gar.

39.03 N North Korea

39.03 N North Korea

43.13 N Russia Vladivostok

43.13 N RUSSIA Vladivostok Using a pedal boat to go around a sculpture in the Pacific Ocean.

Baktapur

Tibet

Vladivostok

43.13 N RUSSIA Vladivostok Russian sailors after a heavy evening.

27.67 N Nepal

32.15 N China

43.13 Russia

Kunashir

44.38 N RUSSIA Kunashir Basalt pillars on the beach on the island of Kunashir, which is the southernmost island of the Kurile Archipelago.

27.53 N NEPAL Chitwan The boy rests on a hand operated harvester.

27.51 N Bhutan

27.51 N BHUTAN A Buddhist nun is praying with her chin on her newly crafted clay man.

27.34 N Bhutan

27.34 N BHUTAN Drying red peppers in large amounts.

BOOK 3

Nr 3 Latitude – the southern hemisphers The southern hemisphere is different in many ways from the northern hemisphere. The southern hemisphere is made up of 80% water and 19.1% of the land, yet it still includes parts of five of the seven continents. Summer lasts from December to March and winter extends from June to September.

You have to be well-prepared to visit the lower parts of the southern hemisphere. In rough climates where humans don’t thrive, nature dominates the terrain. Where animals flourish, people fail. Long-term planning and good organization are key to survival. For a local, it just seems natural to adapt to the circumstances the way earlier generations did. It takes weeks to travel to South Georgia, 1,300 km north-west from the nearest point of the Falkland Islands, and find a base left there by the whaling industry. Birds like the wandering albatross fly hundreds of miles with the occasional flap of their wings. In the hardest weather, the albatross is one of the most efficient travelers in the animal world.

90.00 N NORTH POLE 86.10 N ARCTIC OCEAN 80.76 N RUSSIA – FRANZ JOSEF LAND 80.69 N RUSSIA – FRANZ JOSEF LAND

A geographic position – Latitude

80.47 N RUSSIA – FRANZ JOSEF LAND 78.74 N NORWAY – SVALBARD

74.01 N CANADA – PRINCE LEOPOLD LAND

70.95 N RUSSIA – WRANGEL LAND 72.70 N CANADA – POND INLET 71.97 N CANADA – SOMERSET ISLAND

68.99 N RUSSIA – MURMANSK 66.19 N GREENLAND– ILULISSAT

68.03 N NORWAY – NUSFJORD 66,16 N RUSSIA – UELEN

64.14 N ICELAND – REYKJAVIK 67.84 N SWEDEN – JUKKASJÄRVI

69.10 N CANADA – CAMBRIDGE BAY 66.93 N GREENLAND – SISIMUT 63.01 N ICELAND – HVERAGERDI

63.08 N RUSSIA – KIZHI

53.21 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

58.47 N SWEDEN – ÖRÖ

53.12 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

56.52 N RUSSIA – TOMSK

59.27 N SWEDEN – MÅLA 59.22 N SWEDEN – HEDENSÖ

52.98 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

55.69 N DENMARK – COPENHAGEN

52.72 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA 51.58 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

