København/Sjælland

Billederne er fra en serie der hedder Urban Jungle. Billederne er oprindeligt skudt som s/h polaroid billeder. De lå i mange år i min skuffe og forfaldt gradvist, fordi jeg ikke havde beskyttet dem med lak. De delvist nedbrudte positiver blev så scannet og er i serien præsenteret som farvelagte og både i positiv version og nogle inverterede til negativ. Alle motiver er lavet i New York på American museum of Naturel History.

Jørgen Johansson er uddannet filmfotograf fra Den Danske Filmskole i 1993 og har tidligere uddannet sig som reklamefotograf. Sideløbende med arbejdet inden for film og tv har han gennem en årrække arbejdet med fotografiet som selvstændigt kunstnerisk udtryk.

Hans fotografiske værker har været vist på en række gallerier samt på både solo- og gruppeudstillinger, blandt andet på Charlottenborg og Den Frie. Han har udgivet tre fotobøger, og hans værker er repræsenteret i flere samlinger, herunder Det Kgl. Bibliotek og Det Nationalhistoriske Museum på Frederiksborg Slot.

Som Director of Photography har han arbejdet på en lang række danske og internationale filmproduktioner, heriblandt Italiensk for begyndere, Flammen & Citronen, Bænken, Resten af livet og Hjem kære hjem. Hans arbejde omfatter desuden tv-serier som Broen, Forbrydelsen, Borgen, Rejseholdet og Carmen Curlers. Han har modtaget både Bodil- og Robertpriser for sit filmarbejde.

Jørgen Johansson graduated as a cinematographer from the National Film School of Denmark in 1993, having previously trained as a commercial photographer. Alongside his work in film and television, he has for many years pursued photography as an independent artistic practice.

His photographic works have been shown at a number of galleries and in both solo and group exhibitions, including at Charlottenborg and Den Frie. He has published three photography books, and his works are represented in several collections, including the Royal Danish Library and the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle.

As a Director of Photography, Jørgen Johansson has worked on numerous Danish and international film and television productions, including Italian for Beginners, Flame & Citron, The Bench, Forever, Home Sweet Home, The Bridge, The Killing, Borgen, Unit One and Carmen Curlers. He has received both Bodil and Robert Awards for his work in film.

Urban Jungle

The works presented at the Photographers’ Autumn Exhibition are from Jørgen Johansson’s series Urban Jungle. The images were photographed at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and were originally shot as black-and-white Polaroid photographs.

The Polaroids remained stored away for many years without having been protected with a coating. Over time, the material gradually began to deteriorate, and the traces of this decay became part of the visual expression of the images.

The partially deteriorated positives were later scanned and digitally processed. In Urban Jungle, they are presented as colourised images – some as positives and others inverted into negatives. In this way, the original photographic subject meets the traces left by time and the physical transformation of the material.