Thursday, June 10, 2021

Artist of the Day, June 10, 2021: Anders Petersen, a Swedish photographer (#1306)

Anders Petersen (1944) is a Swedish photographer, based in Stockholm. He makes intimate and personal documentary-style black and white photographs.

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

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. 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. One of the photographs from this series was used as the cover art for Tom Waits' album Rain Dogs.

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, 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. 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.

Petersen has had solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe and Asia. in 2019, he held a commissioned exhibition at the Liljevalchs konsthall.


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 Anders Petersen

1970, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

 1970, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

1970, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

1970, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

1970, Uschi with her husband, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

 1970, Kleinchen and Rose with Mona, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

1970, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

1970, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

1970, Kleinchen and Rose with Mona, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

1970, The Gothenburgman, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

 1970, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

1970, Marlene, Café Lehmitz, Hamburg

 1970, Uschi with man, Café Lehmitz,  Hamburg

1991, Venice

1995, Mental Hospital

 2005, Rome

2005, Sète

2005, Ste Etienne

2006, Paris Series

 2006, Paris Series

2006, Paris Series

2008, From Back home Photobook

2008, My mother

2009, From Back Home Photobook

2009, From Back Home Photobook

 2010, From the Gap Photobook

2010, From the Gap Photobook

2010,  From the Gap Photobook

 2010, From the Gap Photobook

2011 From Soho Photobook

2011 Soho Photobook

From the Stockholm Series

From the Stockholm Series

 From the Stockholm Series

From Veins Photobook

 From Veins Photobook

From Veins Photobook

 

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