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Tulips…..two lips…..30 close-ups of tulips April – May 2006 Twolips # 1 • Twolips # 2 • Twolips # 3 • Twolips # 4 Twolips # 5 • Twolips # 6 • Twolips # 7 • Twolips # 8 Twolips # 1 • Twolips # 2 • Twolips # 3 • Twolips # 4 Twolips # 5 • Twolips # 6 • Twolips # 7 • Twolips # 8 Back to Oberg’s Photography Main Page with all the series

 Hoppets och lugnets tid i Bolivia Är Evo hemma? Ett fönster står på glänt på andra våningen i Palazio Quemado, presidentens formella villa 1875, då rebeller satte eld på huset för att störta presidenten i en av Bolivias 180 kupper och motkupper sedan självständigheten 1825. Bor Evo Morales överhuvud där, Bolivias förste indianske president, som sänkt sin lön och föredrar att gå klädd i traditionell aymaraindiansk tjocktröja framför kostym och slips? Förmodligen inte. Evo Morales valdes till president den 18 december 2005 med överväldigande majoritet, 54 procent i den första valomgången. Morales leder partiet MAS, “Moviemento al Socialismo”. Alla jag möter talar om Evo, inte om president Morales. Stora förhoppningar förknippas med honom. I Bolivia råder dessa första månader 2006 en hoppets och lugnets tid efter decennier av kaos. Men Morales svårigheter är enorma. Om han sviker de folkliga förväntningarna får han snabbt folket emot sig. Om han “uppfyller” förväntningarna...

Bilbao, the Basque country, northern Spain. Not so long ago a sleeping port and industrial town, allegedly with little charm. But the mayor and the citizens had visions – and put them to work. Many couldn’t believe their ears when they heard that the new  Guggenheim Museum would be built in their town, partly under a bridge. And there it is, beyond doubt one of the most amazing buildings in the world. Says TFF co-founder Christina Spannar, upon visiting it: “The memory of the museum, especially seen from the hill in moonlight when it looks like a silvery boat from a fairy tale, is something to cherish and be inspired by. The surface is covered by thin titan plates that look a bit like fish scales. As a small boy, Frank Gehry its architect, often went with his grandmother to the fish market; upon returning he played with the carps she...

Greenland – the world’s largest island, a continent of its own with only 57.000 inhabitants. I visited it for the first time in May 2005. I flew across the inland ice to Nuuk, the tiny capital with some 14.000 inhabitants. I was overwhelmed by the pride and kindness of everyone I met as well as by the unique natural beauty. So this Greenland series is presented here in the hope you enjoy it and are stimulated to visit Greenland – about which you may read more here. Finally, if you want to use a picture or have questions, comments or suggestions, please write to us at tff@transnational.live. The first series were uploaded in October 2005. We will post more series as they are created. So do come back and see more pictures from this breathtakingly beautiful island. Greenland & Nuuk – the series The Ice Fjord – Ilulisat Disco Bay Mt. Sermitsiaq Atmospheres...

With these pictures I want you to get a sense of the simple fact that Iraq is not only Saddam Hussein, weapons and wars. Iraq is 24 million fellow human beings. It has been a civilisation for some 7,000 years. It has a distinct, rich culture; it has norms, and – above all – it has pride. I have never visited a country where there is so much kindness and hospitality – a genuine welcoming of the stranger. During the four weeks I spent in Baghdad, Babylon and Basra, I never felt insecure or had the feeling that I could not speak with the locals. Neither did I sense that they were afraid to speak with me as a foreigner. The future belongs to the children, doesn’t it? Iraq has a young population; about half the people are under 16 years old. They are innocent, they have a right to...

Foggy Frost Series # 1 Foggy Frost Series # 2 Back to Oberg’s Photography main page

Bird Song Valley Series The Wood and the Brook Branch in Brook Icy Edges and Water Blue Sunset Back to Jan Oberg’s Photography main page

2003 The capital Bujumbura 2006 The capital Bujumbura 2006 Gitega, the second largest town & its surroundings The Bujumbura-Gitega road Landscapes, people, the Plus Jamais Monument and a bride Ruyigi – Maggy’s “Maison Shalom” & the town 2007 Muramvia Bussuro – a poor suburb of Bujumbura Back to Oberg’s Photography main page

Den turkiske författaren Orhan Pamuk dras har blivit en bricka i spelet om Turkiets medlemskap i den europeiska gemenskapen. På Bokmässan i Göteborg drog han stora skaror med anledning av romanen “Snö”. Sören Sommelius har träffat honom över en kopp te. Fundamentalister och nationalister med olika förtecken intrigerar, liksom marxister och ex-marxister. Dödande skott avlossas på teatern under staden Kars första direktsända TV-föreställning. Snön faller oavbrutet. Staden är isolerad från omvärlden och varje kapitel i boken inleds med snöflingor. Orhan Pamuk skapar ett mikrokosmos, ett Turkiet i miniatyr, i den östliga utposten Kars i sin roman “Snö”, som i höst kommit på svenska (Norstedts, översättning Inger Johansson). Kars är periferi i Turkiet på samma sätt som Istanbul är periferi i Europa. – Det är en underlig känsla att bo “vid kanten”, säger Orhan Pamuk när jag får en intervjustund med honom under bokmässan i Göteborg. Vi sitter i kanten av...