MIKAEL OLSSON: OLSSON MIKAEL

To gain the trust needed to fulfill his artistic vision, Mikael Olsson uses methods from the tradition of classical documentary photography – such as getting access to spaces and objects through other assignments. As stated by Olsson: “I’m an artist, I use myself to get into new situations”.

Olsson’s self-portraits/selfies challenge the narcissistic use of selfies as well as the status of influencers. Further he destabilizes the composition of a traditional selfie where the eye line is recommended to be one-third down from the top frame. Through tireless play and intuition, Olsson’s images are marked by both intimacy and distance, the role of his own physical presence and the perceptive relationship to the surroundings.

Olsson Mikael includes an essay by writer and psychoanalyst Sinziana Ravini.

Photography: Mikael Olsson
Text: Sinziana Ravini
Translation: Christine Antaya
Copy-editing: Mikael Andersson
Design: Malin Augustsson and Mikael Olsson 2022
English, softcover
64 pages, 21 x 15 cm
ISBN: 978-91-519-9503-8

Limited Edition of 150 copies

HCV fotozine : 2021:2
HCV/ Hasselblad Center Vänner