Inuuteq Storch
Keepers of the Ocean

Please note: Rare edition. Few copies left!

“It cannot be overstated how unique this book is in its portrayal of a place we don’t often get to see. That is reason enough to get a copy. But the vibrancy and execution of the photos makes the book even more compelling” – The Washington Post

Disko Bay is proud to present Keepers of the Ocean by Inuuteq Storch, a personal exploration of intimacy with and within the overwhelming nature of west Greenland. The book portrays the close community of Storch’s hometown Sisimiut photographed over the past three years.

Everyday images of friends, family, food and interiors form part of the subject matter combined with Storch’s own intervention and experimentation. Unstaged yet absorbing, intimate and vulnerable. His intuitive narrative style draws the viewer into the image, giving us the feeling of being present ourselves. A rare sight when it comes to portrayals of Greenland – exceptional, meaty and sorely needed.

The landscape is a recurrent subject, as is the sky, the light and the dark. The natural world is always close by, and just as the tides come and go, nature flows in and out of Keepers of the Ocean. In a culture where the weather and the ocean have always played a key role, it is natural for someone who lives by the coast to look out for whoever is at sea. People take care of and watch over each other. When asked about the book’s title, Innuteq replied with a picture of a sunny ocean view from his apartment in Sisimiut, captioned: “Keeping an eye on every sailor”. – From the preface by Martin Brandt Hansen

Inuuteq Storch (b. 1989) lives and works in Greenland. He is a graduate of the International Center of Photography in New York and of Fatamorgana school of photography in Copenhagen. He has exhibited in Greenland, Denmark, The United States, Norway, and Colombia, and has published the photobooks  Porcelain Souls (2018, Konnotation), Flesh (2019, Disko Bay) and John Møller – Mirrored, Portraits of Good Hope (2021, Roulette Russe)

Keepers of the Ocean is Inuuteq’s second instalment in a series of three books. The first chapter Flesh was released August 2019.

Print Edition also available with signed print

• Screen printed OTA-bind with flap
• ISBN 978-87-973526-0-1
• 21,5 × 28 cm
• 192 pages
• 111 colour plates
• Preface by Martin Brandt Hansen
• Language: Greenlandic, Danish and English
• Edition of 666
• Printed in Denmark by Narayana Press
• Published 27 May 2022
• First edition, first printing

Press:
Kunsten.nu
GUP Magazine
Collector Daily
The Washington Post
Fisheye Magazine
Flip-Through preview by Photobookstore
Colin Pantall / PhMuseum
Weekendavisen
Ud&Se
Louisiana Channel
Sermitsiaq
Guillotine Magazine