Haunts is the second book in a trilogy that began
with Trying to Dance, in which Engström writes,
“I’m always looking for presence. Whenever I try,
my doubts get unmasked . . .”These doubts and
questions are prevalent in Haunts as well, but in
this volume Engström focuses more on public
spaces and life in the streets. At the center of these
pictures is a strong feeling of being in an endless
present tense. The confrontation between “now”
and the photographer’s memories is inevitable. He
doesn’t try to separate emotions from objectivity:
his images embody their questions.