Lars Tunbjörk

Lars Tunbjörk
Lars Tunbjörk at the 48th Guldbagge Awards in 2013
Born	15 February 1956 Borås, Sweden
Died	8 April 2015 (aged 59) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	photographer
Years active	1971–2015

Lars Tunbjörk (15 February 1956 – 8 April 2015)^[1] was a Swedish photographer known for his "deadpan portraits of office spaces and suburban lifestyles".^[2][3]

Background

Tunbjörk was born in the small Swedish town Borås, a town which was a big influence for his work during his entire career. Among his early inspirations was Swedish photographers as Christer Stromholm as well as Americans like William Eggleston. His photographs can be find in collections at the Museum of Modern Art, the Centre Pompidou and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. Tunbjörk was a member of L’Agence Vu and worked for publications like The New York Times Magazine, Time, GEO, among others.^[4]

Exhibitions

• 1993 Hasselblad center, Gothenburg
• 1994 Nordiska museet, Stockholm
• 1995 International Center of Photography (Midtown), New York, USA
• 1998 Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1999 Galerie Vu, Paris, France
• 2002 Arbetets museum, Norrköping
• 2002 Kulturhuset, Stockholm
• 2002 ’’Home’’, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg
• 2004 Moskva Fotobiennal, Russia
• 2004 ’’Hembygd’’, Borås konstmuseum
• 2007 Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool,
• 2007 ’’Winter/Home’’, Moderna Museet
• 2011 ’’L.A Office, Shop, Wunderbaum’’, Skellefteå Konsthall^[5]

References

1. http://time.com/3819762/lars-tunbjork-obituary/
2. Lars Tunbjörk visade oss Sverige genom sitt eget vemod (Swedish)
3. http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/lars-tunbjrk
4. time.com/3819762/lars-tunbjork-obituary/
5. Moderna Museet