Sunday 11

Lennart Nilsson

Lennart was Born in Strängnäs in 1922 and is a pioneer in medical photography. With the help of advanced equipment, he has been able to document the inside of man " down to the level of a cell". In the mid 40's he started his career as a photojournalist and published photo essays in Swedish magazines. It was on his first assignement that he took his first pictures of the human embryo. The pictures were publisehd and he contiuned shooting the origins of man. From 1965-1972 he was under contract as a photographer for Life Magazine. During this time he produced stories on heart attacks and microscopic views inside both the brain and body.
He was under contract as a photographer for Life from 1965-1972 and produced stories on the heart and heart attacks, the microscopic view inside the body and the brain. He has been able to establish a reputation for his films internationally on the human body. His work can be found in collections including the British Museum in London, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum and the Modern Museum in Stockholm. An award has been presented annually since 1998 in recognition of extraordinary photography of science and is sponsored by the Lennart Nilsson Foundation.

Article- http://www.lennartnilsson.com/q_a.html

Website- http://www.lennartnilsson.com

Gallery- http://www.britishmuseum.org/