The picture-perfect holiday gift
Are you still looking for Christmas presents? Don’t forget that rare vintage photos are perfect gifts!
We will keep our showroom open for booked visits until December 18th, with the possibility to come by even during Saturday and Sunday.
Book an appointment for a personal walkthrough of our collection by sending a message to:
info@vintagephotos.art
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A new book, Histories of Fetal Knowledge Production in Sweden: Medicine, Politics, and Public Controversy, 1530–2020, edited by Solveig Jülich, professor of History of Science and Ideas at Uppsala University, examines how fetal research and imagery have shaped medicine, ethics, and society in Sweden over five centuries. This multidisciplinary work investigates the handling of fetuses, reproductive organs, and pregnant bodies for scientific and medical purposes, from the development of vaccines to public debates on abortion.
Lennart Nilsson’s iconic images of the developing fetus are central to this historical narrative. This book explores how Nilsson’s groundbreaking photographs influenced visual culture, redefining perceptions of pregnancy and sparking debates on reproductive ethics. The book also explores the public controversies surrounding the use of aborted fetuses in research and the evolving regulations addressing these ethical challenges.
Richly illustrated, the book offers new insights into the intersection of medical science, visual media, and public controversy. From an academic perspective, it underscores the historical impact of Nilsson’s work in understanding reproduction and the human body.
This November, we’ll be present at Paris Photo, the world’s leading photography fair. As experienced art advisors specializing in fine art photography, we offer our wide services to support collectors and sellers at this prestigious event, 6th – 10th November.
Whether you’re seeking to invest in unique pieces, navigate the complex art market, or need help finding buyers for photos in your collection, our expertise can enhance your experience at Paris Photo.
Contact us today at info@vintagephotos.art to schedule a consultation and discuss your goals.
We hope to see you in Paris!
The child collecting birch twigs is Elle Kari. She was a young Sámi girl from Lapland whom photographer Anna Riwkin met while documenting traditional Sámi culture. Elle Kari’s life with her family in northern Sweden became the focus of a children’s photo book. Anna Riwkin humbly portrayed Elle Kari’s childhood in up-close and personal pictures, and Elly Jannes authored the story. The book, called Elle Kari, achieved a global success.
Anna Riwkin continued photographing children growing up in various cultures around the world, creating 15 children’s photo books in the Children’s Everywhere series. The texts of many of these books were written by Astrid Lindgren.
This original vintage photo of Elle Kari, taken by Anna Riwkin in 1949-1950, will be on display in the exhibition “Untitled Nature” at Picture This Gallery, opening 26/6.
We are working on a comprehensive project of digitalizing our entire collection of photographs. With over 100.000 photo prints in our archive, this is a big project that will span over a few years. We see this as an essential task in our mission of preserving Swedish photo history for the future. This digital record will also be a very important tool for provenance and certification of works. Additionally, it can help researchers and scholars in their studies.
Each original photo print from our archive is digitally photographed, front and back, and is then given a unique identification number. In our system, we add all essential information, such as name of work, photographer, year, technique, if featured in publications, provenance, etc.
Vintage Photos is proud to announce the acquisition of Lennart Nilsson Photography’s archive of original vintage photographs produced during his career from the 1940s to the 2000s. This extensive archive includes images from his early reportages, portraits, and the foundation of the book Ett barn blir till (A Child is Born). With the commitment to preserve and celebrate the rich heritage of Swedish photographic history, Vintage Photos is taking on the responsibility of managing this extraordinary collection.
Lennart Nilsson is considered one of the most successful photographers in history. As a pioneer of scientific photography, he pushed the boundaries of what was technically possible, particularly in his best-known works about the time before our birth. Always curious, with his journalistic mindset and desire to tell stories, he captivated millions of people all around the world with his images. From a career spanning over seven decades, his life’s work represents an invaluable contribution to the history of photography. With the acquisition of his original works, Vintage Photos aims to secure and pass on Nilsson’s groundbreaking photographic work to future generations.
“Lennart Nilsson is by far the greatest Swedish photographer of all time. With a huge international interest in his images, our vision is that as many people as possible will be able to enjoy his work. Based on this acquired collection, we are currently working on compiling exhibitions with material that’s never been shown to the public before,” says Tomas Josephson, Photography Expert at Vintage Photos.
As a leading collector and expert in historical Swedish photography, Vintage Photos is dedicated to honoring pioneering Swedish photographers by showcasing their work. With one of the biggest private collections of Swedish photography from the 19th to 20th centuries, Vintage Photos is working hard to safely archive and make this history accessible to everyone. In an ongoing extensive work, a digital archive is now being created to make it easier for people to explore the rich heritage of Swedish photography. This project is led by Tomas Josephson with support from digital entrepreneur Fredrik Adolfsson.
“We are delighted to work with Vintage Photos. It is with great confidence that we hand over these photographs, as we know they are now in safe hands and will continue to inspire and educate many future generations,” says Anne Fjellström, Operations Manager at Lennart Nilsson Photography AB.
The concept of the “public fetus” was coined by feminist scholars in the 1980s and 1990s. It referred to today’s visual culture of pregnancy and fetal images, which are often traced back to the 1960s when Lennart Nilsson’s photographs of human development were published in Life magazine. The images of a growing fetus changed people’s ways of looking at life, revolutionized sex education, and played a major role in the sexual revolution of the 1970s, while also being used by the conservative anti-abortion movement.
The new book Rethinking the Public Fetus, Historical Perspectives on the Visual Culture of Pregnancy, gives a new and deepened view of the “public fetus”. Scholars from a range of disciplines explore this multifaceted history by highlighting visualizations of pregnant and fetal bodies in a variety of geographical and cultural contexts, spanning a period of more than 300 years.
Featuring much of Lennart Nilsson’s work, this book is well worth reading for those who want to dive deeper into the effects of his photography on today’s society, as well as giving the reader an extensive perspective of the subject of the public fetus.
In support of Project Nima’s charity action for children in Ghana, Vintage Photos donated a Lennart Nilsson photograph of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini in Rome, taken in 1950. After a lively bidding, the picture was sold for 41,000 SEK.
In this second episode of our online series The Vintage Vault, we will walk you through our exhibition Guillaume Berggren – Out of Constantinople.
The exhibition is shown at Picture This Gallery 23rd of February – 16th of April, 2023
In this first episode of our online series The Vintage Vault, we will walk you through our exhibition Folkdräkter – Eurenius & Quist.
The exhibition is shown at Picture This Gallery 23rd of February – 16th of April, 2023