Christer Strömholm post scriptum (Relié)

Christer Strömholm (1918-2002) is considered as one of the most important Swedish photographers of our time. He spent most of his life in Sweden but early on made France his second home. He founded the legendary photography school Fotoskolan in Stockholm 1962 and inspired an entire generation of photographers. His first book Poste Restante made him a renowned photographer and his depiction of transsexuals in Paris of the 1960's resulted in Vännerna fran Place Blanche (The Friends of Place Blanche).
His images from travels in Japan, Spain and the United States have won wide acclaim and he is represented in several of the world's leading museums. Christer Strömholm was appointed professor of photography by the Swedish government and was honoured with the prestigious Hasselblad Award in 1997.