Anders Petersen
[Photographer, b. 1944, Solna, Sweden, lives in Stockholm.]
For me, the camera is like an entrance to the private lives of other people. And if you are curious like me, it is a fantastic tool.
In black and white there are more colors than color photography, because you are not blocked by any colors so you can use your experiences, your knowledge, and your fantasy, to put colors into black and white.
I don’t believe in reality really, it’s a bluff. But I believe in a kind of reality that exists because of all the longing, dreams, secrets, nightmares, mostly longings. I think no picture is without longing. This allows you to use what you are afraid of, as a trampoline; to channel your energy into your creativity; go inside and open up like a sharp knife, like a doctor operating.
