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OPEN CALL
01 – 30, MAY 2026

Johan Franzén

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

Sweden

Beautiful Storm

This is the story of the everyday beauty and chaos in an ordinary chaotic and beautiful life.
The artist present a saga that unfolds within the boundaries of his home. This is a personal, yet universal, story of family, childhood and relations.
The characters in the pictures are the ones closest to him, his children, wife and family.
Light setting plays a central role in his work and he has an enduring fascination with the contrast between darkness and light making the photographs painterly, continuing the traditions of romantic literature and painting. Although, the pictures appears dark and mysterious, the warmth and compassion shines through.
At first glance most of the work touches on ordinary moments in his and his family’s daily lives: playing, sleeping, arguing and eating. However, in a deeper perspective it also speaks to larger themes such as existence and belonging, the everyday struggle and conflicts but also, and mainly, about compassion and love and to remind us of what is important in life. His work is deeply personal and brings out his family life to be shared by the public eye, shining light on moments in which we all can recognize ourselves.

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