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01 December 2006

invited Guest: Gerry Johansson

Once again I am proud to present some of Gerry Johansson’s photographs on The F Blog. Below is four pictures from his book Sverige (Sweden, published 2005). Sverige is collection of photographs of Swedish cities and according to me a very fascinating photobook. As I earlier have written Gerry says about his pictures:

I photograph what I find beautiful. It might be a run-down part of the city put up in the seventies, or it may be a romantic landscape view of the countryside. I see my pictures as counterbalancing the images of doom and destruction propagated by the mass media.

Please also look at Gerry Johansson’s other pictures on the blog and also at his own homepage. This serie is also to be continued at The F Blog. Brålanda © Gerry Johansson. Charlottenberg © Gerry Johansson. Höganäs © Gerry Johansson. Malmberget © Gerry Johansson.
Invited by Fredrik Skott.

- invited guests , 1.12.06 
Very interesting photographs. All of them are very good. If I had to choose one it would be Höganäs, which is my favorite. Top class!

01 December, 2006 10:28 mats äleklint said...

The book "Sverige" is one of my favorite books, so its a delight to see your pictures on the f-blog again!

01 December, 2006 11:27 F said...

I must get the 'Sverige' book...must have it...

This is wonderful.


01 December, 2006 11:55 Ulf said...

Yes Höganäs is a favourite
you create a mood there
that is seldom seen in
a photograph

01 December, 2006 12:01 
I love them all...but if we are talking favorites mine is Brålanda!

01 December, 2006 13:24 
Yes I agree with Rhonda...Brålanda seem to be a surprising place!

01 December, 2006 14:40 j. s-g. said...

I remember the Sverige exhibition at Fotografins hus in Stockholm with great warmth. The way the photos were presented there, small prints in one single row around every wall and the place names written on the floor, is among my all time favorites - it seemed so congenial with the work itself, somehow.

Seeing a few of the images like this, makes for a new experience. I like this experience, too. The photos comes to mean different things, when viewed one and one, or only just a few at a time, than when viewed all together in a gallery or in the book. This way, the individual compositions takes a more pronounced center stage. I like it!

01 December, 2006 16:32 
Hi there again! I really like those photos a lot, the mood and the way you compose them. I saw two of yours at Fotomässan as well and they where great.


01 December, 2006 20:40 Espen said...

I like these alot, wonderful moods.
The caravan in 'Brålanda'
really takes on a living
beeing's expression to me,
I allways love that.
Great photos.

01 December, 2006 21:01 
I find this kind of photography very calm, not so much emotion involved. A bit Zen, I like that. It is beautiful in that calm kind of way.


01 December, 2006 21:25 abeku said...

Yes, I remember when J.S-g. and I visited the exhibition at Fotografins Hus. The whole series and the overview of all the small villages/towns in Sweden summarised it so well, there was a context emerging from north to south, a very Swedish context. Great work, Gerry!

01 December, 2006 21:38 
There is something about the compositions here that is hard to describe but I think perfect is a suitable word. I visited the exibition at Skeppsholmen aswell and was spellbound by the way you've handled the lines in the photos.


01 December, 2006 22:43 mikael said...

Nice to have you here again Gerry, impressive work indeed!

04 December, 2006 13:31