freshfacedandwildeyed 2010

Swedish Photographer Anna Linderstam is on of 28 recently graduated photographers selected for this years freshfacedandwildeyed exhibition at the Photographers Gallery. Linderstam won the New Nordic Photography prize in 2007, and recently graduated from University for the Creative Arts in Farnham.

I got an email from the Gallery the other day saying that the guest list for the private view is full so I’m sure it will be very busy! The Exhibition is on from 14 May – 6 June, so unfortunately I’m gonna miss the exhibition… But the images will be shown online as well when the exhibition starts at the Photographers Gallery’s website.

Karen Knorr Exhibition

Went to a lovely market today with my housemate Holly, on our way back we walked passed a museum where Karen Knorr was exhibiting. Free entrance so we went inside to have a look, it turned out to be the museum where she took most of the photographs in the book “Fables”, which I did not know from the beginning! (all info in french..) The images are taken (most of them) and displayed at Musée Carnavalet, I have only seen the images in book form before so it was a really different experience to see the images in the original location. The lovely museum is housing the history of Paris. (all images taken without flash)

First day in Paris!

I’m in Paris now! Its very sunny and warm, loving it! I spend my first day visiting some touristy things, such as Notre Dame and The Louvre and got to know the area I live in a bit. Its all within walking distance and Notre Dame is just around the corner! Here are some snapshots from my olympus pocket camera! Took some photos with my Holga, but its gonna take a while before I will get them developed.

xto image awards exhibition

The xto image awards exhibition was just on at the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica. Unfortunately I couldn’t go as I needed to sort things out for Paris (and yes it was quite far away as well =p ). Yep that’s right I’m going to Paris soon, will be living and working in a studio in central Paris and will be there until the beginning of July! Here are some images from the Exhibition in Santa Monica! The exhibition was on from 1 April – 7 April.

Let’s Face It 6 – Exhibition

I’m currently in an exhibition called LET’S FACE IT 6 The Picture-Perfect Portraiture Exhibition at the 2010 LPA Awards, located at the Assembly Rooms in London. The exhibition and competition is organised by the London Photographic Association. The group exhibition is on until the 29th of May. You can read more about the exhibition and the Private View here. Here are some images from the Private View last night! Thank you to everyone who came, It was a great night!!

xto image awards

I just found out I won second prize in fine art photography in the 2010 xto image awards! Woho!

2010 Hasselblad Award Winner: Sophie Calle

French artist Sophie Calle from Paris has been selected as the 30th winner of the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography. Most of the exhibition that I wrote about in November will be on display at the Hasselblad Center at the Göteborg Museum of Art.

“For more than three decades, French artist Sophie Calle has been questioning and challenging the relationship between text and photography, private and public personae, truth and fiction, in a groundbreaking, utterly original way. Her conceptually oriented work depicts human vulnerability and examines the interrelationship between identity and intimacy as well as the construction of official history. It evokes narrative, affect and emotion in ways that at the same time touch the viewer deeply and makes her reflect on the possibilities as well as limits of photography. Her contribution to the understanding of the medium of photography has inspired younger generations of artists.”

The prize, consisting of SEK 1,000,000 (approximately EUR 100,000) a diploma and a gold medal will be presented to Sophie Calle on Saturday 30 October 2010 at a ceremony at the Göteborg City Theatre. They have not yet indicated for how long the exhibition is staying at the Hasselblad Centre, but I really hope it stays for a while so I will be able to make it there!

What’s for dinner?

Caribbean red snapper from Shepherds Bush Market

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2010

Current exhibition showing Zoe Leonard, Sophie Ristelheuber, Donovan Wylie as well as Anna Fox who was one of the judges at the New Nordic Photography 2008 exhibition in Gothenburg which I was a part of.

The Photographers’ Gallery 12.02.2010 – 17.04.2010

Exhibition Sunday

Tabula Rasa, John Stezaker at The Approach 29.01.2010 – 07.03.2010

The day the sky became my ground, AK Dolven at Wilkinson Gallery 20.01.2010 – 14.03.2010

The Works, Athi-Patra Ruga, FRED London 19.02.2010 – 21.03.2010