Edition 2009
Anders PETERSEN
Born in 1944 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Lives and works in Sweden.
Lives and works in Sweden.
In 1966, he met Christer Strömholm and became a student at his School of Photography in Stockholm. Strömholm was not just his teacher but also a close friend. Their friendship influenced him for life. In 1967 he starts photographing a bar called Cafe Lehmitz in Hamburg, where he had his first solo exhibition in 1970 with 350 photographs nailed to the wall, and a book was published later in 1978 in Germany. In 1973 he published his first book ”Gröna Lund”. In 1974 he graduated from the Swedish Filmschool, Dramatiska Institutet, in Stockholm. In 1984, the first trilogy, a book about locked institutions was published : PRISON - HOUSE FOR OLD PEOPLE - MENTAL HOSPITAL.
. After photographing the mental hospital for three years he turns himself towards a more free approach in a kind of diary like photography. In 2003 and 2004 Anders Petersen was appointed Professor of Photography in the School of Photography and Film, Göteborg, Sweden. He regularly has workshops and exhibitions throughout Europe, Asia and in the USA. He has received numerous grants and rewards since the seventies. 2003: elected as the Photographer of the Year by the International Photofestival, Arles. 2006: shortlisted as one of four for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2007. 2007: Special Prize of the Jury for his exhibition ”Exaltation of Humanity” by the third International Photofestival, Lianzhou, China. Anders Petersen has his darkroom in Stockholm, Sweden.
In 2008 he received the " Dr Erich Salomon Award " by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie, Germany
. After photographing the mental hospital for three years he turns himself towards a more free approach in a kind of diary like photography. In 2003 and 2004 Anders Petersen was appointed Professor of Photography in the School of Photography and Film, Göteborg, Sweden. He regularly has workshops and exhibitions throughout Europe, Asia and in the USA. He has received numerous grants and rewards since the seventies. 2003: elected as the Photographer of the Year by the International Photofestival, Arles. 2006: shortlisted as one of four for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2007. 2007: Special Prize of the Jury for his exhibition ”Exaltation of Humanity” by the third International Photofestival, Lianzhou, China. Anders Petersen has his darkroom in Stockholm, Sweden.
In 2008 he received the " Dr Erich Salomon Award " by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie, Germany
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