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World-renowned Swedish Photographer Mattias Klum gives an inspiring lecture at House of Sweden
Posted by Susanna at 10:32 AM, Apr 6, 2009 (Comments)
Category: Events
Photographer Mattias Klum gave a fascinating lecture about his photography around the world.
"I HAVE WORKED in 18 countries - countries as different as Sweden, Guyana and New Caledonia. I would love to do work in Bhutan next," said famous Swedish photographer Mattias Klum when he talked about his photography at House of Sweden in Washington on Saturday afternoon. He added that Washington, D.C. has become his second home after visiting the American capital about 4-5 times per year since the 90's and doing work for the National Geographic magazine.
WHAT MAKES Bhutan interesting and depressing, according to Klum, is that the country is losing a unique culture, the looting of resources is alarming, and big glaciers are melting down. It is one of the biggest environmental disasters on the globe, and in the future - if nothing is done to stop the trend -- especially poor people will be without drinking water.
"I HAVE ALSO done underwater photography, for example in Galapagos, but not that much though," adds Klum.
USUALLY Mattias Klum communicates via satellite phone. That's what he did when he covered illegal logging in Borneo, a place he considers to be one of the most interesting places he has ever visited.
MATTIAS KLUM was born in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1968. He started taking pictures as a teenager, and since 1986 he has worked full-time as a freelance photographer. In a very artistic way he has described and portrayed animals, plants, natural and cultural settings in articles, books, films and exhibitions. He is also a lecturer world-wide. His works have been published in such magazines as National Geographic, Wildlife Conservation, Audubon, Geo, Terre Sauvage, Stern and Der Spiegel. Since 1997 he has had a number of articles and eight cover images for the famous National Geographic magazine.
OVER THE YEARS, Mattias Klum has received many awards and grants for his work. The Uppsala City Council awarded him with its gold medal for his outstanding work from his Uppsala base. He was also granted the title Citizen of the Year in Uppsala 2007 by the Uppsala County Administration. And he was nominated in 2008 as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. His Majesty the King of Sweden has granted him with his medal of the 8th grade with blue ribbon for his contributions as a nature photographer. Mattias is also an honored Guest Lecturer at Uppsala University. Additionally, he is a member of the Board of Trustees of World Wildlife Fund - Sweden and a fellow of The Linnean Society of London.
MATTIAS KLUM has undertaken major expeditions to countries such as Mongolia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Nigeria, Guyana, Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Panama. In 2007 Mattias started the publishing company Tierra Grande Publishing, as well as the Terra Magna Foundation, which is committed to telling the story of how our beautiful planet Earth must be sustained and preserved. He also founded Expedition Sweden, a five-year long environment and inspiration project about Sweden, and launched the Baltic Sea Media Project, together with producer Folke Rydén.
Photography by Mattias Klum
Photography by Mattias Klum
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