55.00 N RUSSIA – SIBIRIA

53.55 N GER MANY – HAMBURG

51.41 N RUSSIA – KAMCHATKA

50.45 N UKRAINE – KIEV 43.13 N RUSSIA – VLADIVOSTOK

45.46 N ITALY – VENICE

48.87 N RUSSIA – KURILE ISLAND

45.38 N ITALY – VERONA

48.88 N RUSSIA – KURILE ISLAND 39.03 N NORTH KOREA– PYONGYANG

48.88 N RUSSIA – KUNASHIR

34.48 N CHINA – TIBET 34.09 N CHINA – TIBET 36.20 N JAPAN– NAGANO

32.15 N CHINA – TIBET 27.67 N NEPAL – BAKTAPUR 27.65 N NEPAL – CHANGU NARAYAN

20.04 N CUBA – SANTIAGO DE CUBA 23.13 N CUBA – HAVANNA

27.53 N NEPAL – CHITWAN

28.65 N CHINA – TIBET

12.43 N NICARGUA – LEON

23.22 N INDIA – MADHYA PRADESH

11.48 N NICARGUA – OMETEPE ISLAND

12.35 N NICARGUA – JUAN VENADO

19.03 N INDIA – MUMBAI

11.93 N NICARGUA – GRANADA

11.91 N INDIA – PONDICHEERY

26.19 N CHINA – YUNNAN 25.30 N CHINA – YUNNAN 21.13 N VIETNAM 21.05 N VIETNAM - HANOI 15.87 N VIETNAM - HOI AN

13.41 N CAMBODIA - ANKOR WAT

10.46 N COSTA RICA – TORTUGUERO

00.86 S ECUADOR –GALAPAGOS

35.68 N JAPAN– TOKYO

27.51 N BHUTAN 27.34 N BHUTAN

24.97 N CHINA – YUNNAN 23.50 N INDIA – BANDHAVGARH

00.01 S ECUADOR –AMAZONAS

19.14 S NAMIBIA 21.23 S NAMIBIA

24.17 S NAMIBIA - DEADVLIE

21.75 S NAMIBIA - CAPE CROSS 24.09 S NAMIBIA

Word Origin and History for latitude In Latin, the old word ”latitudo”(14c) means ”breadth, width, extent, size.”

In the context of maps, it is defined, geographically, as an imaginary line around the earth, running parallel to the planet’s equator, where the equator is the 0 degree, and the north (N) and south (S) poles have a latitude of 90°.

The distance of a degree latitude is about 111 km. So, the figures, for the north is 90.00 N, and the south is 90.00 S. London is on the latitude 50°30 N, and Cape town is on 33°55 S at the South hemisphere.

19.97 S BOTSWANA –OKAVANGO 20.65 S BOTSWANA –OKAVANGO 39.63 S NEW ZEALAND - CAPE KIDNAPPERS 43.54 S NEW ZEALAND - CHRISTCHURCH 62.92 S ANTARCTICA – DECEPTION ISLAND 63.80 S ANTARCTICA – ELEPHANT ISLAND 64.22 S ANTARCTICA

51.22 S UNITED 51.22KINGDOM S UNITED–KINGDOM THE FALKLAND – THE FALKLAND ISLAND ISLAND 51.69 S UNITED 51.69KINGDOM S UNITED–KINGDOM THE FALKLAND – THE FALKLAND ISLAND ISLAND 46.83 S NEW ZEALAND - STEWART ISLAND

64.45 S ANTARCTICA – PORT LOCKROY 64.55 S ANTARCTICA

54.44KINGDOM S UNITED–KINGDOM SOUTH GEORGIA – SOUTH GEORGIA 54.44 S UNITED 84.05 S ANTARCTICA 84.05 S ANTARCTICA – UNION GLACIER – UNION GLACIER

90.00 S ANTARCTICA – SOUTH POLE

BOOK 3

20.65 S Botswana Okavango

PICTURE INDEX |

21.23 S Namibia

PICTURE INDEX From 00.01 S to 90.00 S

00.01 S Ecuador

00.01 S Ecuador

Amazon

24.09 S Namibia

24.09 S Namibia

Amazon

00.01 S ECUADOR Amazon Small parrots (parakeets) must eat a special clay every day for their digestive function to work. They expose themselves to a high risk when they gather on the ground, which makes them extremely careful.

00.01 S ECUADOR Amazon Canoes cut out of a single stock of wood at the muddy river bank

24.09 S NAMIBIA A very early morning before a balloon ride over the huge red desert in Namibia

24.09 S Namibia

24.09 S NAMIBIA The first sunbeams over the mountains.

24.09 S NAMIBIA Before the balloon landing in the red desert, which is probably the world’s oldest desert.

39.63 S New Zealand

Cape Kidnappers

00.86 S Ecuador

00.86 S Ecuador

Galapagos

00.86 S ECUADOR Galapagos The fact that there are fur seals at the equator is because the water around Galapagos is extremely cold, which in turn depends on the Antarctic sea currents reaching the islands.

00.86 S Ecuador Galapagos

00.86 S ECUADOR Galapagos Sea grass eating iguanas that warm themselves in the sun after being cooled in the cold sea water.

