Ture Christer Strömholm (22 July 1918 – 11 January 2002), also known by the pseudonym Christer Christian, was a Swedish photographer and educator. He is known for his intimate black and white street photography portrait series, particularly his portraits of transgender women in Paris. Strömholm received the 1997 Hasselblad Award.
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Subjective impressions of post-war life conveyed through images of isolation, physical decay, and abandoned environments, where signs of death and loss shape a visual meditation on impermanence.
Transgender lives in post-war Paris documented through intimate bonds and humanistic visual engagement.
Books
Poste Restante
(Edition 7L, 2010)
Christer Strömholm
(Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2024)
Christer Strömholm: Lido
(Steidl, 2019)
Christer Strömholm: Post Scriptum
(Max Ström, 2013)
Christer Strömholm
(Actes Sud, 2006)