Background

Charles Swedlund was born in 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Education

Charles Swedlund earned a Bachelor of Science (1958) and Master of Science (1961) in Photography from the IIT Institute of Design, Chicago.

Career

A teacher at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, since 1971, Charles Swedlund previously taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1970-1971) and at the IIT Institute of Design (ID) (1969-1971).

In 1977 Charles Swedlund made the films Falling Waters and Olean. He also produces Kwik- Prints.

Achievements

• Charles Swedlund was given a grant-in-aid and fellowship in 1969 and a grant-in-aid in 1967 from the Research Foundation of the State University of New York.

Works

More photos

• artwork

  • Untitled

    (From the "Underwear" portfolio, 1976, the School of the A...)

    1976

• book

  • Charles A. Swedlund photographs: multiple exposures with the figure 1973
  • Photography: a handbook of history, materials, and processes 1974
  • A Guide to Photography 1967

• photography

  • Untitled

    (From "Institute of Design Student Independent" Portfolio)

    1971

  • photography

    1976

• Press photography

  • Baby

    1974

Membership

Charles Swedlund belongs to SPE, Friends of Photography, and the New York Photographic Historical Society.

• Society for Photographic Education (SPE)

• Friends of Photography

• New York Photographic Historical Society , New York