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Håkan Ludwigson
Taken out of Context
Swedish born Håkan Ludwigson is one of the select star photographers of Condé Nast Traveler. His name is invoked
with particular respect on New York’s trend-conscious media scene, a respect that Ludwigson has earned through 16
years of successful photography. Technical perfection and visual brilliance have been the hallmark of his picture essays
for what is THE travel magazine.
In Taken out of Context Ludwigson’s photography shows that the boundaries between the medium’s various genres are
becoming increasingly hard to pin down. The book interweaves advertising photographs made for leading car
companies with documentary shots taken for Condé Nast Traveler in the visual language that Ludwigson shares with
American art photographers such as William Eggleston, Joel Meyerowitz and Stephen Shore. Ultimately Ludwigson
displays in this book a healthy questioning attitude to the global adventure industry that he has helped to create through
his visual art.
Håkan Ludwigson was born in 1948 on the Swedish west coast in the small town of Vänersborg where he started his
career as a press photographer at the local newspaper in 1965. He later made a name for himself through magazine
work for European publications and advertising assignments for leading car companies, mixed with personal projects.
In 1988 Ludwigson became a contract photographer for Condé Nast Traveler in New York. Today he is seen as one of
the most versatile photographic artists at the magazine with a personal vision that has earned him followers all over the
world.
Co-published with , Gothenburg.
Håkan Ludwigson
Taken out of Context
Introduction by Harold Evans and an essay by Hasse Persson
Book design by Studio Achermann
176 pages with 89 color plates
11.25 x 14 in. / 28.8 x 35.5 cm
Clothbound hardcover in a slipcase
US $ 80.00 / £ 42.00 / R 65.00
ISBN 3-86521-082-1
ISBN-13 978-3-86521-082-1
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