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"Poste Restante", Christer Strömholm (1918-2002) | PhotoAnthology

Poste Restante

Christer Strömholm (1918-2002)

Subjective impressions of post-war life conveyed through images of isolation, physical decay, and abandoned environments, where signs of death and loss shape a visual meditation on impermanence.

With contributions from: Centre Pompidou, Paris (image source); MoMA (image source); Elinor Hemedes (data research). Suggest an Edit

Poste Restante

Christer Strömholm (1918-2002)

Subjective impressions of post-war life conveyed through images of isolation, physical decay, and abandoned environments, where signs of death and loss shape a visual meditation on impermanence.

With contributions from: Centre Pompidou, Paris (image source); MoMA (image source); Elinor Hemedes (data research). Suggest an Edit

Tarragona, 1958

Rue le Pic, Montmartre, Paris, 1952

Clignancourt, Paris, 1955

Clignancourt, Paris, 1949

Dead Cadillac, Lyon, 1965

Cemetery, Paris, 1959

Montparnasse, late 1950s

Calcutta, India, 1963

Silvermask, Tokyo, 1961

The blind girl, Hiroshima, 1963

Books

Poste Restante

Edition 7L, 2010

Christer Strömholm

Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2024

Christer Strömholm: Post Scriptum

Max Ström, 2013

Christer Strömholm

Actes Sud, 2006

More by Christer Strömholm

Cobra, 1960

Friends of Place Blanche

Christer Strömholm (1918-2002)

Transgender lives in post-war Paris documented through intimate bonds and humanistic visual engagement.

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