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Hans Gedda(Sweden, Born 1942)
"Nelson Mandela", 1990
Hammer price
80 000SEK
Estimate
70 000 - 90 000 SEK

"Nelson Mandela", 1990

Signed Hans Gedda. Edition 25. Gelatin silver print, image 40 x 40 cm.

Literature

Hans Gedda, Magnus Olausson and Eva-Lena Karlsson,"Det tredje ögat", Nationalmuseum 2013, illustrated on p. 101.

More information

I februari 1990 gjorde Mandela sin första resa utomlands efter frigivningen från Pollsmorefängelset i Kapstaden. Han reste till Sverige. Hans Gedda fick uppdraget för Göteborgs Postens räkning att ta några bilder av Mandela. Fotot med knytnäven som är det mest berömda publicerade tidningen på en helsida. Bilden är tagen under stor hast på UD i Stockholm. Dåvarande utrikesminister Sten Andersson höll i blixten. Gedda tog sammanlagt högst tio exponeringar. Han följde sin regel att inte trycka av i onödan. Det var dessutom ont om tid, ett viktigt möte väntade.
Ingen minns vad mötet handlade om. Men det är få som glömmer bilderna.

More about Hans Gedda

Hans Gredda is a Swedish photographer born in Flen. Gedda had her debut as a photographer already in her teens, and he later studied with Teddy Aarni in Eskilstuna, and later became an assistant at Rolf Winquist at Ateljé Uggla. Gredda had her breakthrough in 1967 with his portrait of Sara Lidman and Tove Jansson. Gedda was primarily known for his unforced portraits of famous and important individuals within the cultural and social world, such as Nelson Mandela, Olof Palme, Andy Warhol, Jimi Hendrix, Monica Zetterlund, Margaretha Krook, and Carl XVI Gustaf. Gredda also works documentaries and advertisements as well as still lifes, and he has had several exhibitions in Sweden and internationally. He is represented at Moderna Museet and the National Museum. Gredda has released several books and has been awarded prizes such as World Press Photo and Årets bild.

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Finland: Kuvasto

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