Over four decades, Ole John Aandal (b. 1960) has explored the changing role of photography – from analog documentation to digital mass communication – and how this has influenced society’s self-perception This exhibition is the most extensive presentation of Aandal’s work to date. The exhibited works range from photographs taken in Palestine for Klassekampen in the late 1980s, through photographs that were digitally manipulated in the 1990s, to a new installation based on images of Oslo's transformation after the terrorist attack on 22 July 2011.

In connection with the exhibition, a monograph is being published by Multipress, presenting over a hundred works from Aandal’s career. Through interviews, in-depth analyses, and a broad art and photographic historical contextualization, new perspectives on Aandal’s art are explored. The book includes texts by Nicholas Norton, Liv Brissach, Nora Joung, Susanne Østby Sæther, and Eirik Zeiner-Henriksen. Editors are Nicholas Norton and Elisabeth Byre, and the book is designed by Blank Blank.

Oslo Kunstforening invites you to a book launch and discussion on 19 March, where the monograph, as well as contemporary Norwegian photographic history will be discussed, with participation from Ole John Aandal, Nicholas Norton, Elisabeth Byre, Susanne Østby Sæther, Mikkel McAlinden, and Vibeke Tandberg.