{ Johan Willner }

Here are some great photographs by Johan Willner. The first two images come from his most recent series, entitled "Boy Stories." I'm pretty sure they are staged images, which is only to say that instead of just capturing a whole story in a single image, Willner has also carefully crafted the very stories he photographs. Painting with a lens, in a sense. The latter two photographs come from his "Untitled" series (2000-2003), which has some equally compelling images. Willner actually started out his professional career (as far as I can tell) in black & white photography. You can find two series from his old B&W days on his website, one a portrait series, the other dominated mostly by religious images, both highly recommended.


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