Christer Strömholm
Christer Strömholm (22 July 1918 in Stockholm – 11 January 2002 in Stockholm), also known by the pseudonym Christer Christian, was a Swedish photographer and educator. He is known for his intimate black and white street photography portrait series.
Life and career
Strömholm was a student of art under Waldemar Winkler and Dick Beer.[1] He was a member of Otto Steinert's Fotoform group of photographers for subjective photography.[2]
He co-founded Fotoskolan academy in Stockholm in 1962 and was its director.[3]
He is noted for his depictions of transsexuals in the Place Blanche area of 1950s' Paris, published as Les amies de Place Blanche.[4] The critic Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian, said he "is known as the father of Swedish photography both for his abiding influence and for his role as a teacher."[4]
In 1998 Strömholm received the 1997 Hasselblad Award. The award citation described him as "one of Scandinavia's leading photographers, and [...] the first post-war photographer to gain international renown".[2]
Books
- Poste Restante. P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, 1967. With a transcript of an interview with Strömholm, "Before the Photographs." Swedish-language edition.
- Stockholm: Art & Theory, 2016. ISBN 9789188031365. With a transcript of an interview with Strömholm, "Before the Photographs." English-language edition.
- Les Amies de Place Blanche. ETC Sweden, 1983
- Kloka ord (Wise Words). Legus, 1997. ISBN 978-9-188192-42-4. A collection of aphorisms and work notes.
- Imprints. Hasselblad Center, 1998. ISBN 9163064839
- Nueve Segundos De Mi Vida. Mexico: Conaculta / Centro de la Imagen, 1999. ISBN 978-9701829301
- On Verra Bien. Bildverksamheten Strömholm & Färgfabriken, 2002. ISBN 91-973787-6-3
- Christer Strömholm. Photo Poche. Arles, France: Actes Sud, 2006. ISBN 978-2-742760-26-8
- Poste Restante. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2011. ISBN 978-3-865212-20-7
- Les Amies de Place Blanche. Stockport, Cheshire: Dewi Lewis, 2012. ISBN 978-1-907893-15-5; and Villejuif, France: Aman Iman, 2013. ISBN 2953391053. Re-edited from the original edition.
- Post Scriptum Christer Strömholm. Stockholm: Max Strom, 2013. ISBN 978-9-171262-49-3
Exhibitions
- Les Amies de Place Blanche, International Center for Photography, New York, 2012.[5]
References
- ↑ "Press release: Christer Strömholm is awarded the Hasselblad Foundation International Photography Prize for 1997" (PDF). Hasselblad Foundation. September 30, 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 9, 2011.
- 1 2 "Christer Strömholm". Hasselblad Foundation.
- ↑ "Les Amies de Place Blanche". LensCulture. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- 1 2 Sean O'Hagan (2 March 2012). "Les amies de Place Blanche by Christer Strömholm – review". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Christer Strömholm: Les Amies de Place Blanche". International Center for Photography. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
External links
Note: This article contains content from the Swedish-language edition of Wikipedia