{"id":444573,"date":"2026-02-25T10:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/444573\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:02:22","slug":"philip-toledano-another-england-lenscratch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/444573\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Toledano: Another England – LENSCRATCH"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a9Phillip Toledano, Man with a Head Made of Hydrangas, from the book Another England published by L\/Aterie<\/p>\n

I have spent numerous afternoons watching the videos of\u00a0Phillip Toledano\u2019s<\/a> hilarious series,\u00a0Make Phil Great Again<\/a>,\u00a0inspired by Trump\u2019s ability to inflate his self worth. Or marveling at his ability to to examine politics with humor, gravitas, and creativity with his mixed media projects Kim Jong Phil<\/a>, America The Gift Shop<\/a>, and Absent Portrait<\/a>. I have shared his poignant series about aging parents, Days with My Father<\/a>, in classes over the years, so when Toledano made his\u00a0foray into AI, it made perfect sense. Toledano has a long legacy of creating work that is unsettling, irreverent, political, and ground breaking,\u00a0all with a sense of irony and humor. I knew that he was looking at this tidal wave of visual change in an a unique way, making us consider the ramifications of what is true. He wasn\u2019t simply using the tools of Midjourney to create quirky combinations of photographs, he was creating eye-catching, surrealist work that mirrors the surrealistic untruths in today\u2019s politics.\u00a0L\u2019Arterie<\/a> has just released a new monograph of this work titled Another England<\/a>. <\/p>\n

He states:\u00a0The very existence of AI has made everything true, and nothing true, simultanously. Not only have facts and history become infinitely elastic, but they are now also personal choices, informed by whatever internet silo, or reddit group we happen to inhabit. \u2018Another england\u2019 follows \u2018Another America\u2019 and is the second installment in my historical\u00a0surrealism series. It\u2019s both based in truth, of what might have happened, what could happen, and based in fantasy. In some ways, it mirrors our new relationship with media and the image. We live in a time of active invented history-it\u2019s being rewritten in front of our very eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Toledano had a variety of well-known luminaries, who have returned from the grave, to celebrate his new book.\u00a0Take a look.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a9Phillip Toledano, Spread from Another England published by L\/Aterie<\/p>\n

Phillip Toledano<\/a> was born in 1968 in London, to a French Moroccan mother and an American father. He grew up in London and Casablanca.<\/p>\n

He received a BA in English literature from Tufts University in Boston.<\/p>\n

Toledano considers himself a conceptual artist: Everything starts with an idea, and the idea determines the execution. Consequently, his work varies in medium, ranging from photography to installation, sculpture, painting and video.<\/p>\n

Instagram: @Mr.Toledano<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a9Phillip Toledano, Water River Ripples, from Another England published by L\/Aterie<\/p>\n

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\u00a9Phillip Toledano, Spotted Deer Coat, from Another England published by L\/Aterie<\/p>\n

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\u00a9Phillip Toledano, More Dogs, from Another England published by L\/Aterie<\/p>\n

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\u00a9Phillip Toledano, Inflatable Horse, from Another England published by L\/Aterie<\/p>\n

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\u00a9Phillip Toledano, Frozen Trees, from Another England published by L\/Aterie<\/p>\n

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\u00a9Phillip Toledano, Water Park with Twistly Blue Slides, from Another England published by L\/Aterie<\/p>\n

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\u00a9Phillip Toledano, A Man with the Head of a Fox, from Another England published by L\/Aterie<\/p>\n

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Images created with artificial intelligence by Phillip Toledano<\/p>\n

Design: Teresa Piardi \u2013 Maxwell Studio<\/p>\n

Size of the book:27,5 x 24 cm<\/p>\n

pages: 64<\/p>\n

Published in English<\/p>\n

First Edition 750 copies<\/p>\n

ISBN: 979-12-80978-26-4<\/p>\n

Cover price: 60 Euro (VAT included)<\/p>\n

About\u00a0L\u2019Artiere Edizioni<\/a><\/p>\n

L\u2019Artiere Edizioni\u00a0is a young publishing house specialised in\u00a0photography books\u00a0characterised by the high quality of its products. The publishing house was founded in 2013 from an idea by Gianluca and Gianmarco Gamberini.<\/p>\n

Specialised in the presentation of photographic collections, L\u2019Artiere Edizioni strongly believes in the concept of\u00a0quality\u00a0and attention to every detail of the finished product, devoting itself to the creation of volumes that are aesthetically pleasing and made to last, not only aimed at expert photographers or collectors, but also at fans or people who simply want to catch up with the world of contemporary photography.<\/p>\n

Passion, dedication, technical knowledge\u00a0and\u00a0craftsmanship\u00a0are the cornerstones of our business.<\/p>\n

Grafiche dell\u2019Artiere<\/a>\u00a0is behind the experience of L\u2019Artiere Edizioni, having transferred a very high level of technical know-how and extensive experience in the field of printing to the young publishing house.<\/p>\n

Instagram: @lartiere<\/p>\n

Posts on Lenscratch may not be reproduced without the permission of the Lenscratch staff and the photographer.<\/p>\n