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Anders Petersen (photographer)

Anders Petersen (born 1944)[1] is a Swedish photographer,[2] based in Stockholm. He makes intimate and personal documentary-style black and white photographs.[2] Petersen has published more than 20 books. He has had exhibitions at Bibliothèque nationale de France, Liljevalchs konsthall, MARTa Herford, and Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Moderna Museet in Stockholm.

Anders Petersen
Anders Petersen in 2014
Born1944 (age 79–80)
NationalitySwedish
OccupationPhotographer
Websitewww.anderspetersen.se

Biography edit

Petersen studied photography under Christer Strömholm[3] in Sweden from 1966[2] to 1967. He is noted for his intimate and personal documentary-style black-and-white photographs.[2]

For three years beginning in 1967 he photographed the late-night regulars (prostitutes, transvestites, drunks, lovers and drug addicts) in Café Lehmitz, a bar in Hamburg, Germany.[4] The resulting photobook was first published in 1978 by Schirmer/Mosel in Germany. Café Lehmitz has since become regarded as a seminal book in the history of European photography.[5] One of the photographs from this series was used as the cover art for Tom Waits' album Rain Dogs.[5]

Petersen's first book Gröna Lund (Green Grove), which was published in 1973, is set in the amusement park of Gröna Lund situated on an island.

In 1970 Petersen co-founded SAFTRA, the Stockholm group of photographers,[6] with Kenneth Gustavsson. At the same time, he taught at Christer Strömholm's school. He has been director of the Göteborg School of Photography and Film.[7] He began to photograph for magazines, and continued his personal photo diary work, which continues to this day. He has photographed for extensive periods of time in prisons, mental asylums, and elderly care homes.

Publications edit

  • Gröna Lund = Green Grove.
    • Stockholm: Fyra Förläggare, 1973. Text by Arnaud Cottebrune.
    • Villejuif, France: Aman Iman, 2009. ISBN 978-2-9533910-2-2. Edition of 300 copies.
    • Villejuif, France: Aman Iman, 2013. ISBN 979-10-92727-02-9.
    • Pyramyd Editions, 2013. French-language version.
  • Café Lehmitz.
  • Fängelse = Prison. ETC; Stockholm: Norstedts Förlag, 1984. ISBN 978-9118441325. Text by Leif G. W. Persson.
  • Rågång till Kärleken = On the line of love. Stockholm: Norstedts Förlag, 1991. ISBN 91-1-913062-7. Text by Göran Odbratt.
  • Karnevalen i Venedig ETC Förlag, 1991.
  • Ingen har sett allt = Nobody has seen it all. 1995.
  • Du Mich Auch = Same to you. Stockholm: Journal, 2002. ISBN 91-973629-2-1
  • Close/Distance. 2002.
  • Anders Petersen. Photo Poche No. 98. Arles, France: Actes Sud, 2004. ISBN 2-7427-4964-0.
  • Roma, a diary. 2005.
  • Sète # 08. France: Images En Manœuvres Editions - CétàVOIR, 2008. ISBN 978-2-8499-5118-7/[8]
  • French kiss Stockport, Cheshire: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2008.
  • Dear Diary. 2009.
  • From Back Home. Stockholm: Max Ström, 2009. ISBN 978-9171261649. With JH Engström. Edited by Greger Ulf Nilson.
  • City Diary. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2009. In three volumes. ISBN 978-3-86521-536-9.
  • Strange Evidence. Self-published / Createspace, 2012. ISBN 978-1456563738. Contains the images from the exhibition Mark Cohen: Strange Evidence curated by Peter Barbiere at the Philadelphia Museum of Art 2010/2011.
  • Rome, a diary 2012. Rome: Punctum, 2012. Edition of 40 copies.
  • Soho. London: Mack and The Photographers' Gallery, 2012. ISBN 978-1-907946-22-6.[9][10]
  • Veins. With Jacob Aue Sobol. Stockport, Cheshire: Dewi Lewis, 2013. ISBN 978-1-907893-45-2.[11]
  • Rome Collected photographs from three trips to Rome in 1984, 2005 and 2012. Curated by Marco Delogu in collaboration with Flavio Scollo.
    • Rome. Paperback. Köln: Walther König; Rome: Punctum, 2014. ISBN 978-3863354619.
    • Rome. Hardback. Köln: Walther König; Rome: Punctum, 2014. Edition of 150 copies with signed print.

Exhibitions edit

Awards edit

Collections edit

Petersen's work is held in the following permanent collections:

References edit

  1. ^ "Anders Petersen". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Sean O'Hagan (journalist) (4 November 2013). "Veins: a Scandinavian photobook full of blood, nudity and human strangeness". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Anders Petersen's best photograph: the denizens of Cafe Lehmitz". The Guardian. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Anders Petersen on Soho, Cafe Lehmitz, and intention | 1854 Photography". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b Bowcock, Simon (21 December 2016). "Reeperbahn rendezvous: the glorious dive bar photos of Anders Petersen". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Les mirages en marge d'Anders Petersen". Le Monde.fr (in French). 8 March 1978. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Anders Petersen - BMW- Paris Photo Prize 2010". Parisphoto.fr. 25 July 2010. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  8. ^ "Photos. "Le Monde 2" : Regard sur Sète, par Anders Petersen". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Anders Petersen's Soho - in pictures". The Guardian. 12 May 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Photography: Soho, By Anders Petersen". The Independent. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  11. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (4 November 2013). "Veins: a Scandinavian photobook full of blood, nudity and human strangeness". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  12. ^ "From Back Home". National Science and Media Museum. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Anders Petersen. Rome, a diary 2012 | Macro Asilo - Museo Macro | Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma". www.macroasilo.it. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  14. ^ "A corps et à cru". Le Monde.fr (in French). 29 November 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Anders Petersen – Retrospective". Marta Herford. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Anders Petersen – Stockholm". Liljevalchs. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Noorderlicht / Photogallery / Café Lehmitz". Noorderlicht.com. 28 January 2005. Archived from the original on 1 July 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  18. ^ "Anders Petersen". HUH. Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  19. ^ Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2007 Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  20. ^ "The Dr. Erich Salomon Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh)". Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie e.V.
  21. ^ Les Rencontres d'Arles Rencontres d'Arles: expositions, stages photo / exhibitions, photo workshops Archived 14 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France. Accessed 14 May 2014
  22. ^ "Winners of The Paris Photo—Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards 2013". Aperture. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Works – Anders Petersen – Artists – Moderna Museet". modernamuseet.se. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Anders Petersen: Swedish, born 1944". Museum of Modern Art.

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