AT THE END OF THE DREAM

Olof Grind
AT THE END OF THE DREAM

Photographs: Olof Grind

Publisher: Self published

224 pages

Year: 2021

ISBN: 9789151980935

Comments: Hardcover, open spine, 27 x 20 cm. First edition of 700 copies. (Cover - Mountain)

The book “at the end of the dream” is created over a time span of 12 years, from the authors 18^th birthday until the end of his 20s. It documents the process of entering adulthood and the feelings of freedom that comes with this. To live through your twenties is in a way to enter an invincible state of endless possibilities where the world is in front of your feet. The series document youth, and the gravitation and longing towards sources of a higher connection to our human conditions and the core of our planet; nature. Always with a queer view of the surroundings.

The title is a reference to the feeling of turning a chapter in life, when the first decade of adulthood has passed and a new sense of calmness is planted. At the same time, it’s a hint at the global state of crisis that humanity has entered through our recklessness with our natural resources. The book can in this way become a double depiction of a decade; both at an individual level and at a greater framework where humanity took no real action for the consequences of our behavior. Both paths are at the verge of a metamorphose to enter into a new state.

Beyond the strong visual storytelling of the imagery, Grind have also invited the author Madeleine Schantz to interpret his work in a short story that opens the book.