Robin Dahlberg

Breaking Point

Publication date: April 2026 (EU), May 2026 (US)

Photobooks

Breaking Point is a new photobook by Robin Dahlberg that examines wrongful convictions in the United States by focusing on the interrogation phase of criminal investigations, in which false confessions can emerge as a result of coercive tactics. Comprising approximately 75 photographs, the book directs sustained attention to the conditions and pressures that make such confessions possible.

Made between 2017 and 2025, the tonally restrained black-and-white photographs include portraits of six exonerated individuals alongside atmospheric images of abstract outdoor spaces and still lifes, photographed on film studio sets and in interiors that recall interrogation rooms.

Press release + Press kit

Author’s website

About the book:

Photographs by Robin Dahlberg
ISBN ‎978-3-96900-222-3
Texts by Sara C. Appleby and Robin Dahlberg
Design by Caleb Cain Marcus, Luminosity Lab
Published by Kehrer Verlag (April 2026)
Swiss binding with dust jacket
184 Pages, 75 tritone illustrations, 17 x 24 cm

Press

L'Œil de la Photographie
About Photography
Bilderwald
Client magazine
LFI Leica Fotografie International magazine, 4/2026 (also in English)
Blind magazine
Black+White Photography magazine #313, 24 March 2026
Zero-Nine
Amateur Photographer, 30 June 2026
Lenscratch
Collector Daily
Conscientious Photography Magazine

Awards

Finalist of Encontros da Imagem - Photobook Award 2026
Selected for On the Shelf exhibition, 2026 Filter Photo Festival
Selected for Ephemere Photo Fest 2026 Photobook Exhibition
Longlisted for The Best German Book Design 2026
Shortlisted for the Photo España Best Photography Book of the Year Award
Winner of the Belfast Photo Festival 2026 Open Submission
Selected for the Paper Photo Award 2026 Exhibition