About the Book
This project sought to explore the changes now directly effecting midland communities as a result of the economic downturn. Through a combination of photography and written interviews I wanted to document people’s attitudes to the changed economic situation, detailing their concerns towards what the future holds and also their views on the rapid deterioration in the public finances. A key theme was the exploration of attitudes towards what values are still untouched by economic crises and the perception of how this affects community.
I hope that by reading about their everyday lives and seeing their portraits, we can gain a direct and practical insight into our own times. This will act as an antidote to a media so dominated by advertising and ever-changing but always sensational news that it is hard not to get carried away.
The interviews where made between December 2009 and September 2010.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
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Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
# of Pages: 36 - Publish Date: Nov 10, 2010
- Keywords Documentary photography, Portrait, Offaly, Ireland
About the Creator
My name is Carolina Gustafsson and I've been working as a photographer since the mid ninetees. I started out in the darkrooms of an newspaper in the north of Sweden, Västerbottens Kuriren. I after that worked as a freelancing press photographer for a few of years until I got the opportunity to work at The National Library of Sweden and got to see and handle some amazing historical material, work with an extraordinary equipment and got an understanding for the importance of providing and preserving the cultural heritage that has been created through history. It was where I also started doing design work. After six years in Stockholm, I felt that I needed to take care of own creativity in other environments, so I left Sweden in 2004 and lived and worked in Spain, Holland and Ireland. In 2013 I came back to Sweden and I am now living and working in Kiruna, Sapmí.