Welcome to Episode 074 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Hans Strand!
Hans Strand, born in 1955 in Marmaverken, Sweden. In 1990, after a nine-year career in mechanical engineering he decided to devote his life to landscape photography. Its a change he never regretted. Hans has always felt himself drawn to the untamed and unmanipulated emotions and expressions that he finds in nature. He often says: ”The wilderness is the mother of all living things. It is always true and never trivial.” Hans' work takes him to diverse places worldwide; from polar deserts to steaming rain-forests and expansive deserts. The internationally awarded landscape photography is seldom a portrait of a place, but an expression of forces that create and mold a landscape. His pictures, frozen in a static frame, still tell a story of movement, time and evolution. Lately his photography has also taken a course away from the untouched and wild nature and focused more on people´s influences on ecosystems. Photographs of water pollution and the visual magic of man-made agricultural landscapes have become an important ingredient in his in recent work.
We covered some great topics this week, including:
1. Aerial photography and the differences / similarities with land-based photography.
2. His amazing Iceland aerial photography book.
3. Landscape photography - impressing vs. story-telling.
4. The state of landscape photography.
5. Intimate landscape photography vs. grand scenic.
Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! There's a ton of bonus content over there for subscribers! Your support is critical - it helps with production costs and to improve the podcast over time. Thanks!
Over on Patreon this week, Hans and I discussed his current photography's focus on man's influence on ecosystems.
To learn more about Hans and see his photography, check out the liner notes over on my blog at www.mattpaynephotography.com
331: Dorin Bofan - Capturing the Landscapes of Transylvania as a New Dad
330: Bruce Barnbaum - Five Decades of Landscape Photography
329: Let’s Go to Antarctica with Marc Muench and Richard Bernabe
328: Xuan-Hui Ng - Healing Grief Through Nature Photography and the Power of Mentorship
327: Adrien Mauduit - A Guide to Chasing the Aurora Borealis
326: Michael Ciccone - Infrared Landscape Photography
325: David Kingham & Cody Schultz - Building Community Through Nature Vision Magazine
324: Ricardo Da Cunha - Developing Guiding Principles
323: Jeff Zias - Innovation and Design Thinking in Landscape Photography
322: Michael Blanchette - Including the Hand of Man in Our Landscape Photographs
321: Kevin Pepper - The Canadian Ambassador to Mongolia
320: Astrid Preisz - Shedding Your Emotional Armor Through Nature Photography
319: Nic Stover - Aligning Your Core Values for Better Photography
318: Jason Pettit - A Unique Style for Distillation and Expression
317: Les Walkling - The Professor of Fine Art Printing
316: Richard Martin - Tools for More Creative Photography
315: Lizzie Shepherd - Re-finding Your Mojo in Landscape Photography
314: Angela Ledyard - Creating a Community for Black Female Landscape Photographers
313: TJ Thorne - Ebb & Flow
312: Alfredo Mora - Unlocking Creativity Through Experimentation
Join Podbean Ads Marketplace and connect with engaged listeners.
Advertise Today
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Spider-Man Crawlspace Podcast
The Week in Art
Art Sense
Gulliver’s Travels
The Count of Monte Cristo
Harlem Is Everywhere: The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
ArtCurious Podcast