Mikael Jansson

Mikael Jansson is a Swedish fashion & portrait photographer. Mikael Jansson is a Swedish fashion and portrait photographer known for his editorial work in leading international magazines and for campaigns created for major fashion, luxury, and beauty brands. Active since the late 1970s, Jansson has produced photography that has been widely published and exhibited internationally.

Early life and education Jansson was born in Stockholm, Sweden.

Publications and exhibitions Jansson has authored several photography books and has exhibited his work internationally. His exhibitions at CFHILL in Stockholm, including Speed of Life and Daria: The Archipelago Series, have showcased both his fashion and portrait practice.

Books

2018 – Witnesses 2016 – PA&Co – Ännu en kokbok (Stockholm New Publishing) 2013 – Stockholm New (Stockholm New Publishing) 2012 – Contemporary Swedish Photography (Art and Theory Publishing) 2011 – Le Boucher (Gun Gallery) 2011 – Iggy Pop (Gun Gallery) 2007 – Speed of Life (Steidl) 2006 – PA&Co – Mer än en kokbok (Stockholm New Publishing) 1999 – Mikael Jansson (Beaufort Press)

Selected exhibitions

2020s

2022 – Iggy Pop, CFHILL, Stockholm 2021 – Italophilia, CFHILL Art Space, Stockholm 2020 – Unscripted Scenes, CFHILL, Stockholm

2010s

2018 – Daria: The Archipelago Series, CFHILL, Stockholm 2018 – Witnesses, Kulturhuset, Stockholm 2013 – Boychild, Unseen, Amsterdam 2013 – Dum Dum Boys, The Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam 2013 – Stockholm New – National Romanticism from the Double Turn of the Centuries: Contemporary Fashion Photography Meets Classic Masterpiece Painting, Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm 2011 – Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris 2011 – Dum Dum Boys, Gun Gallery, Stockholm 2011 – Le Boucher, Hardorff's Hus, Copenhagen 2010 – Fashion! – Modefotografi genom tiderna, Fotografiska, Stockholm 2009 – Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston 2009 – Le Boucher, Sturehof, Stockholm 2007 – Speed of Life, Kulturhuset, Stockholm 2004 – Art Fair, Galleri Christian Larsen (Konstmässan), Stockholm 2004 – Fashioning Fiction in Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, New York 2003 – Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography, Fashion Museum, Kobe 2002 – Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris 2002 – Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

1990s

1999 – Contemporary Swedish Cultural Manifestation, Zokei University, Tokyo 1998 – Fashion Photography – 100 of the World’s Most Renowned Photographers: Exhibition of Contemporary Fashion Photography, Nagoya and Tokyo 1998 – YSL – 40 Years of Creation, Spiral Garden, Tokyo; New York 1995 – The Generations of Swedish Photography, The New Gallery, Miami 1995 – The Generations of Swedish Photography, Parsons School of Design, New York 1995 – The Generations of Swedish Photography, The Forum Gallery, Jamestown 1995 – The Generations of Swedish Photography, The Swedish Embassy, Washington, D.C. 1995 – The Generations of Swedish Photography, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle 1994 – Mode et Portraits, Espace Image – Scène Nationale, Bayonne 1994 – Mode et Portraits, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago 1994 – Mode et Portraits, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo 1994 – Mode et Portraits, Musée Révolutionnaire, Beijing 1993 – Catwalk, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm 1992 – International Festival of Fashion Photography, Monaco