Martin Bogren, Tractor Boys, 2013
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Martin Bogren: Tractor Boys: 50 CHF I Signed
Publisher: Dewi Lewis Publishing
Dimensions: 20 x 25 cm
Pages: 60
ISBN: 978-1-907893-35-3
Dimensions: 20 x 25 cm
Pages: 60
ISBN: 978-1-907893-35-3
CHF 50.00
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Martin Bogren photographs with the distance of a mute witness, a subtle and benevolent observer. His images are grainy black and white with shades of grey.
Youngsters meet up on the village outskirts, racing their tractor cars, burning tyre marks into the warm summer asphalt. The smell of rubber, oil and souped-up engines fills the air when the engines speed. The cars form into a circle as the boys take turns in the middle. It is a game – showing their skills – showing off to the girls. Strength is measured and proved – as if in a strange ritual mating dance. The car of choice is known as an EPA tractor, a Swedish term for an older car converted for use as an agricultural machine.
Tractor Boys was photographed in the provence of Skane, Sweden during 2011 and 2012.
Design and layout by Dewis Lewis Publishing.
©Photographs Martin Bogren
