Mirror

Award-winning Danish photographer, Joachim Ladefoged has worked as a professional photographer since 1991 and is a member of the international photo agency VII. Today he photograph appear in magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, National Geographic, Newsweek and TIME. Looking behind the scenes at bodybuilding competitions in Scandinavia, this book takes readers into a world where the reflections in the mirror are never good enough. The heavily pumped bodies evoke both fascination and horror and the athletes know it. The sprinter has the time to race against. The weightlifter has the weights. The bodybuilder only has the mirror - said one of the bodybuilders photographed in this book. This book takes an artistic look at bodybuilders through the lens of a photographer who sees their muscular bodies as sculptures, and is fascinated by the bodybuilders' passion and dedication to keep at it whatever the costs.