Tag Archives: Fotografiska

Exhibition at Fotografiska: Christer Strömholm

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© Christer Strömholm/BVS
 
Ten years after Christer Strömholm’s death, Fotografiska presents the exhibition CHR. The exhibition is a comprehensive retrospective of Christer Strömholm’s oeuvre consisting of over 150 photographs, including his classic images as well as works that have never been exhibited before, in addition to archival materials, objects, films, and sound recordings.

Strömholm is currently represented in several museums around the world such as MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and ICP in New York as well as the Pompidou Centre in Paris.

See the exhibition at Fotografiska, August 24 – November 25, 2012.
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Museums and attractions in Stockholm

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Stockholm is an eclectic blend of ultra-modern and medieval, offering everything from contemporary art and photography to the unique Vasa Museum, home of the 17th century Royal warship that sank on its maiden voyage.

We have gathered some suggestions on what to do in Stockholm. Check them out>>

Instawalk in Stockholm

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Do you dream of seeing your images in one of the leading photo museums? This weekend your dream can come true. Fotografiska, one of the world’s top photo museums invites you to participate in Stockholm Instawalk this Sunday. All you need is a smart phone and the photo app Instagram.

When and where: Sunday May 13 at 11:00 starting at Järntorget, Gamla Stan (Old Town). Free of charge. Sign up here.

The focus will be on finding unexpected photo opportunities and, yes, the images will be on display at Fotografiska! www.fotografiska.eu

Northern Women in CHANEL at Fotografiska

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Peter Farago & Ingela Klemetz-Farago

Northern Women in CHANEL
1 July – 11 September 2011
 
Fashion photography has perhaps captured the times like no other genre. In the suite Northern Women in CHANEL, photographer Peter Farago and stylist Ingela Klemetz-Farago have realized their dream of photographing classic creations by CHANEL.

In 2010 Farago, in close co-operation with CHANEL, was given the opportunity to choose among collections from 1920 up until today. Several well-known models from the Scandinavian and Baltic countries, such as Freja Beha Erichsen, Helena Christensen, Iselin Steiro, Edita Vilkeviciute, Sigrid Ågren, Suvi Koponen, Kirsi Phyronen, Carmen Kass, Siri Tollerod and Caroline Winberg, took part in the project and every creation and surrounding were picked specifically for each model.

This is a modern, contemporary staging of the classic garments. Farago’s personal style is prominent in the pictures, inspired by opera, dance and art. A unique universe is created, and every suite becomes a fashion fairy tale. In the images Scandinavian meets French. The result is an interesting meeting between timeless clothes and melancholy in a barren Scandinavian landscape.

Peter Farago was born in Hungary and started taking photos when he was four years old. Among other things he has done several covers for Russian Vogue. Ingela Klemetz-Farago comes from the music industry, but she soon started working as a stylist together with her husband Peter Farago. The couple works from Stockholm, New York and Paris.

Mademoiselle Chanel (1883-1971) was one of the previous century’s most influential fashion designers. Her life’s work is extensive, but she is perhaps best known for her opposition against standards and traditions. She created casual clothes for women, and trousers became as normal for women as they were for men. Today Karl Lagerfeld carries her name in fashion forward.

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The Invisible Man in Stockholm

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WE LOVE ART! This is happening right now in the center of Stockholm.
The Chinese artist Liu Bolin camouflages himself into the square Sergels Torg.

Liu Bolin is renown for his series of images entitled Hiding in the City. What makes these images unique is that Liu Bolin literally paints himself into each scene. His body resembles “camouflage”, thereby making Liu Bolin both present and absent in each photograph. These cleverly orchestrated images have earned him the name, the invisible man. However, the story of how these images came about is less than lighthearted.

Do not miss the fantastic Liu Bolin exhibition at Fotografiska.

The Invisible Man at Fotografiska
2 July – 11 September 2011

Robert Mapplethorpe at Fotografiska

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Robert Mapplethorpe 17 June – 2 October 2011

Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) is undoubtedly one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century. He was inspired by the sculpture of classical antiquity and the Renaissance, and translated this aesthetic to a time and culture of his own, namely New York’s gay scene in the 1980s.

