TONIGHT “I was touring round Sweden with various dance bands. After a while, I realised that it wasn’t the bands themselves that interested me but the people out on the dance floor. I identified with the powerful expressions of emotion I saw. It felt as though I wasn’t the only one who had a burning need to feel something and at the same time to express what I was feeling. It was then that I started to ask myself why we are so afraid of showing our emotions. Why are we embarrassed about our emotional needs? “I want my pictures to change the way we see ourselves and others. To me, people are at their most beautiful when they are brave enough to show their vulnerability.” The exhibition has previously been shown in Paris, Groningen, Nantes, Lodz and Montpellier and has won a number of prizes and awards. The exhibition is accompanied by the publication of a new book
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