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with video and even digital art, which isn’t just
straight photography. Is it difficult to keep yourselves updated on developments in the world of photo-art? It’s obvious we can’t keep track of everything. But we have a great exhibition team, and we have a great network. It takes a very high level to be able to exhibit at Fotografiska. You don’t get to do it just by doing one or two good pieces. So our network helps us keep track of those that have reached that level around the world. Then there are of course places that are more difficult to keep track of than others. We have a shown a lot of African art, but we could of course do more. The same for Asian art, we have had three Chinese photographers exhibiting here. But Chinese photography is enormous, and now we have good contacts we keep ourselves updated on what’s happening in China. But we can’t keep track of everything. What does the future hold for Fotografiska? What kind of exhibitions interest you in the future, maybe a kind you haven’t done already? We have no ambition really to change. We want to show all kinds of photography, the world’s best photography in every sorts of genre. For example we are now for the first time awarding our Major Documentary Photo Prize of SEK 100,000 – a celebration of the tradition of storytelling through documentary photography and film, with the intention to highlight this important way of communication in a world full of fake news. So is there something you want to do that you haven’t done yet? There are photographs we want to exhibit that we haven’t done yet of course, the world of photography is fantastic. It’s always moving forward. The Eye is out now 11 photo: Jenny Hammar photo: Christofer Ekman Paul Svensson