The magazine of the photo-essay
April/May 2019 back issue
“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”
Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film maker
by Hakan Strand
Håkan Strand is an award winning fine art Photographer based in Stockholm,
Sweden. He brings his Scandinavian influences into his photography to create a
style which is characterized by sophisticated simplicity of form, beauty, and
lines. It pays tribute to the traditions of the old masters as well as to contemporary
photographers such as Kirsten Klein and Michael Kenna. By making use of low light
environments, between dusk and dawn, bad weather and gray cloudy skies, the
artist creates his elegant and atmospheric black-andwhite photographs. Silent
Moments is about turning away from the hectic pace of modern life, putting time
aside for moments of stillness and timelessness. With his use of light and shade,
rhythm and form, Strand reconnects us with nature in a special way.