IN ALMOST EVERY PICTURE
In Almost Every Picture is a series of books focusing in found amateur photographs with a sequenced narrative.
In Italy, between 1945 and 1976, more than 12.000 women were married by proxy to partners who were unable to attend for reasons such as military service, imprisonment, or travel restrictions. Mina from Bologna was one of them.
In 1961, twenty-six-year-old Mina set out to marry Dario who had moved to Eritrea to work as a veterinarian. Stubborn Mina decided that by the time she boarded a flight to Africa to join Dario she would already be called a wife, at least before the law. So, she staged her wedding and Dario’s best friend, Franco, to play the part of the groom.
A few days after her proxy wedding, Mina flew to Eritrea with her pompous, lacy white dress wrapped in a big plastic bag under her arm. She reunited with real husband Dario and captured the awaited moment on colour film.
EDITED BY ERIK KESSELS AND PETRIPASELLI.
COLOR, 15.5 X 20 CM, 112 PAGES, SOFTCOVER.
PUBLISHED BY KESSELSKRAMER, AMSTERDAM, 2024.
In Almost Every Picture #19
In Almost Every Picture #18
In the 1960s and 70s, the town of Baile Tusnad in Romania was famous for holidays and weekends enjoying the town’s hot springs and spas. The pictures tourists often took home would depict the German Sheperd dog of the local photographer George Nitescu. A unique star in almost every picture taken home from Baile Tusnad.
Hours after capturing the moment, pictures could be collected from the dog’s home; photographer Nitescu’s urban villa - a place where the tourists mingled with the locals.
The pictures in the book show changing faces, the past sights of a Romanian city in its prime, and one photogenic German Shepherd dog without a name.
EDITED BY ERIK KESSELS and VALENTIN FOGOROS.
COLOR, 15.5 X 20 CM, 160 PAGES, SOFTCOVER.
PUBLISHED BY KESSELSKRAMER, AMSTERDAM, 2022.
In Almost Every Picture #17
Carlo and Luciana were a couple from the small Italian town of Vignola, in the province of Modena. The couple made a small handful of trips right after they were married. This is the beginning of their project, black and white images, many shot on the road. Yet it is not until later, past the blank pages symbolic of their working years, that we really get to know how Carlo and Luciana explored the world. Black and white becomes colour, we witness time passing. Together they create a curious contradiction; two halves each with their own different motive, making one whole.
EDITED BY ERIK KESSELS and Sergio smerieri.
COLOR, 15.5 X 20 CM, 180 PAGES, SOFTCOVER.
PUBLISHED BY KESSELSKRAMER, AMSTERDAM, 2021.
In Almost Every Picture #16
In 1965 Noud and Ruby decided to pimp up and christen their living room. Their new home improvements set the scene for what became a sincere and erotic collaboration. Order here
Edited by Erik Kessels.
COLOR, 15.5 X 20 CM, 136 PAGES, SOFTCOVER.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2020.
In Almost Every Picture #15
A woman censored the images of ex-girlfriends of her husband as if she wants to say: “He’s mine”. 2019.
Edited by Erik Kessels.
Photographs from the Horus Archive, Sandor Kardos.
Black and white - sepia, 15.5 x 20 cm, 148 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2015.
in almost every picture #14
A collection of sunbathers with their heads punched out. 2015.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels.
Color, 15.5 x 20 cm, 178 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2015.
in almost every picture #13
The most common mistake in the history of image-making: the attack of the giant finger. 2014.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels.
Color, 15.5 x 20 cm, 178 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2014.
in almost every picture #12
The story of a Moroccan wedding filmmaker with a knack for self-promotion. 2013.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels.
Color, 15.5 x 20 cm, 178 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2013.
in almost every picture #11
An obsession spanning decades: Fred photographs Valerie with her clothes on in the water. 2012.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels.
Color, 15.5 x 20 cm, 178 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2012.
in almost every picture #10
Images of pigs being bottle-fed by clients in the Montreal restaurant Au Lutin Qui Bouffe. 2011
In collaboration with Michel Campeau
Collected by Michel Campeau.
Edited and designed by Erik Kessels.
Black and white, 15.5 x 20 cm, 148 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2011.
in almost every picture #9
A family struggling with one of the biggest mysteries in photography: How to shoot my black dog? 2010.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels.
Color and black and white, 15.5 x 20 cm, 112 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2010.
in almost every picture #8
A Japanese rabbit whose unusually flat head made it ideal for balancing objects. 2009.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels.
Photographs by Hironori Akutagawa.
Color, 15.5 x 20 cm, 120 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2009.
in almost every picture #7
The story of Ria van Dijk, a Dutch woman whose life is seen from the point of view of a fairground shooting gallery. 2008.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels and Joep Eijkens.
Color and black and white, 15.5 x 20 cm, 128 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2008.
in almost every picture #6
An anonymous woman who photographed herself almost every year of her life. 2007.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels.
Black and white, 15.5 x 20 cm, 136 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2007.
in almost every picture #5
A family capturing the beauty of their photogenic dog. 2006.
In collaboration with Marion Blomeyer.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels and Marion Blomeyer.
Color and black and white, 15.5 x 20 cm, 146 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2006.
in almost every picture #4
Portraits of non-identical twins taken during the 1940’s. 2005.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels.
Black and white, 15.5 x 20 cm, 144 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer, Amsterdam, 2005.
in almost every picture #3
Self-portraits of wildlife taken by a hidden camera with motion detector. 2004.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels.
Color, 15.5 x 20 cm, 178 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer and Artimo,
Amsterdam, 2004.
in almost every picture #2
Portraits of a taxi and its client taken by the taxi driver over a period of several years. 2003. In collaboration with Andrea Stultiens.
Collected and edited by Erik Kessels and Andrea Stultiens.
Color, 15.5 x 20 cm, 214 pages, softcover.
Published by KesselsKramer and Artimo,
Amsterdam, 2003.
in almost every picture #1
Portraits of a woman taken by her husband over a period of 12 years. 2002.
