Hunger – Epilogue

Hunger – Epilogue by Michael Ackerman

Hunger – Epilogue is Michael Ackerman’s first major publication since his acclaimed photobook Half Life, and it gathers more than 130 images across 64 pages. Moving from early pictures known from End Time City to previously unseen work, Hunger – Epilogue connects different eras of Ackerman’s practice into one dense, restless sequence. Time in Hunger – Epilogue appears broken and rearranged: cities dissolve into grain and blur, figures drift through light and shadow, and places feel both specific and unlocatable.

Published by Void in a newspaper-style format of 22 x 32 cm, Hunger – Epilogue is printed on thin, tactile paper and includes three gigantic fold-outs that expand the images into broadsheet scale. A text by filmmaker Jem Cohen, a long-time friend of the photographer, offers an insider’s view of Ackerman’s temperament and methods, underlining how his pictures “respect and destroy” time at once. This second edition of Hunger – Epilogue reworks the original, long sold-out version with a new edit, new photographs and a more compact format that keeps the raw energy of the project while making it easier to handle.

For readers of End Time City and Half Life, Hunger – Epilogue functions as both echo and update: a return to Ackerman’s dark, haloed universe and a rare chance to see recent work that has, until now, remained in the archive.