In 2015, MELK and the London-based publisher Black Dog Publishing jointly published the book New Scandinavian Photography. The aim of the publication was to present young Scandinavian artists who engage in a critical dialogue with photography as an art form and who both recognize and challenge the medium's traditional framework.

The exhibition is not intended to represent the book as such. Rather, the motivation has been to present a new project in which the various perspectives in the book are carried forward. The exhibition at Kunstnernes Hus also presents a new group of artists who explore photography both within and outside the framework of the media-specific discourse. They deal with material processes and ideas related to surface and depth, engage in dialogue with other media such as visual art, sculpture and film and actively use the exhibition space itself. With challenging, playful and seductive means, they show a photograph that seeks out new spaces and formats and that opens up for experimentation and the game of chance.

Emil Salto (DK), Linda Hofvander (SE), Kristina Bengtsson (SE), Sveinn Fannar Jóhannsson (NO), Markus von Platen (DK), Espen Gleditsch (NO), Sandra Vaka Olsen (NO), Flemming Ove Bech (DK), Kamilla Langeland (NO) and Linn Pedersen (NO).

Since 2009, MELK has curated just under 40 solo exhibitions in its exhibition spaces in Oslo and has organized group exhibitions, lectures and seminars at, among others, Akershus Kunstsenter, Fotogalleriet, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium and Astrup Fearnley. They have also participated in international art fairs such as the NYC Art Book Fair and Nofound Art Fair Paris.