Tommy Ingberg is a photographer and visual artist, born 1980 in Sweden. He works with photography and digital image editing, creating minimalistic and self-reflecting surreal photo montages dealing with human nature, feelings and thoughts.
Tommy leaves the interpretation of his work up to the viewer but says, "For me, surrealism is about trying to explain something abstract like a feeling or a thought, expressing the subconscious with a picture. For my work I use my own inner life, thoughts and feelings as seeds to my pictures. In that sense the work is very personal, almost like a visual diary. Despite this subjectiveness in the process I hope that the work can engage the viewer in her or his own terms. I want the viewers to produce their own questions and answers when looking at the pictures, my own interpretations are really irrelevant in this context. "
His work is represented in collections all over the world from the National Museum of Photography in Colombia to the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. During the last eight years his work has won over 30 international awards.
In 2012 Tommy won the Lumen Prize with his picture “Torn” and in 2014 he was named "One to Watch" by Saatchi Art.
Articles and interviews in selection |
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2015 | Black & White Magazine |
2014 | Phlearn interview |
2014 | Saatchi Online "One to Watch" |
2013 | Global Panorama |
2013 | World Photography Organization |
Awards, in selection |
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2016 | International Photography Awards - 1st place in the category Professional/Digitally Enhanced |
2016 | International Photography Awards - Country Pick Sweden |
2016 | PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - 3rd place (Bronze Medal Winner) in Category Fine Art/Digitally Enhanced |
2014 | PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - 1st place (Gold Medal Winner) in Category Book/Fine Art |
2014 | PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - Honorable Mention in Category Fine Art/Collage |
2014 | International Photography Awards - Top Country Pick Sweden |
2014 | Saatchi Online "One to Watch" |
2013 | International Photography Awards - 2nd place in the category Non-Professional Special/ Digitally Enhanced |
2013 | International Photography Awards - 3rd place in the category Non-Professional Fine Art/ Collage |
2013 | PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - 1st place (Gold Medal Winner) in Category Non-Professional Fine Art/Collage |
2013 | PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - 3rd place (Bronze Medal Winner) in Category Non-Professional Book Proposal / Fine Art |
2013 | PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - Honorable Mention |
2013 | 2013 International Loupe Awards - Silver Award |
2013 | 13th Malmö International Exhibition of Photographic Art - PSA Gold Medal (Best in show monochrome section) |
2013 | 13th Malmö International Exhibition of Photographic Art - RSF Silver Medal, FIAP Honorable Mention |
2013 | Photographer's Forum 33rd Annual Spring 2013 - Finalist |
2013 | Sony World Photography Awards - Commended |
2013 | German International DVF Photocup - 2 medals + Best Author (Fotosalon Niedersachsen) |
2012 | Lumen Prize Exhibition - Winner |
2012 | Grand Prix de la Decouverte /International Fine Art Photography Competition - Category finalist / Honorable Mention + 2 Juror Award of Merit |
2012 | PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - 1st place (Gold Medal Winner) in Category Non-Professional Fine Art/Digitally Enhanced |
2012 | PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris - Honorable Mention |
2012 | 2012 International Loupe Awards - Silver Award + Bronze Award |
2012 | 12th Malmö International Exhibition of Photographic Art - PSA Gold Medal (Best in show monochrome section) |
2012 | 12th Malmö International Exhibition of Photographic Art - FIAP Bronze Medal |
2012 | 4th Finland International Digital Circuit - PSA Silver Medal |
2012 | Photographer's Forum 32nd Annual Spring 2012 - Finalist |
2012 | Adore Noir Portfolio Contest - One of six winners/finalists |
2012 | 2nd Indonesian Salon of Art Photography - PSA Silver Medal |
2012 | 2nd International Donkey Art Prize - Finalist |
2012 | Sony World Photography Awards - Commended |
2011 | International Photography Awards 2011- Honorable Mention |
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