Mattias Sjolund
Biography
Mattias originates from Sweden and has an inherent ardour for photographing and mountain climbing in nature. He’s the founding father of Foto Magica, a phototour organizer that gives adventures in each Scandinavia and Europe.
Michéla Griffith
In 2012 I paused by my native river and every thing modified. I’ve moved away from what many anticipate images to be: my photos deconstruct the literal and reimagine the subjective, reflecting the curiosity that water has impressed in my observe. Water has been my conduit: it has sharpened my imaginative and prescient, given me permission to experiment and continues to introduce me to new methods of seeing.
There’s an inevitability about the truth that, in the end, the pictures bug will get you. For Mattias Sjölund it took some time, like water sporting away stone, and it was the photographs he noticed on-line that lastly transfixed him. From a ardour for music, he discovered himself approaching and conversing with the rock stars of panorama pictures. Coming on-line as a tour operator simply because the pandemic broke might have spelt catastrophe, however Mattias was in a position to proceed together with his plans in his residence nation of Sweden.
Would you want to begin by telling readers a bit about your self – the place you grew up, your schooling and early pursuits, and what that led you to do?
I spent my childhood in what I presume could be finest described as a traditional countryside village with all its appeal and challenges. Originating from the interior metropolis, I used to be considerably of a stranger to the setting in addition to the locals for the primary few years and I did not actually make plenty of associates till I turned double digits. As a child, we had a second residence up within the Swedish north and I’ve solely fond reminiscences of the attractive environments that the Arctic introduced. I can solely presume someplace in that age I additionally grew a love for nature and particularly the one of many north.
As I grew older we moved again to the city of Uppsala, a spot I very very like to name residence, though a number of years in Stockholm, in addition to Los Angeles in my late teenagers and late twenties, grew to become a enjoyable and thrilling break as I used to be each a pupil of and knowledgeable within the vivid music business of the late nineties. I’d by no means been good at college; regardless of that my dad and mom at all times inspired increased schooling however my college expertise ended earlier than my first semester within the regulation program was over. Beginning new enterprise ventures one way or the other was at all times extra interesting and has taken me locations I hardly might have imagined as I made my means in each the airport sector, the communication business in addition to a number of odd ventures within the inventive business together with music and pictures.
