New Scandinavian Photography

Since the late 1980s Scandinavian photography has evolved into an internationally recognised scene, with the 1990s seeing a marked shift from documentary photography towards a discourse within fine art. With a particular focus on work emerging in the last ten years, New Scandinavian Photography highlights this ever-changing scene, profiling a new generation of contemporary artists using photography as their key mode of expression. Through academic text and interviews, the book explores photography as a medium, addressing the technical and material properties of photography in the context of fine art and pan-media practice with a focus on the exhibition room as well as printed matter. ‘New Scandinavian Photography’ features a range of innovative artists, including Asger Carlsen, Morten Andenaes, Thora Dolven Balke and Emil Salto, who challenge the idea of the photographer as technician and aesthetician with their approach to the medium. By introducing both established and emerging artists who have continued to challenge the medium in varying ways, the book seeks to highlight the diversity of this new era of Scandinavian photography. AUTHOR: Bjarne Bare is a Polish-born photographer and curator living and working in Oslo. His pictures are from all over the world, and he has a keen eye for unforeseen observations and moods. He is co-founder of MELK, an ongoing initiative and project-space based in Oslo, which focuses on promoting new Scandinavian photography.
Behzad Farazollahi is an artist, curator and co-founder of MELK. He is based in Oslo but has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Norway, Sweden, UK and Argentina.