Philippe Gerlach - Youremyhome

Philippe Gerlach

Youremyhome - Limited edition booklet, 2010

This is the second publication from Philippe Gerlach that I have in my collection. The first one being the beautiful book Gosia, and aren't we lucky that Philippe is in love again...

I don't know for sure that Philippe is in love with the mysterious Talin, but I've seen enough of his work to know that passion plays a role as important as light in his work. 23 b/w, mostly double images, seem random at first but are quite smart in their juxtaposition; surely a result of Philippe's visual language being honed with the 'zine aesthetic. Philippe has turned me on to several forms of art/punk 'zines over the last years and this booklet shares the same feel.

It's cupid in a mohak.

If you have and like Gosia, this one is a good companion. If you missed Gosia, and I's sure they are sold-out, this one would be a good start for Philippe's work.

It is published by the Paris based Kaugummi.

Edition of 150

There are more images here on a blog, and its also well worth a visit, but you will need some time. Here a few of the highlights.

3 photos, Philippe Gerlach. Youremyhome.

Philippe Gerlach - Gosia

 Eat, 2006

Philippe Gerlach

Gosia -  Special edition book + print, 2006

Acting as a global platform for dynamic new creatives, London’s favourite fashion store  b store  has collaborated with photographic journal Kilimanjaro to bring you b book: White and Black with the  work of up and coming photographer Philippe Gerlach.

With tangled hair and in a semi-state of undress, his torn emotive photographs of a mystery woman come juxtaposed against stark winterlandscapes and crumpled sheets. A refined celebration of light and shade... 

Philippe Gerlach, a young photographer living in Linz, Austria produced this beautiful concept book last year in a an edition of 500 in cooperation with the London based b store. When he told me he only has 10 copies left and that these 10 are availale with a print, I thought I should pass the news along.

„GOSIA“ is dealing with a subject as personal as possible. It’s an everday life portrait of my former love and MalgorzataSzandala, and i’ve been working on the series, since the time we’ve met in Gliwice, Poland, three years ago. Gosia is an academic artist, andin  2004 lived between Vienna and Gliwice, Polen. Since 2005 she’s staying in Gliwice, Poland full time. It was important for me to find a way having her around also in the times when she wasn’t there, which for me was the working on her pictures later, creating something that would fill the space she left. And i also took the pictures, to not lose the ability to see Gosia as a passerby, a roommate, a friend and a lover at the same time.

In spring 2006 i created a little fanzine, containing pictures of her, which i gave around as a free gift and to get her known in my circles. This led to a collaboration with the  B Store and Klimanjaro Magazine which resulted in the production of b Book.

Phillipe Gerlach

The book is a souftbound, open-back thread binding in b/w, ca 80 pages. Design by Kilimanjaro

The print is a 17 x 12 cm, b/w fiber print in an edition of 10.

Price for a book and print is 100,- Euro.

Don't miss this one!

Get them directly through Philippe, or visit  his Linz gallery, Simone Feichtner, where you can also see some great installation images of the show.