Anna Clarén (born 1972) is a Swedish photographer and educator.
Holding (2006) won Best Photobook in the Swedish Photo Book Prize. She has had solo exhibitions at The House of Culture and Fotografiska in Stockholm, and at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen in France. Clarén's work is held in the collection of Moderna Museet in Stockholm.
She leads the Nordens Folkhögskola Biskops-Arnö [sv] (Nordic Photography School).
Early life and education
Clarén was born in 1972 in Valje, Sweden and grew up in Lund, Scania.
She studied photojournalism from 1994 to 1996 at Nordens Folkhögskola Biskops-Arnö [sv], Sweden.
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. She now leads the Nordens Folkhögskola Biskops-Arnö, where she has been a head teacher since 2006.
Holding (2006) is a visual diary created over four months that "portrays the people and places in Clarén's immediate surroundings". It is included in Parr and Badger's The Photobook: A History, Volume III, 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."
With Close to Home (2013) Clarén "documented herself as pregnant, her children, and the people and surroundings close to her home."
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.
Publications
- Holding. Sweden: Journal, 2006. ISBN 978-9197577045.
- Puppy Love. Sweden: Journal, 2009. ISBN 978-9197762564.
- Close to Home. Stockholm: Max Ström, 2013. ISBN 978-9171262677.
- När allt förändrades / When Everything Changed
- När allt förändrades. Stockholm: Max Ström, 2018. ISBN 978-91-7126-441-1.
- When Everything Changed. Stockholm: Max Ström, 2018. ISBN 9789171264428.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
- Holding, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France, 2008/9
- Holding, The House of Culture, Stockholm, Sweden, 2008
- When Everything Changed, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden, 2018
Group exhibitions
- A Way of Life: Swedish Photography from Christer Strömholm until Today, Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö, Sweden, 2014; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014/15. 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 Swedish Photo Book Prize [Wikidata] from the Swedish Association of Professional Photographers [Wikidata]
Collections
Clarén's work is held in the following public collection:
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden: 12 prints (as of August 2021)
References
- ^ "Featured photographers". Moderna Museet i Malmö. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- "Poetisk fotobok om kroppen fick pris". Svenska Dagbladet. 23 September 2006. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
- "Film och foto av Clarén på Fotografiska". Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- Carling, Maria (1 April 2018). "Efter sonens diagnos: "Vi var en familj i fritt fall"". Svenska Dagbladet. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Anna Claren, Holding". Centre national des arts plastiques. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ "Works – Anna Clarén – Artists – Moderna Museet". sis.modernamuseet.se. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ Svensson, Karin (2 December 2007). "Foto: Anna Clarén". Svenska Dagbladet. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- "Anna Clarén – Galleri Final". Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- "CV". Anna Clarén. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- ^ Badger, Gerry; Parr, Martin (2014). The Photobook: A History Volume III. London: Phaidon. p. 269. ISBN 9780714866772.
- "Hurry up to get Close to home with Anna Clarén". nordicstylemag.com. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- "Anna Clarén: When Everything Changed". Fotografiska. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- "Anna Clarén gillar kontrasterna på El Mundo". Dagens Nyheter. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- Henriksson, Sally (8 March 2013). "Clarén skildrar familjens skörhet". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- Spektra (6 March 2013). "Clarén skildrar familjens skörhet". Svenska Dagbladet. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- "Bokrecension: Känslokaos bearbetas med kameran". Dagens Nyheter. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- "Om det nära och vackra i livet". Sydsvenskan. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
- "Aesthetica Magazine - Christer Strömholm: A Way of Life, Moderna Museet Malmö". Aesthetica. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- "A Way of Life". Moderna Museet i Stockholm. Retrieved 2021-08-09.