How do you “read” really big photo books with page after page after page of images — front to back in one sitting? maybe flip through them to get an idea of what’s in there and then just poke around? Or do you look at some images, drop it, and come back later? Have you already forgotten the first image when you finally arrive at the last one? Is that even an issue? And then: do more images make each individual image have less meaning?

With all the many decisions that go into designing a photobook, the question of the sheer number of pages can shape many of the other choices: the kind of paper, the reliance on text, the rhythm of the book.

For this second look at “books with a lot of pages” — last month we dove into Mark Power’s 520-page book Fashion —we’ll be diving into JH Engström’s new career-spanning (and 672-page-spanning) book Dimma Brume Mist (published by Void) that crosses several decades, countries, and genres.