Background

Hans Hammarskiold was on May 17, 1925 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Education

Hans Hammarskiold was primarily self-educated but was apprenticed in 1948 at Studio Uggla in Stockholm to photographer Rofl Wingvist.

Career

His breakthrough as a professional photographer came in the 1950s when Hans Hammarskiold worked all over the world. In 1955 his work, along with that of his wife Caroline Hebbe, was selected by Edward Steichen for the world-touring Museum of Modern Art exhibition and book The Family of Man, seen by 9 million visitors. For some years he was employed by the British Vogue.

Hans Hammarskiold was the last surviving member of the group Tio fotografer (Ten Photographers), which formed in 1958 and was influential in Swedish photography for decades as the illustrations agency Tiofoto.

Hans Hammarskiold died in 2012 in Lidingö, east of Stockholm, after a short illness.

Achievements

• In 2009, a selection of seventy of Hammarskiold's portraits was on display at the National Museum in Stockholm. His portraits were later donated to the National Swedish Portrait Gallery.

Works

More photos

• book

  • Hans Hammarskiöld: Subjektivt sett: Fotografiska museet 23 januari-12 april 1993 (Moderna museet utställningskatalog)

    (Swedish Edition)

    1993
  • Hans Hammarskiöld (Aktuell fotolitteratur; 14)

    (Swedish Edition)

    1979
  • Nära Linné

    (Swedish Edition)

    1993

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  • Suzanne

    1957

  • Rudolf Nureyev

  • Park by Chiswick

Membership

• Swedish group Tio

  1958

• Friends of Photography

  1979

Connections

Spouse:

Caroline Hebbe

colleague:

Roil Wingvist