Knut Gilden Street Portraits

This started as an assignment at Knut Koivisto's workshop Portrait / Developmental Photography - Part 2 at Fotografiska in Stockholm this summer. When I said I love taking street portraits in all other cities than my home town Stockholm, Knut challenged me to do just that.

I received some simple restrictions. Just the same as he received when taking a Bruce Gilden workshop in Stockholm a few years ago:

Go close and shoot straight at the face.
The person must have a character.

It was way more challenging than I first realized and above all it was very hard to quit. It will be fun to follow this one through.

All pictures are shot after receiving consent. I do not approach homeless people or people that are exposed in any other for me obvious way.

I do also offer every person I shoot a printed copy of the portrait. I think it is a great way to give something back and the process of printing is a good editing exercise.