TUNBJOERK, Lars

About the Swedish photographer Lars TUNBJÖRK (1956-2015).

Lars TUNBJÖRK started his photographic career at the newspaper Stockholms-Tidningen. He later published in other newspapers before making his international breakthrough with his photo volume 'Landet utom sig/Country beside itself'. The photo volumes 'Office/Kontor' as well as 'Home' completed the trilogy in which he critically documented the commercialization of the Swedish welfare state. His photos are especially featured in the New York Times magazine. In 2004 he received the World Press Photo Award in the category 'Arts and Entertainment: Stories'. For his volumes 'Home' soiwe 'I love Boras' he was awarded the PHotoEspaña in 2003 and the German Photo Book Award in 2008 respectively. Lars TUNBJÖRK passed away in 2015 at the age of only 59.

Photo books by and with contribution by Lars TUNBJÖRK

  • 'Landet utom sig: bilder från Sverige / Country Beside Itself: Pictures from Sweden' (1993)
    'Office/Kontor' (2001)
    'Home' (2002)
    'I love Boras' (2007)
    'Vinter' (2007)
    'Every day' (2012)
    '3 - 3 Eksjö, Hjo, Nora' (2013, together with works by Pieter Ten HOOPEN and Elin BERGE)

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TUNBJÖRK, Lars - I love Boras!
TUNBJÖRK, Lars - I love Boras!
Lars TUNBJÖRK's images of an aimless journey through Sweden as a whole - supermarkets, parties, amusement parks, petrol stations, TV shows, food - show the dark & ​​hysterical view of modern Western society during the economic recession in the early 1990s
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TUNBJÖRK, Lars - Vinter
TUNBJÖRK, Lars - Vinter
In 'Vinter' Lars TUNBJÖRK documents how the Scandinavians perceive the winter months. With the project, he intended to survive the dark time of the year. His style, reserved humor and sense of absurd topics are unmistakable.
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TUNBJORK, Lars - Office
TUNBJORK, Lars - Office
The photographic study of Japanese, Swedish and American office culture by the Swedish photographer Lars TUBJÖRK is one of the more recent photo book classics that found its way into Parr/Badger's 'The photobook' as well as M. + M. Auers '802 photobooks'.
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TUNBJÖRK, Lars & Pieter ten HOOPEN & Elin BERGE - 3x3. Eksjö Hjo Nora
TUNBJÖRK, Lars & Pieter ten HOOPEN & Elin BERGE - 3x3. Eksjö Hjo Nora
'3x3' contains photo essays by Lars TUNBJÖRK, Pieter ten HOOPEN and Elin BERGE. By giving photographers from different parts of Sweden free hand for their impressions, the three cities want to add another layer of truth to all those that make up a society
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STRÖMHOLM, Christer - In Memory of Himself - IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP!
STRÖMHOLM, Christer - In Memory of Himself - IN ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP!
In addition to the prominent Swedish photographer's own work, the out-of-print photo volume 'In Memory of Himself' contains many Christer STRÖMHOLM portraits by some of the best European photographers such as Lars TUNBJÖRK, JH ENGSTRÖM and Anders PETERSEN
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Solo exhibitions
  • 1989: Fotograficentrum, Gothenburg, Sweden
    1990: Galleri Mira, Stockholm, Sweden
    1991: Fotohuset, Gothenburg, Sweden
    1993: Hasselblad Center as well as in Fotomässan, both Gothenburg
    1994: Nordiska museet, Stockholm; Bildmuseet Umeå; Landskrona Museum; Fotograficentrum, Örebro (all Sweden) as well as in the Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
    1995: Varbergs Museum, Sweden as well as at the International Center of Photography (ICP), New York
    1997: Riga Photographic Museum, Latvia and at Norrtälje Konsthall, Sweden
    1998: Galleri f48, Stockholm; Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen; and at Trollhättans Konsthall, Sweden
    1999: Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden; Galerie Vu, Paris; University of Strasbourg as well as in the Swedish Embassy, Tokyo
    2000: Sveaborg Artcenter, Helsinki as well as in the Galleri IFSAK, Istanbul
    2001: Image au Centre Festival, Bourges, France
    2002: Arbetets Museum, Norrköping, Sweden; Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark; Kulturhuset Stockholm; 'Home', Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg; Galerie Vu, Paris
    2003: Västerås Art Museum, Västerås, Sweden
    2004: Moscow Photobiennale, Moscow; Hembygd, Borås konstmuseum, Borås; Midlanda Konsthall, Timrå, (both Sweden); Swedish Embassy, Washington, D.C.,
    2005: Reykjavík Museum of Photography, Reykjavík
    2006: Brändström & Stene Gallery, Stockholm; I Karlskrona, Installation in the city of Karlskrona, Sweden
    2007: Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool; Galleri Kontrast, Stockholm; 'Winter/Home', Moderna Museet, Stockholm
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