I was born in 1965, in Gothenburg, Sweden. I have a daughter, Edit (8), and a dachshund, Hugo (12). I live with them and my wife, Ann-Katrin (stopped counting at 29), and her twin boys, Robin and Christer (16).

I have an M.Sc. in Forestry as well as one in Animal Ecology, both from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

I work as a wilderness ranger for the County Administration of Västerbotten.

I got my first camera, an Olympus OM-10, from my parents in 1984. I have since gone through 4x5" monorail and Hasselblad medium format and have returned to the 24x36mm format. (When my daughter started walking, I realised I needed the fastest focusing available!) To keep myself busy, I have recently bought a scrap Linhof technika III which I intend to restore.

I get my inspiration from various sources. Nature itself is, of course, a constant source of inspiration. I also find that the company of other photographers and, foremost, other naturalists, can be very fruitful. Travelling abroad is sometimes frowned upon as a source of inspiration. (Interestingly most often by those who are constantly in remote corners of the globe and seem to be living well on it...) I find that a bit of travelling can do wonders to your creativity. Not least, it opens up your eyes for all the subjects at home that tend to pass unnoticed out of sheer habituation.

I do just about all my wildlife photography in the wild, as the name implies. It's not that I have anything in particular against photos of captive animals, but I just don't think of photography as an end in itself. My photography is rather a means of getting myself outdoors and to focus my vision. A decent photograph of a wild animal is to me much more valuable than an ever so good photograph of an animal in captivity. Sure enough, I could probably make more and better selling photos of captive animals, but it definitely wouldn't be as fun.

It would be overly pretentious to say that I have a mission with my photography but my personal goal, towards which I am striving, is to try and convey the sensations of wonder that I experience in nature. If my pictures can increase people's care for nature just a little, I think I have done a good job.

I have recently completed a course in scuba diving. Maybe, eventually, this will influence my photography, who knows?

Exhibitions

2004
7 - 9 May, Halliday's In-House Spring Exhibition, Dorchester-on-Thames, England
9 July - 15 October, Sorsele library, Sweden
1 - 31 August, The Bridge House, 218 Tower Bridge Road, London, England
3 - 5 December, Halliday's In-House Christmas Exhibition, Dorchester-on-Thames, England