"A major figure in contemporary Swedish photography, Martin Bogren
develops a work where the personal and poetic dimension is affirmed
with a practice of photography which is part of a form of journey
initiatory. In Passenger, even though the photographs were taken in
India during several stays in Calcutta, it should not be seen as a chronicle
Indian. \n \nThis is something completely different, a form of wandering, which does not
is not limited to a geographical path, a test of distance or
confrontation with an unknown environment and culture, a change of scenery.
\nThe photographer delivers a collection in which a form of abandonment, of letting go, shines through.
taken that he translates with harsh or dreamlike images. His photographs
emerge as subjective visions that reveal ambivalences,
angelic or monstrous figures, lightness and violence. For the
For the first time, he incorporated color into his work, which he alternated with a
great consistency to his black and white approach. As a way of developing
a language that allows him to experience the world and experience himself.
" -- Caroline Bénichou