00.86 S Ecuador

Galapagos

00.86 S ECUADOR Galapagos Land iguanas live on cactus leaves in an extremely dry environment.

Galapagos

43.54 S NEW ZEALAND Christchurch Mural painting with New Zealand’s national plant, the fern.

39.63 S NEW ZEALAND Cape Kidnappers This is one of the world’s largest colonies of northern gannets.

46.83 S New Zealand

46.83 S NEW ZEALAND Stewart Island Albatrosses fight over today’s meal.

21.23 S Namibia

21.23 S NAMIBIA The Himla women in Namibia cover their skin and hair with a mixture of red clay, fat and various herbs as protection against the sun.

21.75 S Namibia Cape Cross

21.75 S NAMIBIA Cape Cross This is one of the two major seal colonies in Namibia, which is also one of the world’s largest. There are major problems with the seals because they eat more fish than all of Namibia’s fish production.

The Falkland Islands

51.22 S United Kingdom

The Falkland Islands

51.22 S UNITED KINGDOM The Falkland Islands Rockhopper penguins tumbling up and down in a stormy ocean.

51.69 S United Kingdom 20.65 S Botswana Okavango

20.65 S BOTSWANA Okavango A lion eats its breakfast amidst the greenery.

51.22 S United Kingdom

Stewart Island

Christchurch

Okavango

19.97 S BOTSWANA Okavango The rainy season has begun in the Okavango Delta which affects accessibility.

Niapier

39.49 S NEW ZEALAND Niapier En Art Deco affär med allt för damerna

43.54 S New Zealand

19.97 S Botswana

19.14 S Namibia

19.14 S NAMIBIA At twilight with Impala antelopes.

39.49 S New Zealand

24.17 S Namibia Deadvlei

24.17 S NAMIBIA Deadvlei The salt desert consists of salt and mud that have preserved the dead trees for thousands of years.

00.86 S ECUADOR Galapagos The Nazca booby is one of the few birds that can look straight ahead.

51.69 S United Kingdom The Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands

51.22 S UNITED KINGDOM The Falkland Islands Rockhopperpingvin med torv i näbben

51.69 S UNITED KINGDOM The Falkland Islands A colorful house in Port Stanley

51.69 S UNITED KINGDOM The Falkland Islands Mural painting with sheep is quite natural in the Falkland Islands.

From North To The South Pole–LATITUDE

A Foujita Diary hardcase – format 95 mm x 165 mm pages 40 in hardcase 12 tableau in 4 colors isbn 978-91-984651-9-8 The orginal diary is a accordion with 12 panoramas given to Don Eduardo D. de Arteaga when we was Charges des Affers in Japan (1932-1935) for the Embassy of Uruguay.

After his massive success on his round trip to Latin America, Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita returned to Japan in November 1933 with his fourth wife, Madeleine Lequeux.

At age 27, she was a dancer at the Casino de Paris, one of the famous music halls of Paris. Foujita had moved to France and lived through the “Roaring Twenties” as an eccen­tric and highly successful painter. Eduardo D. de Arteaga met Foujita a couple of years earlier while participating in the great parties and masquerades in Paris. Arteaga was appointed as Charge des Affaires for Uruguay in Japan, and in 1933, they were united in Tokyo. Lequeux continued her career as a singer in Tokyo, where she tried to establish herself as a singer of French chansons.

In October–November 1934, Foujita, Lequeux, and Arteaga made this cultural trip to Kobe, Kyoto, and the island of Itsukushima (厳島), popularly known as Miyajima (宮島), located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay. On the island, there are many temples, but it is foremost known for its “floating” torii gate, the Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社), and the Toyokuni Shrine (豊国神社) with its five-storied pagoda.

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Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (Fujita Tsuguharu, November 27, 1886 – January 29, 1968) a famus Japanese–French painter who applied Japanese ink techniques to Western style paintings.

Madeleine Lequeux, marrided Foujita as his fouth wife in 1933 and she followed Foujita to Japan after they had traveled throu America.

She has a former dancer and showgirl at the Casino de Paris.

BOOK 1 Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita

A Foujita Diary A friendly tripp to Miyajima year 1934 partisipants; Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, Don Eduardo D. De Arteaga., and the model Madeleine Lequeux.

After massive success on his round trip to Latin America, Leonard Tsuguharu Foujita returned to Japan in November 1933 with his wife, Madeleine Lequeux. At age 27, he had moved to France and lived through the ”Roaring Twenties” as an eccentric and highly successful painter, well known for his nude women and lovely cat paintings. In 1930, he married his fourth wife, the blue-eyed and red-haired dancer and singer Madeleine, with the artist name ”Panthère.”

