{"product_id":"a-loan-by-alfie-whiteman","title":"A Loan by Alfie Whiteman","description":"\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2025, aged 26 and in his prime, Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman retired from football. But back in 2021, he was still a professional athlete, slogging it out on loan at rural Swedish football team Degerfors IF. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStuck out in the Scandinavian countryside – isolated, alone and bored in a small town on the southern shore of Lake Möckeln – he started taking photographs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is ‘A Loan’, a project which captures the tedium, frustration and humour of life in the middle of nowhere for an athlete who was just starting to question everything. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis beautifully illustrated photobook is filled with surreal, funny, anxious images and diary entries from his time in Sweden. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is published by OOF and Somesuch Editions to coincide with Whiteman's debut exhibition at OOF Gallery (1 May - 27 September 2026).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e***\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRRP: UK: £20 | USA: $25.00 | EU: €23.00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eISBN: 978-1-0369-6006-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e96 pages | Dimensions: 300mm x 240mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinted by Zenith (UK)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somesuch \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57216458817913,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/2709\/5125\/files\/AF-A-LOAN-01.jpg?v=1778080337","url":"https:\/\/checkout.somesuch.co\/products\/a-loan-by-alfie-whiteman","provider":"Somesuch \u0026 Co","version":"1.0","type":"link"}