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TITLE: Blåkulla

"There was a time when villagers had a more personal connection to nature and its beings.
Nordic folklore "Folktro" was a unique approach to nature that could protect, heal but was also a way of having a close relation to the sudden changes in the enviorment.

This work is a salute to the old tradition and places around Sweden historically connected to this.

Almost every village had its own approach, yet many beings, Such as Rået or Mylingen and tomten was present with different names. "

The photographies are taken at places and objects related to Swedish folklore (folktro).
Here i have visited areas where beings such as Troll, Vittror, Älvor once was supposed live.
In Sweden most have know a little of this tradition, yet most of the stories are fading away."

AUTHOR: Jonas Larsson SWEDEN

Jonas is a photographer and a former student at Nordic School of Photography, biskops arnö in photo-journalism. With his orgins in Skärså, a small fishing village close to the city Söderhamn, he has a deep passion for the ocean and have traveled many miles at sea.

At his examination work in photo-journalism, he photographed his father and the intimate realationship between them. This work was granted the nudok diploma by "The nordic museum" and also a nominee by PFK "press photographers association, sweden".

In 2016 Jonas recieved the title Emerging talent from lensculture.

Jonas has a great interest in documenting his own life and the situations around him, many times with himself in the frame.

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