Lennart Nilsson | |
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![]() Lennart Nilsson in Stockholm, March 2014 | |
Born | Lars Olof Lennart Nilsson 24 August 1922 |
Died | 28 January 2017 | (aged 94)
Nationality | Swedish |
Known for | Photography |
Notable work | A Child is Born (1965)
The Saga of Life (1982) The Miracle of Life (1983) |
Movement | Life, Illustrated, Picture Post |
Awards | Picture of the Year, National Press Photographers Association (1965). Photographer of the Year (1965). The Swedish Academy Nordic Authors’ Prize. The first Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography (in 1980). The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences’ Big Gold Medal in 1989. ICP The Infinity Awards, Master of Photography (1992). Royal Photographic Society's Progress Medal (1993). World Press Photo, Science & Technology stories (1996). The 12th presentation of the Swedish government’s Illis Quorum (2002). Emmy awards in 1982 and 1996. Among others. |
Lennart Nilsson (24 August 1922 – 28 January 2017)[1] was a Swedish photographer noted for his photographs of human embryos and other medical subjects once considered unphotographable, and more generally for his extreme macro photography. He was also considered to be among Sweden’s first modern photojournalists.