Bruno Ehrs (born 1953) has succeeded with the difficult combination of being appreciated as a photographer in the exhibition world and the advertising world. His esthetic images are sometimes coolly distanced and, at the same time, poetic, beautiful and full of calm. Just as often, they are absurdly humorous or can push towards a neorealist, almost frightening direction. His career gathered momentum as the result of the Stockholm Sequence from 1987, with images of an unknown Stockholm, which were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm. A couple of years later, Bruno undertook a Nordic journey and documented the works of five different Nordic monument sculptors of the twentieth century. The project led to the exhibition entitled An Essay in Form. This is where he portrays the hard, cold and lifeless sculptures, which with a personal imagery assume a physical softness and presence. In his Have a Nice Day exhibition, Bruno Ehrs portrayed an absurd world of barren landscapes, filled with mysterious scenes. Like a series of fragments from an imaginary silent movie, an international businessman is portrayed in monumental environments, with a blend of humor and seriousness. His most recent exhibition, Embracement, was held as Stockholm celebrated its 750th anniversary. Bruno was assigned to create an exhibition for this jubilee and Embracement had the same theme as his breakthrough Stockholm exhibition in 1982: people and architecture. The photographer shifted the focus to famous people in Embracement. These people included King Carl XVI Gustav, Prime Minister Göran Persson, and other representatives of culture, sport, finance and science. The principal concept of everyone with their eyes closed, sitting or lying, is a philosophical game, that the city, with the strength of its age, wants to embrace everyone who regards Stockholm as home. The image of the King, sitting on stone steps, reclining in a relaxed manner, attracted the most attention. This photograph and three others in the same series were purchased by the Swedish National Museum and are included in its permanent collection. In addition to his own photography, Bruno is also interested in older, historical photography. In 1998, Bruno Ehrs collaborated with his colleague Carl Bengtsson to put together several exhibitions of Henry B. Goodwin’s photographs. This resulted in two books, Goodwin, en hyllning (“Goodwin, a tribute”) and Goodwins vackra Stockholm (“Goodwin’s beautiful Stockholm”). The ambition was to highlight Swedish photography and this has also led to Bruno Ehrs establishing the Xpose photo gallery in cooperation with his friend, designer Anders Schmidt. Exhibitions One-man exhibitions (Selected) 2003 Istituto Svedese di Studi Classici a Roma, Italy. 2002 Center of Photography, Athens, Greece. 1997 Gotlands Konst Museum, Visby, Sweden. 1996 Kristianstads Länsmuseum, Kristianstad, Sweden. 1996 Arbetets Museum/Museum of Work, Norrköping, Sweden. 1995 PhotoFair, Svenska Mässan, Gothenburg, Sweden. 1990 Nordens Hus/Nordic House, Reykjavik, Island. 1989 Rudolph Tegners Museum, Dronningmolle, Denmark. 1989 Wäinö Aaltonens Museum, Åbo, Finland. 1989 Millesgården, Stockholm, Sweden. 1988 Centre Culturelle Suedoise, Paris, France. 1988 Finlands Fotografiska Museum, Helsinki, Finland. 1987 Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden. 1982 Fotografi Centrum, Stockholm, Sweden. Books Stockholmsviten, 1987 : Camera Obscura Förlag, Stockholm. En gestaltad essä, 1989 : Apokromat, Stockholm. Centralposthuset i Stockholm, 1992 : Postens Förlag, Stockholm. Tidningsfunkis, 1994 : GP:s Förlag, Gotenburg. Have a Nice Day, 1995 : Dog Publishing, Stockholm. Sveaplan, 1997 : Apokromat, Stockholm. Goodwin, en hyllning, 1998 : Norstedts, Stockholm. Goodwins vackra Stockholm, 2000 : Apokromat, Stockholm. Represented Moderna Museet, Stockholm. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Istituto Svedese di Studi Classici a Roma, Italy.