Jonas Bendiksen

The Last Testament – Special Edition with Print

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Imagined as a sequel to the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, The Last Testament features visual accounts and stories of seven men around the world who claim to be the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Building on biblical form and structure, chapters dedicated to each Jesus include excerpts of their scriptural testaments, laying out their theology and demands on mankind in their own words. Jonas Bendiksen takes at face value that each one is the true Messiah returned to Earth, to forge an account that is a work of apocalyptic journalism and compelling artistic imagination.

Very minor bruising to corners of the exterior box; small crease on edges of some in the book. Any wear does not affect the content of the book itself; print in perfect condition.

Book and print numbered and signed by Jonas Bendiksen.

Specification

BOOK DIMENSIONS
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 464 pages
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 in
Publisher: Aperture
Publication Year: 2017
ISBN: 978-1-59711-428-8
OVERALL BOX DIMENSIONS
13.25 x 10.25 x 2.25 inches
PRINT DIMENSIONS
12 x 9 inches

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Jonas Bendiksen

Jonas Bendiksen’s sharply evocative images explore themes of community, faith and technology.

Bendiksen was born in Norway in 1977. He began his career at the age of 19 as an intern at Magnum’s London office before leaving for Russia to pursue his own work as a photojournalist. Throughout the several years he spent there, Bendiksen photographed stories from the fringes of the former USSR, a project that was published as the book Satellites (Aperture, 2006). Following this he experimented with 360° photography in his book and 16-projector installation, The Places We Live (Aperture, 2008), about daily life in four urban slums.

In 2017 he published The Last Testament (Aperture), which told the story of seven men who all claimed to be the biblical Messiah returned to earth. The Book of Veles (Gost, 2021) probed the vulnerabilities of our perceptions, and became hotly debated after Bendiksen revealed that what had appeared to be a classical piece of photojournalism was in large part synthetic computer-generated renderings.

His editorial clients include magazines such as National Geographic, Stern, Time, Newsweek, The Sunday Times Magazine, and The Guardian Weekend. On the commercial side, he has done projects for HSBC, Canon, Fuji, BCG, Red Bull and Land Rover.

Bendiksen became a nominee of Magnum Photos in 2004, and a member in 2008. He lives with his wife and children outside Oslo, Norway.