Anna Clarén Explained
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 (Nordic Photography School).[7]
Early life and education
Clarén was born in 1972 in Valje, Sweden and grew up in Lund, Scania.[1] [8]
She studied photojournalism from 1994 to 1996 at, Sweden.[1] [9]
Life and work
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
- Holding. Sweden: Journal, 2006. .[13]
- Puppy Love. Sweden: Journal, 2009. .
- Close to Home. Stockholm: Max Ström, 2013. .[14] [15]
- När allt förändrades / When Everything Changed[16]
- När allt förändrades. Stockholm: Max Ström, 2018. .
- When Everything Changed. Stockholm: Max Ström, 2018. .
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- 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
- 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
- 2006: Holding won Best Photobook in the from the [7]
Collections
Clarén's work is held in the following public collection:
Notes and References
- Web site: 2021-08-10. Featured photographers. Moderna Museet i Malmö.
- News: 2021-08-11. Poetisk fotobok om kroppen fick pris. Svenska Dagbladet. 23 September 2006. 1101-2412.
- Web site: 2021-08-10. Film och foto av Clarén på Fotografiska. Sydsvenskan.
- News: Maria. Carling. 2021-08-10. Efter sonens diagnos: "Vi var en familj i fritt fall". Svenska Dagbladet. 1 April 2018. 1101-2412.
- Web site: 2021-08-10. Anna Claren, Holding. Centre national des arts plastiques.
- Web site: 2021-08-10. Works – Anna Clarén – Artists – Moderna Museet. sis.modernamuseet.se.
- News: Karin. Svensson. 2021-08-10. Foto: Anna Clarén. 2 December 2007. 1101-2412. Svenska Dagbladet.
- Web site: 2021-08-10. Anna Clarén – Galleri Final.
- Web site: 2021-08-10. CV. Anna Clarén.
- Book: Gerry. Badger. Martin. Parr. Gerry Badger. Martin Parr. The Photobook: A History Volume III. 2014. London. Phaidon. 9780714866772. 269.
- Web site: 2021-08-10. Hurry up to get Close to home with Anna Clarén. nordicstylemag.com.
- Web site: 2021-08-10. Anna Clarén: When Everything Changed. Fotografiska.
- Web site: 2021-08-10. Anna Clarén gillar kontrasterna på El Mundo. 20 December 2006. Dagens Nyheter.
- Web site: Sally. Henriksson. 2021-08-10. Clarén skildrar familjens skörhet. 8 March 2013. Göteborgs-Posten.
- News: Spektra. 2021-08-10. Clarén skildrar familjens skörhet. Svenska Dagbladet. 6 March 2013. 1101-2412.
- Web site: 2021-08-10. Bokrecension: Känslokaos bearbetas med kameran. 30 April 2018. Dagens Nyheter.
- Web site: 2021-08-10. Om det nära och vackra i livet. Sydsvenskan.
- Web site: 2021-08-09. Aesthetica Magazine - Christer Strömholm: A Way of Life, Moderna Museet Malmö. Aesthetica.
- Web site: 2021-08-09. A Way of Life. Moderna Museet i Stockholm.