She was a dancer at the Casino de Paris, one of the famous music halls of Paris. He was fascinated by her stunning color and personality and made her famous by depicting her in drawings

and paintings. Together, they indulged in the social life in Tokyo, where Foujita had set up his studio in the garden of his sister. Madeleine continued her career as a singer in Tokyo, where she tried to establish herself as a singer of French chansons.

In this environment, the couple reunited with their friend Don Eduardo D. de Arteaga. Eduardo met Foujita a couple of years Eduardo D. de Arteaga earlier, participating in the great parties and masquerades in Paris.

Eduardo was stationed in Tokyo as the ambassador of Uruguay from 1932 to 1935. Foujita, Eduardo, and some friends embarked on the Japanese tradition of climbing Mount Fuji in the summer of 1934 to catch the sunrise in ”perfect concentration.” It is Japan’s highest and most prominent mountain, for Shintoism, the incarnation of the Gaia spirit. Later that year, Foujita, Madeleine, and Eduardo made another cultural trip to Kobe, Kyoto, and the island Itsukushima (厳島), popularly known as Miyajima (宮島), located in the southwest of Hiroshima Bay.

On the island, there are many temples, but it is foremost known for its ”floating” torii gate, the Itsukushima Shrine (厳島神社), including the Toyokuni Shrine (豊国神社), with a five-storied pagoda. In 1928, The Japan Air Transportation Company provided commercial flights.

Eduardo arrived in Osaka from Tokyo on an airplane and then Kobe, where he reunited with the couple at the Tor hotel.

Located in the northern end of Kobe, the hotel had a splendid view over the bay. The hotel’s Madeleine Lequeux style was Western, and it had Japanese and foreign residents. On the very same day, the friends visited the famous pagoda and temple Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺) in Kyoto and, after, Sumiya, an upper-class establishment in the courtesans’ district. They were entertained by a geisha while eating and drinking in the most beautiful example of the ”ageya” architecture in Japan, which is a National Treasure of Japan today. Late that night, the gang took the night train to Hiroshima in a ”wagon li.” After arriving at five o’clock in the night, they rode a transfer

BOOK 1

A Foujita Diary

The New Way to Classified

Chinese Imperial Reign Marks slipcase – format 165mm x 250mm (portrait) pages 336 two books in slipcase isbn 978-91-984651-8-1

An imperial yellowglazed dish mark and period of Zhengde

After 15 years of work, Christer Löfgren has created a unique study that classifies Imperial reign marks on porcelain from the Qing to the Ming periods. His experience as an antique dealer, with a particular interest in Chinese porcelain, and as a geologist whose specialty is image processing, has laid the foundation for this study. The starting point was to create a database with large quantities, thousands of so-called ”mark and period” brands.

The survey covers all the Ming emperors, from the 15th century to the last emperor during the Qing period, including Hongxian, until 1920. The hypothesis was that there were only a few artists behind these marks.

According to the history of the manufacturing in Jingdezhen, it was a selected calligrapher that performed the marks and that they probably also had their peculiarities in the execution. The challenge was to be able to see what was unique for each calligraph.

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Christer Löfgren is honorary-doctor at Luleå University of Technolog. Based in Stockholm he also has 15 years as an antique dealer with Chinese porcelain as speciality.

BOOK 1

note

Mark no. 1 is the most common under Guangxu, but it is difficult to distinguish from mark no.3.

What separates between mark no. 1 and mark no.3, can be seen in numbers 2 and 3. A further distinctive feature found in number 1, where the V-shaped line and the box lie close to each other in the mark no.1 and far out in the mark. no.3.

2

1

GUANGXU MARK NR

EXEMPEL

1

3

1 GUANGXU MARK NR

– MARK NR 1

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光緒

Guangxu 1875-1908 Mark no. 1 7. Located far to the left.

8. Straight line that slopes slightly downwards 4. Slim and long box 5. Short and leaning straight up 1. Has an extra dash on top 3. V-shaped and close to the box

9.No lines that stand out

6. Phase shifted downwards on the curved line

2. The sign is independent

Mark no1 comprises of 22% of all object

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BOOK 2

萬歷帝

Wanli 1572-1620 DIFFERENT TYPES OF OBJECTS

DUBBLETTER

Blue & white Monochrome Yellow objects Wucai Doucai Red decor Dragons

Bowls Plates Of all objects

57 % 3% 2% 33 % 3% 6% 1%

OBJECTS SIZE 14 % 57 % 6%

large Vases, jars etc.

