The summer's big exhibition UNTITLED NATURE at Picture This Gallery shows 23 Swedish photographers who in their work relate to nature in one way or another imaging.

When 23 of Sweden's leading photographers gather around the theme, we land far from traditional nature photography. The exhibition is not about nature as a motif but as a projection surface or approach. Some photographers start from their own nature, others work against nature, because some are nature a fund, a statement, or a condition.

Nature is one of the most common motifs in photography and not infrequently one of the most boring. We wanted to challenge that. The result is an exhibition where we have selected 23 photographers who use nature in their images in widely different ways. The expressions span both that aesthetic and the political, conscious identity or free intuition, says Johan Lindskog, creative director at Picture This Gallery.

Why is Picture This Gallery doing this exhibition?
We are Scandinavia's foremost gallery for photography and exhibit many international ones artists. This time we wanted to dig where we stand and highlight the very best the Swedish photographers. Modern photography has a strong position in Sweden and a large one artistic and commercial potential. We wanted to show it, says Pelle Höglund, gallery manager at Picture This Gallery.

Are there only female photographers in the exhibition? Why?
When we started looking at which photographers we wanted to invite to the exhibition, it showed it turns out that the ones we thought related the most interestingly to the theme simply were women. You can think about why it was like that, what significance it has for the result. It will be an open question in the exhibition, says Johan Lindskog.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Aida Chehrehgosha
Anna Riwkin
Ann Eringstam
Anna Clarén
Annika Holmér
Camilla Åkrans
Cecilia Edefalk
Denise Grünstein
Eva Klasson
Ewa Stackelberg
Ewa-Mari Johansson
Helena Blomqvist
Julia Hetta
Karolina Henke
Lena Granefelt
Lisen Stibek
Maria Friberg
Maria Miesenberger
Martina Hoogland-Ivanow
Tova Mozard
Trinidad Carrillo
Tuija Lindström
Åsa Sjöström

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