About
I am a photographer living on the countryside in the south of Sweden. I have been painting and creating mostly abstract paintings all my life, but since 2016 I found a passion for photography.
I started with mainly minimalistic black&white photos with architectural and coastal motifs. Three years ago during the pandemic I started to explore and photograph local woodlands, which was challenging but very interesting. I guess I needed to come outdoor often and quickly, tired of endless video meetings in my main business at home.
Photographing in the forest turned out to be very challenging but interesting.
Finding an interesting composition in forests was quite difficult in the beginning. But I spend a lot of time walking in local forest together with my dog and camera to find interesting scenes and I slowly learned to find the right weather and light conditions.
As I live in a rural part of Skåne county, most of my landscape photos are taken from there. Most forest photos are from local forests. For example, Torupsskogen, Häckeberga and Bökeberg, are located about 2-15 km from my home.
To take photographs in forests is for me is meditative. I work very slowly and do not take so many photos on a hike. I enjoy the nature together with my dog and to explore the surroundings and different compositions before trying to create an image with my camera.
I enjoy working with my images from capture, to editing and finally printing.A large and essential part of my work is the editing phase of the work in order to express the intentional atmosphere and mood of the image.
I also made a lot of effort on the printing process. I have a home print studio with 17 inch and 24-inch printers. Since 2020 I work with Fujifilm medium format cameras which allow me to make large prints
I have a collaboration with Kliger Art Gallery in Lund where some of my photographs are exhibit.
Selected Publications
Fotografer och Fotokonst. Online exhibition February 2021
Tagree- Online magazine for Photography&Art 2019 By the Water -By Mats Reslow
1x.com Yearbook X. 2017
Cameropixo Photography Magazine We Inspire No 20 2017
Featured profile ND magazine. April 2017
Best of Architecture Camerapixo. 2016
Cameropixo Photography Magazine We Inspire No 12. 2016
Pentaprism magazine #13. 2016
Cameropixo. Being Published Matters. Vol 2. 2016
Stark Magazine No 44. 2016
Stark Magazine No 41 2015
Cameropixo 24/7 Black&White Photography Magazine Vol2.
Awards
International Color Awards. Nominee in Nature category 2023
International Color Awards. Nominee in Nature category 2022
Minimalist Photography Awards. Two honourable mentions in Fine Art and Long Exposure category 2020
Black&White Spider Awards. Nominee in Fine Art category 2019
Black&White Spider Awards. Three nominations in Fine Art category 2017
Neutral Density Photography Awards. Four honourable mentions 2017
Tokyo International Foto Awards 3rd place in the category Architecture-Buildings 2016
Monochrome Photography Awards. Five honourable mentions 2016
Neutral Density Photography Awards. Five honourable mentions 2016
Black&White Spider Awards . Three nominations 2016
International Photography Awards. Four honorable mentions. 2016
Fine Art Photography Awards. Three nominations 2016
Moscow International Foto Awards. Eight honorable mentions. 2016
International Photographer of the year Awards. Honorable mention 2015
Cameropixo 24/7 Black&White Photography Magazine Vol2. Editors Choice Award 2015
International Photography Awards. Three honorable mentions. 2015
Cameropixo 24/7 Black&White Photography Magazine Vol1. Two Editors Choice Awards. 2015
Stark Awards. Honourable mention. 2015
Exhibitions
Kronovalls Castle, Skåne Solo exhibition July 2023
Affordable Art Fair Exhibition Amsterdam October 2022
Forest Lights. Solo exhibition October 2022. Kliger Art Gallery, Lund Sweden
Affordable Art Fair Exhibition Stockholm April 2022
Ordning i Kaos. Solo exhibition. October 2021 Kliger Art Gallery, Lund Sweden
Introduce Yourself. Group Exhibition Apr-May 2021 Kliger Art Gallery, Lund , Sweden
Stark Awards exhibition at Dales Art Gallery Victoria Canada. March 7-31 2015
Solo exhibition "Öresund-Long Time Exposures" Gallery Närbild, Lund Sweden 10-28 January 2015