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ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Mats Ekqvist got a telephoto lens as a graduation gift, this became the starting point for his photographic career.
His interest for photography had started when he was in high school, alongside an interest for psychology. The latter resulted in a degree and subsequently as a job as a psychologist. However, in the last few years his photographic interest has taken over more and more.
During his first experiences as a photographer Mats explored his great passion for nature and animals which had started during his childhood when he spent most of his summers in his parent's cottage on the outskirts of Stockholm. To begin with he took photos of mooses and birds, always with the ambition to seize a maximum number of different bird species, technically as perfect as possible. His interest for lyrical pictures also awoke early and became intensified when he spent most of his summers in the city after his parent's cottage was sold. This subsequently inspired him to take photos of Stockholm and it's surroundings.

In his photos, especially those of the city, Mats takes great pains to wait for the exactly right moment, just to be able to catch as interesting pictures as possible with exciting light effects. This requires not only considerable time but also a lot of patience.
Throughout the years he has also become more and more interested in abstract subjects. You can sometimes find psychological symbols in his photos.
Mats had his first exhibition at the end of the nineties at Mosebacke in Stockholm. Six collective exhibitions in Stockholm promptly followed (at Poolgalleriet and Studio fem), out of which three were exclusively with pictures of Stockholm, as well as two separate exhibitions in Öland.