I Am — Erwin Olaf (First German/English edition, 2019)

Identity staged as a controlled hallucination. In this late series, Olaf constructs portraits where stillness feels almost surgical — figures frozen inside immaculate interiors, trapped between elegance and quiet dread. Eyes avert, gestures stall, emotions remain unresolved. The photographs don’t reveal personality; they reveal the anxiety of being seen. Each image feels like a suspended moment just before something fractures. Beauty here is precise, cold, and fundamentally unstable.

TECHNICAL SHEET:
Title: I Am
Artist / Author: Erwin Olaf
Date: 2019
Edition: First German/English-language edition (first printing February 2019)
Technique / Printing Method: Offset printing
Medium / Materials: Hardcover photobook
Dimensions (cm): 28 × 30 approx.
Pages: 192 approx.
Language: German / English
Publisher / Editor: Koenig Books, Cologne
ISBN: 978-3-96098-523-5
Condition: Very good