Christer Stromholm: Lido

This book presents little-known photos by the legendary Christer Str÷mholm selected by Gunnar Smoliansky. In the late eighties gallerist Kim Klein proposed a small exhibition of Str÷mholmÆs pictures at the Lido Gallery in Stockholm. Str÷mholm agreed and entrusted Smoliansky with making a selection from his early 6 x 6 Rolleiflex negatives. Smoliansky was delighted to do soùthe planned ten to twelve photos soon ballooned to 70ùand he printed two sets, one for Str÷mholm and one for himself. The photos date from the late 1940s and early Æ50s and show Str÷mholmÆs formative years in Paris, the south of France, Morocco and other destinations. Most of these pictures had never before been printed, let alone publicized, until that exhibition of 1990.

'When I think about it, and when I look closely at my pictures, they are all, in their own way, nothing but self-portraits ù a part of my life.' -Christer Str÷mholm