Hanna Liden

Hanna Liden, Blown-out Candles (Black), 2010

interview by JADE BERREAU

 

JADE BERREAU — What was growing up in Sweden like for you?
HANNA LIDEN — When I was growing up, Sweden was almost a socialist utopia. It’s changed since then, but it still has that thing — like everyone’s supposed to be the same. I mean, I have wonderful friends and family there. But I always wanted to leave. Stockholm is not really metropolitan, even if it thinks it is, or tries to act like it is. It’s kind of provincial. There’s not enough diversity. There’s not much of an art world in Stockholm. So I figured that to have a real job, I would have to become a commercial photographer.

JADE BERREAU — Did you start out by assisting other photographers?
HANNA LIDEN — Yes, first a fashion…