Jens Olof Lasthein

(1964)

Jens Olof Lasthein (born 1964) is a Swedish freelance photographer. His widely exhibited work principally covers scenes before and after the wars in former Yugoslavia and other borderlands across Europe, for instance the area around the old Iron Curtain.

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Projects

St. Petersburg, Russia 1993
White Sea Black Sea

Eastern border of the European Union, capturing shifting identities, historical echoes, and everyday life in post-Soviet Europe.

Unty, Dagestan 2015
Meanwhile Across the Mountain

Borderlands and shifting identities within post-Soviet Caucasus, shaped by historical conflicts and unresolved territorial disputes.

Books

White Sea Black Sea

(Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2008)

Meanwhile Across the Mountain

(Thames & Hudson, 2017)