honorable mention
Andreas Wedeberg sweden
title
Around the Neighbourhood
As I was walking around the neighbourhood, paying careful attention to my surroundings, pictures began presenting themselves to me and I recorded them without knowing why. However, I soon discovered that there’s always a reason for those unconscious impulses and that eventually, through the work, the reason starts to emerge. The photographs in Around the Neighbourhood show different dualities that, in turn, act as metaphors for dualities in life. I’m relying on the idea of the photograph as document, a trace that points to and directs our attention to something out in the world, while simultaneously relying on the viewers to use their own understanding to interpret the work. The aim in doing so is to challenge our habitual thought patterns and make us look at and deal with the world in another manner.
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entry description
In the summer of 2021, I began photographing what I saw around me during my walks around the neighbourhood in a small village in the southern part of Sweden. My intention was to depart from the studio work that I had been doing in the past and make work out of the immediacy of my daily experience. This pursuit led to the project Around the Neighbourhood.As I was walking around the neighbourhood, paying careful attention to my surroundings, pictures began presenting themselves to me and I recorded them without knowing why. However, I soon discovered that there’s always a reason for those unconscious impulses and that eventually, through the work, the reason starts to emerge. The photographs in Around the Neighbourhood show different dualities that, in turn, act as metaphors for dualities in life. I’m relying on the idea of the photograph as document, a trace that points to and directs our attention to something out in the world, while simultaneously relying on the viewers to use their own understanding to interpret the work. The aim in doing so is to challenge our habitual thought patterns and make us look at and deal with the world in another manner.
about the photographer
My name is Andreas Wedeberg, I’m 31 years old and I’m a photographer from Sweden. I was exposed to art from an early age; my elementary school was right next to an art gallery and I remember walking past it every day on my way to school, being both puzzled and intrigued by what I saw through the windows. Besides that, my father was a keen draftsman and I used to draw all the time as well, hoping one day I’d become an illustrator. I made the switch to photography after taking photography courses in upper secondary school and, thanks to the encouragement from my teacher, later went on to study it for a year at Malmö University. Besides doing practical work, I’ve also studied art history and hold a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Visual Studies from Lund University.back to gallery