Space Magazine #07

Space Magazine #07 B-Sides Condition: New Language: English 250 Pages 23.5cm x 32cm (9.25" x 12.6") Published in Copenhagen, Denmark Spring/Summer 2018 Frequency: Biannual Cover: Bobby and Lux Gillespie, photographed in London by Niall O'Brien. This issue of Space Magazine takes inspiration from B-sides, those “bonus” tracks that bands added to their hit singles. B-sides picked up a reputation as low quality filler, but my own record collection and experience tells me that my favourite artists recorded B-sides every bit as mem- orable as their singles. The Swedish photographer Anders Edström’s images aren’t really part of any tradition I can think of. He is not a street photographer in the Diane Arbus tradition, even though many of his best images are captured out on the streets. He searches for the non-spectacular, the typical, and avoids the “hits”, as he tell his friend, Jeff Rian. In that sense he proves that the “B-side” image can be a hidden gem, which brings us to the theme