Another interesting article about photography, from BBC. About the line not to cross in photojournalism. I have spent several days with colleagues at the Visa pour l’Image Perpignan, France. An international press photo festival. The discussions are very interesting. They as photo journalists have totally different standards for their jobs. Me, on the other hand, being a food and commercial photographer, I am most often expected to do images “better”. We have the same tools but different standards to follow. Stories about staged photos makes you think. We should all do that. Sometimes it is OK, but sometimes absolutely NOT. History will tell…
When photographers and objects meet things can happend that will leave traces. For very long. When Mary Ellen Mark met Amanda they formed a relation that still talks to us. Mary with her photography and Amanda with her expression, attitude. Here is the story about what happaned to Amanda. She is still thinking about the moments for the photographs and her contact with the photographer. The interesting article from npr.
It is summer in Sweden, and it is NOT “nothing much”. Flowers in the fields sending their delightful aromas. Just go out and inhale. Enjoy the colors. After a cold and dark winter this is important for us. The light, the sun and the warmth. Fill up with energy before next autumn and winter.
To me there is no question, but, not all photographs are art. So what is and what isn´t? It is up to you, and me of course. These are 2 articles from The Guardian about the subject. What would you be prepared to pay for that you couldn´t do yourself?
These 3 images changed my life years later with 9/11, when WTC was a target for a terror attack. These 2 images above were taken from the observation deck at World Trade Center. The one closest through the binoculars there. All with a small 35 mm Minox GT.
I would like to reblog this from Tommy Too since the thought is very interesting. We see different things looking at the same thing. All according to who we are and what our interests are.
I found these shapes, forms, patterns in Horten, Norway recently. Did other people also see the same things as I did?
I made these photographs some years ago, as you can see. Not knowing, or even dreaming, what was going to happen to the world. This is a series photographed with a small Minox 35mm camera, big as a cigarette box. Nothing special today, but back then it was. The series is all about Empire State Building. Seen from various positions in New York.
New York. View from observation deck World Trade Center.
You can see that these projects, themes, that I am working on is not something new. Concentrating on a theme I try to see things from as many different views as I can.
Empire State Building. View through binoculars at observation deck World Trade Center.
Just as you press the button it becomes a thing of the past. Sometimes more than you can imagine.
Empire State Building. The top.There is only one color image in the series.On the way to the airport.
I have not visited NY for many years. It would be great to go there again and to work on a new series.
Empire State Building seen in limousine window.New York, Manhattan. Empire State Building.
This picture of Empire State Building is special. It was made leaning my camera against my shoe. Not knowing precisely what I was aiming at. This is one out of 5 exposures. People passing were looking at me wondering what I was doing.
Looking back on my oldest blogs I came upon this, my very first. Created years ago in 2014. I have decided to republish this text since Fredrik Malmstedt is still a very good friend and recently he overtook my old studio. He is creating a kitchen studio together with his cousin Magnus. A place for education, tasting and festivities. It is called Malmstedt Matstudio. I realized how up to date this old blog still is.
I have not been blogging every week or month, but I realize that I have published a lot of thoughts and images during the years. I am still working with the culinary teams and are having a really good time with my photography. Professional and private.
Here is my very first blog. Again. Now translated into English.
Hi!
After a lot of thinking I have decided to start blogging. I am a professional photographer and in business since many years. Today perhaps one of a very few with a studio of my own. I photograph a lot of pictures for cookbooks, advertising and editorial . Some of my clients are The Swedish Culinary teams. Seniors and juniors. Swedish National Pastry Team. I studied photography in Solna for Calldick Lundblad. After photography school I attended Beckmans, Art, graphics and advertising school.
I have attended various educations in Sweden and abroad. My first contact with Photoshop was through Image Bank in New York. When SFF, Swedish Photographers Association, started authorizing photographers in digital publishing, in 2002, I was there.
Photography is today totally different from when i started out, but it is still so fun and exciting. My blog will be about photography, of course, but not much tips about technique. More about images and other things concerning a professional photographers every day. I will be looking forward, but sometimes also in the other direction. You should always look both ways, I think.
Welcome!
Images above for Smak av Gotland. Chef Fredrik Malmstedt created the dishes.
On a photographers mind 