JACOBSEN TÔ, Kim
Cedar Dreams

Shot between 2021 and 2026, while Kim Jakobsen Tô was living in Mexico City, the series Cedar Dreams constitutes a document of the artist’s personal relationships and tenderly conveys his unique, naturalistic approach to photography. Containing 60 duotone plates, the publication captures subjects from Jakobsen Tô’s queer and spiritual communities – friends, lovers, associates, collaborators and mentors – alongside attentive, sweeping landscapes and intimate depictions of personal objects imbued with humility and compassion.

Cedar Dreams is the result of a committed two-year collaboration between the publishers Queer Street Press and Jakobsen Tô. “Cedar” refers to the sacred tree whose leaves are burned in the Four Tobacco ceremony, a Native American ritual, while “Dreams,” as Mexican writer Juan Pablo Ramos notes, “alludes not only to the oneiric nature of the images but also to hope, longing and a visionary state in which ancient wisdom can be channelled.” A new essay, “Scenes from a Lightwell,” by Ramos accompanies the photographs, examining Jakobsen Tô’s relationship to home and community, alongside a concrete poem, “Swallowing Rain,” by Diego Gerard Morrison.

Kim Jakobsen Tô is a Norwegian-Vietnamese artist based in Oslo, Norway.

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Published by Queer Street Press, 2026
Design by Ben Seeley, 5b
Monographs / Photography / Queer Culture