"SKOVBO" by Viggo Mortensen

IN EXHIBITION — Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Iceland

In SKOVBO, Viggo Mortensen produces imagery which captures the imagination and fills the viewers eyes with light and color. DigitalFusion is proud to collaborate on this beautiful and artistic project, and according to Hugh Milstein at DigitalFusion, "These images are a reminder that photography is visual poetry - are there are few as skilled in finding these idyllic moments as Viggo."

SKOVBO Exhibit Poster

The images in this book were all custom scanned from the original film to bring out the subtle details in the highlights and shadows. These digital files were then color corrected under Viggo's direction and expertly converted to CMYK and proofed for the final book run.

DigitalFusion printed the gallery exhibit for the Reykjavik Museum of Photography, and was able to highlight the beautiful and subtle colors by using an archival wide gamut printing process. The resulting prints are master quality and will be editioned for the show.

From Perceval Press: This book functions as a partial companion to the photo exhibit , also titled Skovbo (which roughly translates from Danish as "home in the forest"), by Viggo Mortensen at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography (Ljósmyndasafn Reykjavikur), opening on 31st May, 2008 and running until 31st August, 2008.

In this new collection of images and poems are trees and the memory of trees, ghosts, words, nights, days, lives, deaths, and safe haven for them all in the place where  "...the twigs become branches, / And the mist becomes make-believe..." (Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam). If you daren't enter the forest, or cannot find it, then perhaps you might find one tree, or a place where a tree could be, and just stop for a quiet moment to see what happens.

Hardcover: linen over board, ISBN 978-0-9763009-7-7, 124pp, 9" W x 11.25" H

To buy the book, "SKOVBO," visit: Percival Press