Paul Greenfield MFA, ARPS

Christer Stromholm (1918 - 2002)

Christer Strömholm in Stockholm), also known by the pseudonym Christer Christian, was a Swedish photographer and educator. He is known for his intimate black and white street photography portrait series.

Strömholm was a student of art under Waldemar Winkler and Dick Beer.[1] He was a member of Otto Steinert's Fotoform group of photographers for subjective photography.

He co-founded Fotoskolan academy in Stockholm in 1962 and was its director.

He is noted for his depictions of transsexuals in the Place Blanche area of 1950s Paris, published as Les Amies de Place Blanche.[4]

https://www.stromholm.com/place-blanche-paris/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christer_Str%C3%B6mholm

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