Martin Bogren

Martin Bogren (born 1967) is a Swedish documentary photographer, living in Malmö. He has made "understated books full of quietly observed moments shot in grainy black and white."

Bogren has had solo exhibitions of Lowlands at Fotografiska in Stockholm, Sweden, and of Ocean at Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, Oregon. Lowlands has also been shown in group exhibitions at Moderna Museet Malmö and Moderna Museet, Stockholm. His work is held in the collections of Fotografiska and of Portland Art Museum.

Life and work Bogren grew up in Skurup, Skåne County (also known as Scania County), Sweden.

In the early 1990s he photographed bands and artists. He has since established his signature style, Passenger (2021) was made over several stays in Calcutta, India and for the first time mixes colour photographs with his usual black and white.

Bogren lives in Malmö, Sweden. Ocean. Finn Larsen, 2008. . Passenger. Lamaindonne, 2021. . A Summer of a Thousand Years. L'axolotl, 2024. .

Artist books by Bogren Notes. Stockholm: Stockholms Fotoantikvariat, 2008. . Embraces. Self-published, 2014. Edition of 150 copies. Hollow. Self-published, 2018. Edition of 15 copies.

Exhibitions Solo exhibitions Ocean, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2009

Group exhibitions A Way of Life: Swedish Photography from Christer Strömholm until Today, Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö, Sweden, 2014; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2014/15. With work by Christer Strömholm, Bogren, Anna Clarén, JH Engström, Kenneth Gustavsson, Gerry Johansson, Tuija Lindström, Anders Petersen, Inta Ruka, Gunnar Smoliansky, Lars Tunbjörk, and others.

Collections Bogren's work is held in the following collections: Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon