Tag Archives: Swedish photographer
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Coming of Age – Hannah Modigh
Swedish photographer Hannah Modigh’s latest book addresses adolescent yearning and upheaval. The series “The Milky Way” depicts how girls and boys aged 12-16 approach each other, form groups, seek identity. This series was awarded the prestigious Scandinavian Photo prize by TT in 2013. Modigh is on of the up-and-coming photographers in Sweden. > MORE Hannah […]
Polar Chill: Gerry Johansson
In 2001, through a grant from the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Gerry Johansson (b. 1945, Swedish) travelled to the inaccessible and distinct landscape of Antarctica on a research trip for two months. With him on the journey he had a large-format camera and his fearless curiosity. The series of photos eventuate in an unusual reality […]
Summer breeze: Anton Renborg
Anton Renborg’s Corsican journey captures your heart. Lyrical and musical. We can only be in awe of this absolutely stunning production – book-wise and photography-wise. > MORE Anton Renborg: Notices de la Corse Designed by: Jesper Örtegren Text by: Natacha Wolinski ISBN: 9782350463179 Publisher: Filigranes Publ. year: 2014 Languages: English, French Pages: 64 Illustrations: 35 […]
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Meet the artist Anders Petersen in Stockholm – Limited Edition
For all you collectors out there, here’s a chance to buy something precious. This is a limited edition of 77 signed and numbered of the hardback volume in a slipcase including a signed and numbered print. The edition has 2 photographs, one for even and one for odd numbers. > MORE Anders Petersen [Limited Edition] […]
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Beyond the Neat Surface – Anders Petersen
It is in the outskirts of society Anders Petersen wanders with his camera. His subjects are outsiders, late-nighters, mental patients, prisoners and people slightly off the beaten path. This is a new retrospective book summarizes his career so far. Anders Petersen has delivered striking and difficult portraits consistently over the past 40 years and he […]
Finale Emilia – Anders Petersen: To Belong
“To Belong” is a project by renowned Swedish photographer Anders Petersen about the earthquake that affected the Emilia area in North Italy on May 20th, 2012. Harsh, warm and poetic. A young contortionist, a knotty tree trunk, two elderly people dancing in a ballroom. One year after the earthquake, Petersen’s photos create a small poem […]
Unheimlich: Martin Adolfsson – Suburbia Gone Wild
Money can buy a lot. But in ”Suburbia Gone Wild”, a project by Martin Adolfsson we are confronted with urban sameness. It’s a photographic study of the new upper middle class in emerging economies around the world. > MORE Martin Adolfsson: Suburbia Gone Wild: How Suburbia is Conquering the World Designed by: Larry Mayorga Foreword […]
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Smoking – Björn Larsson – Brandplats 3 [signed]
“Brandplats 3” is a powerful series of photographs by Swedish artist Björn Larsson, documenting the outcome of a major forest fire Stockholm County in 1999. Tyresta National Park lost some 10% of its area to the fire. Since the book is hand-scorched, there is a distinct smell of smoke. > MORE Björn Larsson – Brandplats […]
Me And Paris – JH Engström
JH Engström’s new book collects images spanning some 20 years taken in city he loves – Paris. There is a lot of passion, love and grind. (I keep thinking of Nan Goldin’s “The Other Side”). Sliding in and out of two points of view: personal diary and city portrait. Signed copies of “Sketch of Paris” […]
Dead Plates by Hans Gedda
Hans Gedda’s still lifes are remarkably captures in a stunning and wonderful book production by Livrasion. Mostly in black & white there is a glossy colour section midway into the book that changes the pace of the visual narrative. Numbered edition of 666 copies. “Dead Plates” is a collection of still life photography from 1975 […]
