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Sune Jonsson

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Sune Jonsson

Aliases: Olov Sune Jonsson

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1930-12-20 (Nyåker outside Nordmaling, Västerbotten, Sweden)
Died
2009-01-30 age 78
Nationality
Sweden
Languages
Swedish
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Nyåker → Stockholm → Uppsala → Umeå

Career

Occupations
documentary photographer, writer, documentary filmmaker
Active Years
1959-2009
Affiliations
Museum of Västerbotten
Influenced By
August Sander, Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, Wayne Miller, Edward Steichen

Awards

Hasselblad Award
1993
Organization: Hasselblad Foundation
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Byn med det blå huset

1959 Documentary photobook

Personal portraits of people in Djupsjönäs and his native village Nyåker.

rural lifeportraits

Timotejvägen

1961 Documentary photobook

The relationship between text and image plays an important role.

text-image relationshipdaily life

Bibliography

  • Byn med det blå huset (1959)
  • Timotejvägen (1961)
  • Hundhålet (1962)
  • Bilder av Nådens barn (1963)
  • Bilder från den stora flyttningen (1964)
  • Bilder av Kongo (1965)
  • Sammankomst i elden (1966)
  • Bilder från bondens år (1967)
  • Bilder från Bornholm (1967)
  • Prag augusti 1968 (1968)
  • Brobyggarna (1969)
  • Minnesbok över den svenske bonden (1971)
  • Stationskarl Albin E. Anderssons minnen (1974)
  • Jordabok (1976)
  • Örtabok (1979)
  • Dagar vid havet (1981)
  • Blombok (1983)
  • Hemmavid (1986)
  • Tiden viskar – en småbrukarfamilj 1960–1990 (1991)
  • Sune Jonsson – Photographs by the recipient of the Hasselblad Prize (1993)
  • Jordgubbar med mjölk (1994)
  • Husen vid Himlastigen (1998)
  • Album – fotografier från fem decennier (2000)
  • Tiden blir ett förunderligt ting. Fotografier av människor och landskap (2007)
  • And Times becomes a Wondrous Thing (2007)
  • Livstycken (2014)
  • Life and work (2014)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
close relationship between text and imagedocumentary style
Recurring Motifs
rural populationfarmersman-made landscapereligious gatherings

Legacy

Important figure in Swedish documentary photography and writing, dedicated to long-term cultural photographic works in Västerbotten.

Museums

  • Museum of Västerbotten Umeå, Sweden

Archives

  • Museum of Västerbotten