John Alinder

[Collas]

A new book of self-taught Swedish photographer John Alinder's images is due to be published this month and the Guardian has featured a few of them.

âWe were once aliveâ: 100-year-old portraits from rural Sweden â in pictures

A new book showcases self-taught photographer John Alinder’s extraordinary and compelling portraits, discovered in the 1980s, of his Swedish neighbours – revealing their humanity and his artistic brilliance

www.theguardian.com

 

[David M]

I saw that, too.
These are from the blessed days before everyone felt obliged to grin at the camera. Masking your identity with a grin seems to be relatively new.