Jan Oberg 🗝 Life • Peace • Art
📌 I'm a peace researcher and art photographer – I write for myself and for you – not for clicks, money, followers or fame – I may have something authentic to tell from both ❤️ and brain.
Welcome to my worldmoires – a word I have invented for the occasion. It means writing about my life in the perspective of global affairs and trends that have influenced my work and myself since I was born in the middle of the preceding century. And the occasion? I’m approaching the 50th anniversary of my [...]
Photo - Girl in the Jibrin reception center in Aleppo, December 2016 © Oberg PhotoGraphics ⏰ WAKE-UP CALL Eastern Aleppo was liberated four years ago, in mid-December 2016. Silence today. Denial today. I was one of the few witnesses on the ground, the only person from Scandinavia. My photos and some of my many texts [...]
Ikke så frekvent, men nok så indholdsrigt - "PostArt"... Om mine billeder, udstillinger, projekter, nye editioner og hvad jeg gerne vil dele med dig om andres kunst. Og endelig også artikler på min fotografiske hjemmeside og små videoer på Vimeo. Kort sagt, mit liv som fotograf. Hér er det seneste, # 75 Exhibitions in Venice [...]
Jeg eksperimenterer for tiden med video - såvel vedrørende international politik og fred som foto og anden kunst. De skabes på min iPhone og jeg er fascineret af de muligheder, denne rivende hurtige tekniske udvikling giver os - for både at nyde, lære, skabe kontakter og lave alternativer til de traditionelle medier. Vil derfor lige [...]
The old years went - in as little a time as it takes to turn around and see who is tapping you on your shoulder. And it is the new, the next year. I hope it will pass too - in as little time as it takes for me to turn my head and look forward [...]
Viggo dagen efter sin 90-års fødselsdag © Jan Øberg Viggo Rivad, fotograf, født 3. juli 1922, død 8. februar 2016 Viggo Rivad, grand old man i dansk fotografi, debuterede i 1946 og prægede området i næsten 70 år. Han har givet Danmark en mængde klassiske billedserier som Et Farvel, Lauritz, Kofoeds Skole ogB & W Teglholmen, [...]
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► Lite om utställningen & praktisk infoMänniskor och miljön från Islam, som västvärlden ständigt är i konflikt med. Jag gjorde fact-finding i Irak 2002 och 2003 och redan före kriget var människorna hårt drabbade av omänskliga ekonomiska sanktioner.Jag arbetar med fred och foto i Iran varje år sedan 2012. Somaliland besökte jag 2014 (och 1977-81) [...]
Oberg PhotoGraphics StudioKonstkvällen – Art Night – in Lund, October 18 17-22 "Departure 2014" © Jan Oberg 2014
Come visit my exhibition "WHAT'S GOING ON?" here in October 2014. 40+ brand new works, close-ups and room feeling of my studio. Too busy? Well, it's less than 3 min, slow motion and soft Count Basie music…Dwell and enjoy! … OR come around and see it all live - and more - on October 18 [...]
Oberg PhotoGraphics - “Salång PåGång” på Kulturnatten Cultural Night in Lund, Sweden, September 20, 17-22 - 5-10 PM: New works on fine art papers, canvas and metals; experimental prints and new presentations - taylor-made to your needs. Glass Wall Dialogue© Jan Oberg 2014 Two mini-lectures that evening: Photo and Peace + Cultural Life Lund Take [...]