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People to whom I invited myself to

The photo are from my ongoing project ”People to whom I invited myself to”. I have met all the people involved in this project through random meetings. Their appearance and charisma have piqued my interest, whereupon I have quite cheekily invited myself into their homes.

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World Photo Annual

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People to whom I invited myself to

The photo are from my ongoing project ”People to whom I invited myself to”. I have met all the people involved in this project through random meetings. Their appearance and charisma have piqued my interest, whereupon I have quite cheekily invited myself into their homes.

About Artist

Martina Holmberg

I am a freelance photographer and writer, born and based in Stockholm, Sweden. As a child, I often accompanied my father to the darkroom where he made prints of photographs. I loved to pass through the doors into the dark room and smell the chemicals from the vats where the photographs slowly emerged in the liquids. Perhaps it was there that my interest in photography began. Women's different living conditions has been a common thread in my work for many years. I also finds a lot of inspiration in creating a feeling, or an inner state on a more subtle level. I have traveled around the world for various aid organizations and on freelance assignments where I have portrayed people's different living conditions. Over the years i have published eight books, and my work has been exhibited, awarded, and published internationally. GRANTS 2024 Hiertanämnden (Publicistklubben) 2023 Helge Ax:son Johnsons foundation Swedish Arts Council – Litterature grant The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Travel grant 2022 Swedish Authors' Fund – Travel grant 2021 The Swedish Authors' Fund – Three year working grant Association of Swedish Professional Photographers – Grez-sur-Loing grant 2020 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee – One year working grant SIDA-grant (Publicistklubben) 2019 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee – Travel grant 2018 The Swedish Authors' Fund – Travel grant The Swedish Arts Grants Committee – Travel grant 2016 The Swedish Authors' Fund – One year working grant 2012 The Swedish Authors' Fund – One year working grant SFF – Kavalla grant AWARDS 2024 AAP Magazine 40 Portrait – Particular Merit Mention International Photography Awards, Searching for Peace – Third Price, Jury Top 5 Selection and four Official Selection British Journal of Photography, Portrait of Humanity – shortlisted The Independent Photographer Awards, editors pick All About Photo Awards – Particular Merit Mention LensCulture Portrait Awards – Finalist Fine Art Photography Awards – Six nominations, Portrait, Fine Art, Experimental Julia Margaret Cameron Award – First Price, Fine Art Category Grey Cube Gallery - Finalist Tokyo International Foto Awards – Honorable Mention 2023 One Eyeland, World´s Top 10 Portrait Photo Contest – Bronze New York Photography Awards – Honorable Mention AAP Magazine 35 Colors – Particular Merit Mention International Photography Awards – First Price, Professional – Analog / Film, Fine Art International Photography Awards – Official Selection Minimalist Photography Awards – Honorable Mention Fine Art Photography Awards – Nominee The Independent Photographer Awards – First Price / Black & White 2022 Wendela Prize – Honorable Mention Minimalist Photography Awards – Three Honorable Mention - Portrait, Landscape & Photomanipulation 2021 Minimalist Photography Awards – Honorable Mention 2020 Minimalist Photography Awards – Honorable Mention Sony World Photography Awards – Open Creativ, shortlist 2012 PP Pensions' Photo Contest – Winner 2005 Scanpix Photo Prize – Nominee

Martina Holmberg

Photographic Areas of Focus

Alternative Process, Fine Art, People, Photojournalism, Portrait

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Sweden

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