“Whether it’s an acid portrait of Sweden, of the nightmarish world of offices, or the distressing uniformity of suburban residential areas, or the situation of marginalized people in a country vaunted for its social protection system, in a strange city near the Arctic Circle, Lars Tunbjörk has completely left behind the black and white of his early years.
He was working at the time for daily and weekly newspapers. Today he only rarely responds to media requests. All of his energy is focused on the exploration of color, which he handles with a deep knowledge learned from the American photographers of the 1970s. This is the starting point for an interrogation of the world, more a series of questions than findings. He develops them without pessimism, but with undeniable affliction, which he treats with a scathing sense of humor.”
Christian Caujolle, extract from Photopoche VU’, 2006
Lars Tunbjörk was born in 1956 in Borås, Sweden. He lives in Stockholm and is represented by the Galerie VU’. In 1982 he was named Swedish Photography of the Years. His photographs hang in the Centre Pompidou and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, both in Paris.
EXHIBITION
September 8 – November 4, 2012
Galerie Nationale de la Tapisserie
22, rue Saint-Pierre
60000 Beauvais
France
BOOK
Every day, by Lars Tunbjörk ; text by Christian Caujolle
Diaphane éditions
ISBN 978-2-86424-883-5
