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Photographer Lennart Nilsson dies at 94


World famous photographer Lennart Nilsson's death

The world-famous photographer Lennart Nilsson has died, 94 years old. It says his stepdaughter said.
- It was very undramatic, he fell asleep in the morning, says Anne Fjellström who is the daughter of Nilsson's wife.

- We remember him as the immensely loving family member as he was, the respect he showed us and the joy he gave to so many. Then we are obviously very proud of the great life's work, he has left behind.
Lennart Nilsson was best known for his images of the fetal stages of development in the book "A Child is Born".

Nilsson, Lennart DEN24 was born in August 1922 and started as a freelance photographer in the mid-1940s, with the mission of Swedish weeklies and international photo magazines.
Best known he was for his medical close-up photography, where he was with sophisticated tools could image the fetal stages of development and the body's immune system against cancer cells. Many of his medical reports were first published in Life Magazine picture magazine, for example, the first image of a human embryo in 1953.
The first edition of "A Child is Born" came out in 1965. It has since been reissued in several editions and has been translated into more than 20 languages.
The photographer and writer Jacob Forsell told TT that Lennart Nilsson, he wrote a book, meant "any amount" for him:
- For me personally, it was important to have contact with one of the greatest photo journalists. But also private, it has meant a lot to have such a good friend, who has always been decent and generous and lent their stuff.
Jacob Forsell would like to highlight the photojournalism as Lennart Nilsson accounted for, in addition to the medical images he has become most famous for.
- Many says, "oh well, Lennart Nilsson, it is he who has photographed inside the body," and "Oh, yeah, he can take ordinary card too?". He was a brilliant photojournalist already in the 40s and 50s. What he did then measure themselves today with today's press photography.
- There is a greatness that goes out of style. That he has done so historically so it is not possible to measure almost says Jacob Forsell.
Lennart Nilsson was "an honorable man", according to the prominent photographer Anders Petersen, among other things, known for the book Café Lehmitz, with pictures from a bar of the same name in Hamburg.
- He has been a role model, Lennart. He did amazing story in the magazine Look, what I remember, and he also described the Salvation Army. He was very close to the people. Then he went on to become more interested in medical photography, and did amazing things, took great pictures, says Anders Petersen, who adds that he is "very concerned" by the news of the death.
What Lennart Nilsson meant to you?
- For me he has been a role model because he has stood up for what he believes in. What has meant the most to me is his attitude. His moral, ethical idea of ​​how to relate to what you photograph - a kind of attitude that was very, very responsibly.

http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2017-01-28/lennart-nilsson-avliden

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