Books published by Bokforlaget Max Strom

World acclaimed photo artist Erik Johansson presents the largest volume of his works to date - an evocative collection of moments and settings beyond the ordinary

Silent Land is a portrait of life in Moldova, one of Europe's poorest and remotest countries. Photographer Åsa Sjöström visited the country repeatedly in the '00s. When she returned in 2014 she noticed that something had changed. Moldova had become silent: 'When I arrived in Moldova for the first time, in 2005, I approached the people and the country with an idea about misery and social problems. Those were the stories I had heard about this small, unknown country sandwiched between Romania and the Ukraine, the stories that had coloured my views. Three month-long trips later I had a collection of photographs from prisons, trafficking and violence. But something was missing. I wanted to experience life around the corner, things one takes for granted and perhaps don't pay attention to in one's everyday life ... Moldova has changed fundamentally since 2005, and so have I and the people I have met. Each time I'm about to leave, I wonder what it is that attracts me to a place, a country or a story. The connection is often personal and I can't always put into words why I am captivated by a story. I let my meetings with people and my images tell the story. However, I do know that it is very difficult for me to let go when I have been attracted to something. I want to know more, I want to enter the country, meet people and learn their stories. A story I share, even though it's not mine. We share the same dreams, the same hopes for the future; it's just the conditions that separate us.'

Sune Jonsson (1930-2009) spent nearly his entire life working in the remote, northern Swedish counties of Angermanland and Vasterbotten. This is a retrospective monograph on Sune Jonssons life work. It covers the majority of Sune Jonssons works, from the debut book Byn med det bla huset to Och tiden blir ett forunderligt ting.

All women are not mothers, but all women are daughters. This challenging study of young women from all over the world from privilege to poverty, from Iceland to Indonesia, asks us, and the striking subjects of the photographs who look at us with such directness, to reconsider the relationship, both its origins and its aftermath.