JH Engström joins the International Jury
Photographer
JH Engström was born in Karlstad, Värmland (Sweden) in 1969. He graduates from the photography and film department at Göteborg University in 1997. He also publishes his first book Shelter.
In 2000, he travels throughout Europe and then moves to his native region Värmland where he continues working on the Trying to Dance project, which was published in 2004. He is shortlisted for the Deutshe Börse Photography Price for this book. He also starts working on a one-hour documentary about his friend and colleague Anders Petersen for the Swedish television. He exhibits throughout Europe.
In 2005, he starts filming his second documentary for the Swedish Television, a 30 minutes film, Bertil & Maggan. He also graduates from Dramatic Institute, Advanced Course in Documentary Film making.
Meanwhile, his photographic work was exposed in diverse galleries. In 2009, he was awarded Best photo book of the year at the Arles Photo festival together with Anders Petersen for the book From Back Home.
His seventh book, La Résidence, is released by Journal spring 2010 and is awarded the Goldene Letter by the Deutche Buch Stiftung. He is the 2015 Leica Oskar Barnack Award winner with his project Tout va bien.
JH Engström lives and works between his native region Värmland and Paris.
