Context Photo
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For contacts please drop me an email at martin@contextphoto.com, call me at +46 736 22 76 00 or use the contact form below.
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About Contextphoto
Good photos contain a story built by their inner and outer context. From the context, the story can be obvious or it is created in the mind of the beholder. To get the storytelling going I typically add titles to each photo. For albums and new projects I also create blog posts.
I live to learn and appreciate any comments you may have on the photos, please send me a note or use the Disqus area below. Also, if you like what you see please do not hesitate to send me an email (martin@contextphoto.com) with a specific request.
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Below is a selection of customers that have commissoned my images for web or print
About me
I am a photographer, based in Sweden and on this site I show some of my work, both commissioned and personal projects. I started shooting B&W film in 1980. I hold an MA, Entrepreneurship in the Arts - photography, from Novia University of Applied Sciences (2022), Jakobstad, Finland and a BA in photography, from the same university.
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Workshops and classes
- 2022 Climate Change - An Interdisciplinary Perspective, Stockholm University
- 2020 Art History, Stockholm University
- 2019 The Philosophy of Photography IV, The image of the city, Karlstad University
- 2019 From still image to video, workshop with Swedish film maker Cleas Gabrielsson
- 2019 Visuell gestaltning, with Anna Clarén, Biskops Arnö
- 2019 George Holz- The art of the portrait, Alingsås
- 2018 The Philosophy of Photography II, The Narrative Technique of the Photograph, Karlstad University
- 2017 Masterclass Portrait Photography, with Knut Koivisto, Fotografiska, Stockholm
- 2017 Portrait photography, with Knut Koivisto, Fotografiska, Stockholm
- 2016 Photographic vision, with Hannah Goldstein, Fotografiska, Stockholm
- 2016 The Philosophy of Photography I, Introduction, Karlstad University
- 2016 Lighting, workshop with David Bicho on Light and Studio lighting, Stockholm
- 2015 A photographic year with Göran Segeholm, at Fotografiska, Stockholm
- 2014 Street photography workshop with Eric Kim, Stockholm
- 2014 Advanced digital photography for portfolio, Umeå university
- 2014 Street photography Workshop with Marcus Johansson, icepic.se
- 2014 Digital Image Processing, School of Education & Communication, Jönköping University
- 2013 Photograph Nature, workshop with Sergan Günes at Fotografiska, Stockholm
- 2013 Visual Communication, School of Education & Communication, Jönköping University
- 2013 Photography II (Image), with Göran Segeholm, at Fotografiska, Stockholm
- 2012 Digital photography and Image theory, Royal Institute of Art/Stockholm University
Books
In the poetry book Haiku in the Anthropocene experimental photographs from my BA thesis, showing mans’ traces in nature, accompany Anna Gerges poems. Published 2022 by Sidan förlag, Vaxholm.
Stockholmsporträtt - Unika butiker / Stockholm Portraits - Unique shops. I have portrayed 30 retailers and enthusiast shopkeepers in the Stockholm area in a personal project. See some of the photos and read about the project here.
Solo Exhibitions
- 2019 Sep 2- Sep 26, Stockholm Portraits - Unique shops, Stockholm city library
- 2019 Feb 27 - March 17, Stockholm unique shopkeepers, Kulturhuset Fanfaren, Farsta library
Exhibitions
- 2023 Salong Centrum för fotografi (CFF), Stockholm - Yin & Yang
- 2023 Planket, Lilla Mejtens gränd, Stockholm - A Stockholm memoir
- 2023 Vårsalong, Vaxholm art union - The End of Winter
- 2022 Still Human, White Box gallery, Jakobstad MA class exhibition - The End of Winter
- 2022 Salong Centrum för fotografi (CFF), Stockholm - The End of Winter
- 2022 Prometheus, Jakobstad, Finland - The End of Winter
- 2022 Planket, Lilla Mejtens gränd, Stockholm - The End of Winter
- 2022 Y/OUR Eyes, FLAK, Patreksfjörður, Iceland - The End of Winter
- 2022 Vårsalong, Vaxholm art union - When we are gone
- 2021 Västerbottens museum, Dokumentärfotosalong, Umeå - Project Graffiti artist portraits
- 2021 Salong Centrum för fotografi (CFF), Stockholm - When we are gone
- 2020 Salong Centrum för fotografi (CFF), Stockholm - Vaxholm Corona diary
- 2020 Fria Fotografers Filial (digital), Kulturhuset-Stadsteatern, Stockholm - Stockholm Corona diary
- 2019 Salong Centrum för fotografi (CFF), Stockholm - Triptych: Impressions
- 2019 Planket, Lilla Mejtens gränd, Stockholm - Project When we are gone
- 2019 Fria Fotografers Filial, Kulturhuset-Stadsteatern, Stockholm - Portraits Ersta hospital
- 2018 Salong Centrum för fotografi (CFF), Stockholm - Portraits Ersta hospital
- 2018 Arbetets museum, dokumentärfotosalong, Norrköping - Street photography
- 2018 Vårsalong, Vaxholm art union - Project Fifty shades of water
- 2017 Salong Centrum för fotografi (CFF), Stockholm - Project Unique stores
- 2017 Arbetets museum, dokumentärfotosalong, Norrköping - Project Unique stores
- 2015 Vårsalong, Vaxholm art union - Cityscapes
- 2014 Vårsalong, Vaxholm art union - Street photography