Background
He is the son of artists Viktor Jansson and Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, and the brother of writer Tove Jansson and cartoonist Lars Jansson.
He is the son of artists Viktor Jansson and Signe Hammarsten-Jansson, and the brother of writer Tove Jansson and cartoonist Lars Jansson.
His photography has appeared in books by Tove Jansson including Skurken i muminhuset (1980) and Anteckningar från en ö (1993), and Tove"s 1971 novel, Lyssnerskan is dedicated to him. Jansson"s photographs have been described as emphasizing the act of artistic creation and his technique has been noted to rely heavily on perspective and the relationship between light, dark, and medium contrast. Despite his long photographic career, Jansson"s first photo exhibition only occurred in 2000 to coincide with his 80th birthday.