Anna Clarén
Anna Clarén (born 1972) is a Swedish photographer and educator.[1]
Holding (2006) won Best Photobook in the Swedish Photo Book Prize.[2] She has had solo exhibitions at The House of Culture[3] and Fotografiska in Stockholm,[4] and at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen in France.[5] Clarén's work is held in the collection of Moderna Museet in Stockholm.[6]
She leads the Nordens Folkhögskola Biskops-Arnö (Nordic Photography School).[7]
Early life and education[edit]
Clarén was born in 1972 in Valje, Sweden and grew up in Lund, Scania.[1][8]
She studied photojournalism from 1994 to 1996 at Nordens Folkhögskola Biskops-Arnö, Sweden.[1][9]
Life and work[edit]
Clarén worked as a photographer from 1997, including as a press photographer for Aftonbladet and Icakuriren, and making work for magazines and books.[1] She now leads the Nordens Folkhögskola Biskops-Arnö, where she has been a head teacher since 2006.[1][7]
Holding (2006) is a visual diary created over four months that "portrays the people and places in Clarén's immediate surroundings".[1] It is included in Parr and Badger's The Photobook: A History, Volume III,[10] where it is described as containing "portraits, interiors, still lifes and landscapes — that together seem to make up a mysterious narrative. The style is diffuse and the images high key, washed-out in colour and frequently blue-tinged, which suggests they have only one foot in reality, and that the narrative is raking through old memories, or is a dream."[10]
With Close to Home (2013) Clarén "documented herself as pregnant, her children, and the people and surroundings close to her home."[11]
When Everything Changed (2018) was made from the point her third child was diagnosed with autism; "we then follow the family and glimpse the different ways they deal with the situation", from 2013 to 2017.[12]
Publications[edit]
- Holding. Sweden: Journal, 2006. ISBN 978-9197577045.[13]
- Puppy Love. Sweden: Journal, 2009. ISBN 978-9197762564.
- Close to Home. Stockholm: Max Ström, 2013. ISBN 978-9171262677.[14][15]
- När allt förändrades / When Everything Changed[16]
- När allt förändrades. Stockholm: Max Ström, 2018. ISBN 978-91-7126-441-1.
- When Everything Changed. Stockholm: Max Ström, 2018. ISBN 9789171264428.
Exhibitions[edit]
Solo exhibitions[edit]
- Holding, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France, 2008/9[5]
- Holding, The House of Culture, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008[7]
- When Everything Changed, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden, 2018[17]
Group exhibitions[edit]
- A Way of Life: Swedish Photography from Christer Strömholm until Today, Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö, Sweden, 2014;[18] Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014/15.[19] With work by Christer Strömholm, Clarén, Martin Bogren, JH Engström, Kenneth Gustavsson, Gerry Johansson, Tuija Lindström, Anders Petersen, Inta Ruka, Gunnar Smoliansky, Lars Tunbjörk, and others.
Awards[edit]
- 2006: Holding won Best Photobook in the Swedish Photo Book Prize from the Swedish Association of Professional Photographers[7]
Collections[edit]
Clarén's work is held in the following public collection:
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden: 12 prints (as of August 2021)[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Featured photographers". Moderna Museet i Malmö. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Poetisk fotobok om kroppen fick pris". Svenska Dagbladet. 23 September 2006. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
- ^ "Film och foto av Clarén på Fotografiska". Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ Carling, Maria (1 April 2018). "Efter sonens diagnos: "Vi var en familj i fritt fall"". Svenska Dagbladet. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ a b "Anna Claren, Holding". Centre national des arts plastiques. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ a b "Works – Anna Clarén – Artists – Moderna Museet". sis.modernamuseet.se. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ a b c d Svensson, Karin (2 December 2007). "Foto: Anna Clarén". Svenska Dagbladet. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Anna Clarén – Galleri Final". Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "CV". Anna Clarén. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ a b Badger, Gerry; Parr, Martin (2014). The Photobook: A History Volume III. London: Phaidon. p. 269. ISBN 9780714866772.
- ^ "Hurry up to get Close to home with Anna Clarén". nordicstylemag.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Anna Clarén: When Everything Changed". Fotografiska. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Anna Clarén gillar kontrasterna på El Mundo". Dagens Nyheter. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ Henriksson, Sally (8 March 2013). "Clarén skildrar familjens skörhet". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ Spektra (6 March 2013). "Clarén skildrar familjens skörhet". Svenska Dagbladet. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Bokrecension: Känslokaos bearbetas med kameran". Dagens Nyheter. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Om det nära och vackra i livet". Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Aesthetica Magazine - Christer Strömholm: A Way of Life, Moderna Museet Malmö". Aesthetica. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ^ "A Way of Life". Moderna Museet i Stockholm. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
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