Fine Art nominee

With an old Polaroid camera I preserve memories and fleeting contemplations. It freezes snapshots from life. A bird dies, a flower bursting out, winter passes and most of it goes on in silence. The images are photographed with a Polaroid film called Fade to Black. If left alone the polaroid images degrade and eventually fade entirely to black. I snap the shot and the chemistry slowly darkens the film in a gradient from blue-green tones to yellowish-browns over approximately 24 hours until the images turns black. I have to stop the degrading by destroying the polaroid, essentially separating the layers of the film and halting the chemical process inside. The expression can be affected but it is never possible to completely control. I am fascinated by the random as a part of the expression. It's like life, you can not control everything.

AWARDS/GRANTS
Wendela Prize – Honorable mention — 2022
Minimalist Photography Awards – Honorable mention, portrait category — 2022
Minimalist Photography Awards – Honorable mention, photomanipulation category — 2022
Travel grant from the Swedish Authors' Fund — 2022
Minimalist Photography Awards - Honorable mention — 2021
Three year working grant from the Swedish Authors' Fund — 2021
Grez-sur-Loing grant, Association of Swedish Professional Photographers — 2021
Minimalist Photography Awards - Honorable mention — 2020
Sony World Photography Awards, Open Creative, shortlist — 2020
One year working grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee — 2020
SIDA-grant (Publicistklubben) — 2020
Travel grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee — 2019
Travel grant from Swedish Authors' Fund — 2018
Travel grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee — 2018
One year working grant from Swedish Authors' Fund — 2016
Winner of PP Pensions' Photo Contest — 2012
One year working grant from Swedish Authors' Fund — 2012
Association of Swedish Professional Photographers - Kavalla grant — 2012
Scanpix Photo Prize nominee for "The Invisible” — 2005

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Abecita Popkonst & Foto ”In a WoMAN´s world” Borås — 2022
Gallery Kontrast ”In a WoMAN´s world” Stockholm — 2021
Rikstolvan ”Fade to Black” Simrishamn