City Faces ~ Stockholm's City Museum

In the 1860s, portrait photography exploded in Stockholm. Studios opened, photo albums became fashionable, and everyone wanted to be immortalized: maids, wholesalers, factory workers, and sailors. The City Museum's collection preserves 400,000 of these faces. But who were they?

In an interdisciplinary project, historical photographs have been linked with biographical data about Stockholm residents from 1860—1930. Using digital facial recognition, previously unknown faces have been examined and identified.

Now you can meet some of these individuals in an exhibition about photography, memory, power, and mystery.

And dont miss to try Bosco - The Magical Machine.

The exhibition is the result of the project "City Faces", funded by the Swedish Research Council.

Opening

March 11. At Stockholm's City Museum. Free admission

Link: stadsmuseet

Week 10 ~ Hometown

 

Week 10 ~ Hometown: Tell us the story of your hometown. It could be a famous landmark, something the town is known for, or even just your favorite place to relax.

This week was an easy choice "Fotografiska".

Can beautiful Victoria cinema be my landmark?

 

Link: filmstaden.se/stockholm/biograf/victoria

The light finally returns after a long winter (17:08)

 

Who will receive the Hasselblad Prize in 2026?

 

On March 6, at 06:30, we will announce this year's recipient of the Hasselblad Prize! Stay tuned on our website and our social media Instagram and Facebook. 

Photography's greatest prize

The Hasselblad Prize winner is awarded not only the honor, but also the world's largest photography prize of 2 million kronor, a gold medal and a diploma. As an extra gift, the winner also receives a camera from the company Hasselblad. 

Prize winners

Since 1980, the Hasselblad Prize has been awarded to photographers who have made groundbreaking contributions to photography. Over the years, the prize has honored some of the most influential photographers in the world, including: Lennart Nilsson (1980), Richard Avedon (1991), Cindy Sherman (1999) and last year's laureate Ingrid Pollard.

This is the text I received from the Hasselblad Foundation newsletter. hasselbladfoundation

Fingers crossed that it goes to someone who has really inspired me, like Anton Corbijn.

Week 9 ~ Mood

Your Artistic Inspiration this week is the mood you are feeling today. 

Take that mood and use it to create art. My picture was of broken glass.

Fill The Frame ~ Street Photography Documentary by Tim Huynh

 

I know I've seen this documentary before. But it's so inspiring and in two weeks the theme of Dogwood 52 weeks challenge will be "Fill the frame" so its perfect now when im home sick.

I can really recommend you to see it.

Fill The Frame Documentary - Word on The Street Photo