Kvartsglas, 1960 by Sten Didrik Bellander

Bellander’s work often explores the interplay of light and form. Kvartsglas is a prime example of this approach, where the simple form of a glass pitcher is elevated through careful composition and masterful use of light and shadow.
Sten Didrik Bellander (1921-2001) was central in shaping modern Swedish photography from the 1940s onward.
In 1947 he studied at The School of Modern Photography in New York and became an assistant to Richard Avedon, in his studio at Madison Avenue. Bellander returned to Sweden technically skilled and influenced by both minimalistic American fashion and portrait photography and French humanist photography.
Working in the borderland between commercial and art photography, Bellander developed his characteristic style with his clean, stripped-down sense of form and a human, humorous, and sometimes even surrealist touch.
In the early 1950s, he and his fellow photography colleagues formed a photo collective Tio Fotografer. This group included Sten Didrik Bellander, Harry Dittmer, Sven Gillsäter, Rune Hassner, Tore Johnson, Hans Malmberg, Pål-Nils Nilsson, Georg Oddner, Hans Hammarskiöld, and Lennart Olson. Together, they founded the photo agency TioFoto in 1960.