‘We were once alive’: 100-year-old portraits from rural Sweden – in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian

A new book showcases self-taught photographer John Alinder’s extraordinary and compelling portraits, discovered in the 1980s, of his Swedish neighbours – revealing their humanity and his artistic brilliance

Some fascinating portraits taken in Sweden in the 1910s-1930s.

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https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2021/aug/04/we-were-once-alive-100-year-old-portraits-from-rural-sweden-in-pictures-john-alinder