Mikael Jansson (photographer)

Mikael Jansson is a Swedish fashion & portrait photographer.^[1]

Mikael Jansson is a Swedish fashion and portrait photographer known for his editorial work in leading international magazines and for campaigns created for major fashion, luxury, and beauty brands. Active since the late 1970s, Jansson has produced photography that has been widely published and exhibited internationally.^[2]

Jansson was born in Stockholm, Sweden.^[2] He became interested in photography as a teenager in the late 1970s, when he began photographing touring musicians in the city. During this time he assisted photographer Carl Johann Ronn, an experience that introduced him to the technical and historical foundations of the medium.^[2]

In the mid-1980s Jansson moved to New York City to work in the studio of photographer Richard Avedon. He assisted Avedon for two years, including work in the darkroom for the exhibition In the American West (1985).^[2] Avedon's influence can be seen in Jansson's emphasis on clarity, character, and the decisive moment.

Jansson attracted international attention in 1998 with an eighty-two-page portfolio published in Dutch magazine, consisting of nude portraits accompanied by fashion credits in a format referencing Andy Warhol.^[2] Since the 1990s his editorial photography has appeared in publications including Vogue, Interview, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia, British Vogue, Arena Homme+, L’Uomo Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Visionaire, W, AnOther Magazine, Love, Dazed & Confused, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and WSJ Magazine.^[2]

Jansson has created advertising campaigns for numerous fashion, luxury, and beauty brands such as Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, Hugo Boss, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Chloé, Ermenegildo Zegna, Dsquared2, H&M, Coach, Tod’s, Salvatore Ferragamo, Jimmy Choo, Bulgari, Tiffany & Co., Rolex, Longchamp, Estée Lauder, Shiseido, Lancôme, Guerlain, and Revlon.^[2] He has also photographed campaigns for fragrance lines by Salvatore Ferragamo, Givenchy, Christian Dior, Jil Sander, Burberry, Donna Karan, and Calvin Klein.^[2]

In addition to his fashion work, Jansson is known for portraiture that emphasizes directness and presence. His series of portraits of Iggy Pop is among his best-known work in this genre.^[2]

Over a career spanning more than four decades, Jansson has established a visual style characterized by precise composition and an interest in capturing subjects with both intimacy and restraint. His work continues to influence contemporary fashion and portrait photography.^[3]

Jansson has authored several photography books and has exhibited his work internationally. His exhibitions at CFHILL in Stockholm, including Speed of Life and Daria: The Archipelago Series, have showcased both his fashion and portrait practice.^[2]

• 2018 – Witnesses
• 2016 – PA&Co – Ännu en kokbok (Stockholm New Publishing)
• 2013 – Stockholm New (Stockholm New Publishing)
• 2012 – Contemporary Swedish Photography (Art and Theory Publishing)
• 2011 – Le Boucher (Gun Gallery)
• 2011 – Iggy Pop (Gun Gallery)
• 2007 – Speed of Life (Steidl)
• 2006 – PA&Co – Mer än en kokbok (Stockholm New Publishing)
• 1999 – Mikael Jansson (Beaufort Press)

• 2022 – Iggy Pop, CFHILL, Stockholm
• 2021 – Italophilia, CFHILL Art Space, Stockholm
• 2020 – Unscripted Scenes, CFHILL, Stockholm

• 2018 – Daria: The Archipelago Series, CFHILL, Stockholm
• 2018 – Witnesses, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
• 2013 – Boychild, Unseen, Amsterdam
• 2013 – Dum Dum Boys, The Ravestijn Gallery, Amsterdam
• 2013 – Stockholm New – National Romanticism from the Double Turn of the Centuries: Contemporary Fashion Photography Meets Classic Masterpiece Painting, Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm
• 2011 – Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris
• 2011 – Dum Dum Boys, Gun Gallery, Stockholm
• 2011 – Le Boucher, Hardorff's Hus, Copenhagen
• 2010 – Fashion! – Modefotografi genom tiderna, Fotografiska, Stockholm
• 2009 – Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
• 2009 – Le Boucher, Sturehof, Stockholm
• 2007 – Speed of Life, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
• 2004 – Art Fair, Galleri Christian Larsen (Konstmässan), Stockholm
• 2004 – Fashioning Fiction in Photography, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
• 2003 – Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography, Fashion Museum, Kobe
• 2002 – Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris
• 2002 – Chic Clicks: Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion Photography, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

• 1999 – Contemporary Swedish Cultural Manifestation, Zokei University, Tokyo
• 1998 – Fashion Photography – 100 of the World’s Most Renowned Photographers: Exhibition of Contemporary Fashion Photography, Nagoya and Tokyo
• 1998 – YSL – 40 Years of Creation, Spiral Garden, Tokyo; New York
• 1995 – The Generations of Swedish Photography, The New Gallery, Miami
• 1995 – The Generations of Swedish Photography, Parsons School of Design, New York
• 1995 – The Generations of Swedish Photography, The Forum Gallery, Jamestown
• 1995 – The Generations of Swedish Photography, The Swedish Embassy, Washington, D.C.
• 1995 – The Generations of Swedish Photography, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle
• 1994 – Mode et Portraits, Espace Image – Scène Nationale, Bayonne
• 1994 – Mode et Portraits, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago
• 1994 – Mode et Portraits, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo
• 1994 – Mode et Portraits, Musée Révolutionnaire, Beijing
• 1993 – Catwalk, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm
• 1992 – International Festival of Fashion Photography, Monaco

• [Official website](https://mikaeljansson.com/)