Mikael Jansson
Mikael Jansson is a leading fashion photographer/director currently living in London and working worldwide. During the mid-nineties he gained notoriety creating epic features for some of the leading avant-garde publications of the era. He is renowned for his technical prowess and emotionally charged images, spanning across all genres. Among his influences he credits legendary master photographer Richard Avedon who he worked with in the late eighties. Mikael Jansson's spirit of adventure and travel has taken him to spectacular locations around the world on assignment for publications such as W Magazine, Vogue, Vogue Paris and Vogue Nippon. He regularly contributes to Interview Magazine, shooting celebrity cover features as well as influential actors, musicians and designers. He also contributes to Love and i-D and has created memorable campaigns for Calvin Klein, Armani Cosmetics, Hugo Boss, H&M, Salvatore Ferragamo and Christian Dior. He has published several books, exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide and won numerous prestigious awards
Books
| 2018 | Witnesses |
| 2016 | PA&Co - Ännu en kokbok, published by Stockholm New publishing |
| 2013 | Stockholm New (Stockholm New Publishing) |
| 2012 | Contemporary Swedish Photography, published by Art And Theory publishing |
| 2011 | Le Boucher, published by Gun Gallery |
| 2011 | Iggy Pop, published by Gun Gallery |
| 2007 | Speed Of Life, published by Steidl |
| 2006 | PA&Co - Mer än en kokbok, published by Stockholm New publishing |
| 1999 | Mikael Jansson, published by Beaufort Press
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Exhibitions
| 2018 | Witnesses | Kulturhuset | Stockholm |
| 2013 | Boychild | Unseen | Amsterdam |
| 2013 | Dum Dum Boys | The Ravestijn Gallery | Amsterdam |
| 2013 | Stockholm New – national romanticism from double turn of the centuries:
contemporary fashion photography meet classic masterpiece painting | Thielska | Stockholm |
| 2012 | Coming Home for Christmas | Gun Gallery | Stockholm |
| | Scandinavian Art Fair, 48 hour online art fair | Scandinavian Art Fair | Online |
| 2011 | Paris Photo | Grand Palais | Paris |
| | Dum Dum Boys | Gun Gallery | Stockholm |
| | Le Boucher | Hardorff's Hus | Copenhagen |
| 2010 | Fashion! – modefotografi genom tiderna | Fotografiska | Stockholm |
| 2009 | Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now | Institute of Contemporary Art | Boston |
| | Le Boucher | Sturehof | Stockholm |
| 2008 | Toys R Us | Brändström och Stene Stockholm | Stockholm |
| 2007 | Speed Of Life | Kulturhuset | Stockholm |
| 2004 | Art Fair | Galleri Christian Larsen, Konstmässan | Stockholm |
| | Fashioning Fiction in Photography | The Museum of Modern Art | New York |
| 2003 | Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography | Fashion Museum | Kobe |
| 2002 | Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography | Centre Nationale de la Photographie | Paris |
| | | Institute of Contemporary Art | Boston |
| 1999 | Contemporary Swedish Cultural Manifestation | Zokei University | Tokyo |
| | Creative Time in the Anchorage: Exposing Meaning in Fashion Through Presentation | Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage | New York |
| 1998 | Underexposed, (subway exhibition) | Stockholm subway | Stockholm |
| | Fashion Photography- 100 Of The World’s Most Renowned Photographers Exhibition of Contemporary | | Nagoya |
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| | Tokyo |
| | YSL – 40 Years of Creation | Spiral Garden | Tokyo |
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| | New York |
| 1995 | The Generations of Swedish Photography | The New Gallery | Miami |
| | | Parson’s School of Design | New York |
| | | The Forum Gallery | Jamestown |
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The Swedish Embassy |
Washington DC |
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Nordic Heritage Museum |
Seattle |
| 1994 |
Mode et Portraits | Espace Image - Scene Nationale | Bayonne |
| | | Musee National des Beaux Arts | Santiago |
| | | Musee National des Arts Visuels | Montevideo |
| | | Musee Revolutionaire | Bejing |
| | A Positive View, Vogue Exhibiton | Saatchi Gallery | London |
| 1993 | Catwalk | Museum of Modern Art | Stockholm |
| 1992 | International Festival of Fashion Photography | | Monaco |