The resulting images portray the beautifully lit unadorned bodies of muscular men. Moreover, Mapplethorpe depicted female nudes, various flowers, in addition to portraits of his friends and acquaintances such as Patti Smith, Louise Bourgeois, and Robert Rauschenberg.

Regardless of motif Mapplethorpe’s photographs continuously reflected the same formalist aesthetic for which he is known. Fotografiska is proud to present a retrospective of nearly 200 of these stunning prints, many which have never been exhibited in Sweden before.

Robert Mapplethorpe died of AIDS in 1989.

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Albert Watson at Fotografiska

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Albert Watson, Retrospektiv at Fotografiska. Photo by: Michael Björnlycke, Fotografiska

Albert Watson at Fotografiska: March 25 – June 12

Albert Watson’s images encompass every conceivable genre and technique and have made him one of the greatest in history. For the first time in Sweden, Fotografiska is presenting a massive and intense retrospective of Watson’s oeuvre featuring 120 photographs in an exhibition that is an intimate and grandiose presentation of this international photographer’s life and work. The exhibition presents unique images that have moulded our perception of fashion, commercialism, celebrities, photography and music for four decades.

We are proud that Fotografiska is one of the partners in Stockholm Gay & Lesbian Network. Visit www.fotografiska.eu for more information.


Albert Watson, Retrospektiv at Fotografiska. Photo by: Michael Björnlycke, Fotografiska

Sarah Moon 1 2 3 4 5 at Fotografiska

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Sarah Moon is a living legend. One of our most renowned contemporary photographers, filmmakers and artists. She has over the past 35 years, portrayed women, animals, buildings and nature in her original, magical universe.

Fotografiska, partner of Stockholm Gay & Lesbian Network, presents an exhibition of the most public and private images from Sarah Moon’s rich oeuvre. The exhibition 12345 features over 200 images and two video works – The Red Thread and Contact.

Read more at www.fotografiska.eu

Thomas & Brett in Stockholm

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I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. I sure did!

Thomas and Brett, the happy newlyweds and winners of Love is in the air US, left Stockholm today. We had so much fun the last couple of days. Yesterday we went to Fotografiska to see the exhibition Lady Warhol and meet the fantastic photographer Christopher Makos.

The Lady Warhol project is the result of two friends’ intense collaboration over a 48-hour period in 1981. Warhol was the model and Makos the photographer.

Christopher Makos

Fotografiska is the first to exhibit Lady Warhol by Christopher Makos. Eight wigs, two days work, sixteen contact sheets, and fifty photographs comprise this unique series of portraits that depict Andy Warhol’s transformation to his alter ego Lady Warhol.

Our lovely friend Magnus Lindbergh from VisitSweden and Christopher Makos.

Thomas & Brett

Thomas and Brett. So sweet! This photo is from a Millennium Tour at Södermalm.

Glassblowing at Skansen; Gay Stockholm

Thomas and Brett got to try glass blowing at Skansen. We also visited the Christmas market at Skansen, a must for all Stockholmers.

 

Fashion! at Fotografiska

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Fashion! is a new exhibition at Fotografiska, one of the world’s largest meeting places for contemporary photography.

The exhibition is based on Camera Work’s collection in Berlin, which received a great deal of attention the first time it was exhibited.

Over 200 photographs, of which a large number are vintage prints, created by 50 world renown photographers, make Fashion! one of the most comprehensive exhibitions of fashion photography in Europe. It is a spectacular odyssey through fashion photography’s visual world. From Man Ray’s experimental compositions from the 1920s, to icons such as Irving Penn and Richard Avedon to Steven Meisel and Peter Lindbergh’s cult of supermodels during the 1990s. Today’s fashion photography is represented by Steven Klein and Mikael Jansson, to name only a few.

In addition to a comprehensive description of fashion photography’s various styles and trends, the exhibition offers an overview of fashion history for the engaged visitor. The sexual revolution and the feminist movement is a reccurring theme throughout the fashion world of the 20th century, where stylists, photographers, fashion editors, and designers have consistently and tirelessly pushed the visual and functional boundaries of clothing construction and materials.

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