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Sune Jonsson, Biography

(1930–2009)


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2019Sune Jonsson: Life and Work, Västerbottens Museum, Umeå
  • 2006Documentary Photography, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg
  • 2003Rural Landscapes, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
  • 1993Ett förlorat Sverige, Nordiska museet, Stockholm
  • 1982Time and Silence, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm
  • 1971Västerbottensbilder, Västerbottens Museum, Umeå
  • 1962Man and Landscape, Umeå Museum


GROUP EXHIBITIONS, SELECTION

  • 2023Swedish Documentary Photography, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
  • 2015Northern Lights: Nordic Photography, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark
  • 2009Rural Life in Focus, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg
  • 2005Nordic Visions: Photography and Society, National Museum, Oslo
  • 1997Human Landscapes, Fotografiska, Stockholm
  • 1988Scandinavian Documentary Traditions, Centre Pompidou, Paris
  • 1975Swedish Realism in Photography, The Photographers’ Gallery, London


AWARDS

  • 1993 – Hasselblad Award for outstanding achievements in photography
  • 2001 – Honorary Doctorate, Faculty of Humanities, Umeå University
  • 1983 – Swedish Academy of Fine Arts Award for documentary photography
  • 1973 – Albert Bonniers Stipend for photographic excellence