Emanuel Cederqvist

Emanuel Cederqvist is a photographer with an interest in how we interpret and read the shapes of the landscape in the light of our own memories, experiences and through our common cultural heritage. His working method can be described as a form of visual archeology where perception and photography can act as tools for the investigation. For Cederqvist, there is an interesting connection between the place and the photograph, where the traces of human presence talk about time in the same way as the photographic medium.

In his work around the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station and the photos for the exhibition In the Wake of the Waves, Cederqvist approaches the site with a curiosity about what it communicates to us in the present. Although radio communication is fleeting, there are lasting traces and stories of people who have lived and worked at the very site of Grimeton since time immemorial.

Emanuel Cederqvist is educated at HDK-Valand, University of Gothenburg, where he obtained his Master’s degree in photography in 2018. In 2014, he published his first photo book, What remains (Blackbook Publication). Since then, he has published several books and participated in various exhibitions both in Sweden and internationally.

www.emanuelcederquist.se

Portrait photo: Linda Bergman

Other pictures: Emanuel Cederqvist’s previous work, Paler Ash Back & Känningen