frenchkiss – Anders Petersen

With frenchkiss, Swedish master photographer Anders Petersen constructs a visual diary suspended between feral tenderness and nocturnal disquiet. The title, a whisper of sensual provocation, sets the tone for a book where affection and estrangement constantly collide. Famous for his immersive, grain-rich black and white photography, Petersen turns his lens on the creatures—both human and animal—that haunt the edges of society. His cat, eyes shining like twin mirrors, stares from the cover as both sentinel and symbol: elusive, independent, wounded.

Originally published in 2008 by Images En Manœuvres Éditions in Marseille, this volume is the kind of intimate, physically compact photobook that invites handling and re-reading. It feels like a notebook from the underworld, filled with images torn from the skin of life—fleeting, tactile, instinctive. There are no captions, no anchors. Only instinct.

Part of a pan-European co-edition that included Dewi Lewis Publishing (UK), La Fábrica (Spain), Peliti Associati (Italy), and Kehrer Verlag (Germany), frenchkiss is a testament to Petersen’s enduring influence on photographic language—visceral, unsentimental, and strangely tender.

Technical Sheet

• Object: Photobook
• Title: frenchkiss
• Artist / Author: Anders Petersen
• Date: 2008
• Technique / Printing Method: Offset printing
• Medium / Materials: Hardcover with printed boards
• Edition: First edition
• Signed: No
• Dimensions: 19 x 12.5 cm
• Language: English
• Pages: 116
• Publisher / Editor: Images En Manœuvres Éditions (France), with Dewi Lewis Publishing (UK), La Fábrica Editorial (Spain), Peliti Associati (Italy), Kehrer Verlag (Germany)
• ISBN: 978-2-8499-5088-8
• Condition: new