{"product_id":"cedar-dreams-by-kim-jakobsen-to-signed","title":"Cedar Dreams by Kim Jakobsen Tô (signed)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Queer Street Press\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYear: 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: New (signed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShot as a series between 2021 and 2026 while Norwegian–Vietnamese artist Kim Jakobsen Tô was living in Mexico City, \u003ci\u003eCedar Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e constitutes a document of the artist’s personal relationships and tenderly conveys his unique, naturalistic approach to photography. Containing 60 duotone plates, the publication captures subjects from Jakobsen Tô’s queer and spiritual communities – friends, lovers, associates, collaborators and mentors – alongside attentive, sweeping landscapes and intimate depictions of personal objects imbued with humility and compassion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCedar Dreams \u003c\/i\u003eis the result of a committed two-year collaboration between the publishers Queer Street Press and Jakobsen Tô. ‘Cedar’ refers to the sacred tree whose leaves are burned in the Four Tobacco ceremony, a Native American ritual, while ‘Dreams’, as Mexican writer Juan Pablo Ramos notes, ‘alludes not only to the oneiric nature of the images but also to hope, longing and a visionary state in which ancient wisdom can be channelled.’ A new essay, ‘Scenes from a Lightwell’, by Ramos accompanies the photographs, examining Jakobsen Tô’s relationship to home and community, alongside a concrete poem, ‘Swallowing Rain’, by Diego Gerard Morrison. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Donlon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58221966786934,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0221\/7340\/files\/for_mailer-2.jpg?v=1783435027","url":"https:\/\/donlonbooks.com\/products\/cedar-dreams-by-kim-jakobsen-to-signed","provider":"Donlon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}