42%

small Bowls Plates Others

18% 35% 5%

COMMENT ON MARK NO 1 The first thing you see in Wanli is a large number of calligraphers that should have been considerably fewer, even though Wanli is a long period of 48 years. It has always been popular to copy Ming objects to descendants of Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong. Besides, there was considerable interest from collectors and antique dealers at the end of the 19th century on acquiring Ming porcelain and mainly Wucai objects.

Which gave rise to a large trade of copies and pure fakes, and it is likely that what we see in Wanli Brands.

From the Xuande excavations, that 90% of the objects were blue-white or monochrome, in Wanli it is 93% blue-white, monochrome and Wucai, which is in line with Xuande, that instead Wucai for monochrome is a fashion issue. It is interesting that the imperial household still has the same proportions as Xuande. Another difference is that the plates predominate against the bowls in Wanli. Both in Wanli and Xuande, the number of yellow imperial items is very low. The number of pairs of bowls and dishes is twice as large as in the rest of Ming, which can also indicate that there are fakes and copies from recent times in Wanli.

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46 % MARK NO 1

21 % MARK NO 2

12 % MARK NO 3

6 % MARK NO 4

6% MARK NO 5

9% MARK NO 6

<‹ 1% MARK NO 7

><‹ 1% MARK NO 8

< ‹ 1% MARK NO 9

< ‹ 1% MARK NO 10

< ‹ 1% MARK NO 11

< ‹ 1% MARK NO 12

< ‹ 1% MARK NO 13

<‹ 1% MARK NO 14

< ‹ 1% MARK NO 15

< ‹ 1% MARK NO 16

NOTE - The labels greater than 1%, cover 86% of all items in Wanli.

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CHINA – seen through a photographer’s eyes slipcase – format 270mm x 304mm landscape pages 336 in three books and slipcase slipcase – isbn 978-91-984651-6-7 paperback – isbn 978-91-984651-7-4 (336 pages)

With Christer Löfgren’s unique images of China, this set of three books illustrates the different way of life in the Middle Kingdom during the final stage of the Cultural Revolution from 1974 until the present day. Rare are those of the “Red Flag Canal” during the time when Mao still lived and influenced life in China. It was a massive canal building made by poor farmers who needed water for their farming in the dry valleys. Also, big cities like Beijing and Shanghai were completely without cars or high-rise buildings. Pictures from the 1990s show the first steps in rapid development; bicycles completely dominate the streets of the big cities, and new buildings grow up like mushrooms. With the significant expansion of modernity in China today, we get a close-up of how people live, both in towns and in the country.

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BOOK 1 CHINA – seen through a photographer’s eyes under the years 1974-1995 by Christer Löfgren

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content 1. Beijing 2. Forbidden City 3. Summer Palace 4. Ming Tombs 5. Great Wall of China 6. Shanghai 7. Xi’an 8. Nanjing 9. Red Flag Canal 10. Gulin County 11. Li River 12. Folk community 13. Guangdong 14. Hong Kong

1990 Beijing

Chinese tourists take pictures of Tian’anmen Square. You can now see that there are a few cars and that the bikes are separated by their own bike path.

1994 Beijing

Now there is variation in fashion in Tiananmen Square

BOOK 1

BOOK 2 CHINA – seen through a photographer’s eyes under the years 2000-2018 by Christer Löfgren

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content 1. City Life 2. Celebration of the 60th anniversary 3. Celebration of New Year 4. Peony festival 5. Miao wedding 6. Agriculture 7. Village life 8. By the water 9. Ris festival 10. Markets 11. Schoolchildren 12. Traffic 13. Work 14. Mao 15. Winter 16. Hong Kong

Schoolchildren

BOOK 3 CHINA – seen through a photographer’s eyes Tibet by Christer Löfgren

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content 1. The first snow 2. Agriculture 3. Monastic 4. Fun and games 5. Monastery celebrations 6. Village life 7. New Year Celebration 8. Street theater 9. Tanka celebrations 10. On the countryside 11. Monk life 12. Religious 13. In the mountains

Jordbruk

BOOK 3

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