Talking about the cover image for Nepal and Mao in online magazine fototazo.
Nepal and Mao in La lettre de la photographie
La lettre is a winner of Life 2011’s BEST Photo Blogs.
About Nepal and Mao In GUP Magazine.
Gup Magazine
” Jarlbro’s photographs offer empathy towards all, as his intimate portraiture humanizes police and protestors alike. Captured in black and white, with the characteristic grain and greyness of Kodak Tri-X, the imagery is determinedly strong. A few succinct annotations are included, yet the book is conspicuously absent of descriptions of context or the individuals’ stories, leaving many things open to interpretation. The result is a collection of images that rely on the emotional reaction of the viewer, instead of a cohesive story to follow, presenting a portrait of life in Nepal amidst the continuing conflict……” For more visit here here
About Nepal and Mao in French PHOTO magazine and Bulgarian MAX magazine.
Some quotes from French PHOTO:
“He lived among the Maoist guerrillas to achieve his third book… His report unveils the face hidden behind the anti-monarchist organizations… Gives an authentic picture of modern Nepal.”
Some quotes from Bulgarian MAX:
”Men and Women with military uniform, young soldiers with guns, dust, barbwire and army barracks. This is Nepal 2008 and 2009. In the photo book Nepal & Mao, Swedish photographer Olof Jarlbro showing us a (peaceful place), were the peace is just like chimera. Here the guns can go of in any second…. The photographer is totally inside the Nepalese society…the book is not about the military it’s about the faces behind the uniform.”
Grant from Helge Axelsson Johnson foundation
Grant from Helge Axelsson Johnson foundation
Awarded with a working grant for my ongoing photographic work in Nepal. My photographic projects focus on remote areas with an ethnic minority in Nepal.
Book review Nepal and Mao in Swedish Daily
Review on my latest book Nepal and Mao in Swedish Daily Newspaper Helsingborgs dagblad.
”In black and white images, he shows Nepalese people and environments in situations that are often characterized by dramatic social dynamics. It is an insider perspective, based on the presence and knowledge. ” Sören Sommelius
The mountain country Nepal has in recent decades undergone a dramatic development. After a ten-year civil war, which claimed more than 13 000 people dead, ousted the Maoist rebels, the country’s monarchy and proclaimed the People’s Republic of Nepal 2006. King Gyanendra stepped down after elections in 2008 when a coalition led by the Maoists took power. New governments have taken on, a new constitution to be adopted. The country, one of the world’s poorest, is in a dramatic transition.
Helsingborg -born photographer Olof Jarlbro visited the country for the first time in 1998 and has since repeated traveled and lived in Nepal. This year released “Nepal & Mao” (Rough dog Press), his third Nepalese photo book for “The Falling Kingdom” and “Stone Factory”.
Olof Jarlbro do not analyze Nepal’s political situation. Short texts provides essential background, otherwise the photographs speak mostly for themselves. In black and white images, he shows Nepalese people and environments in situations that are often characterized by dramatic social dynamics.
It is an insider perspective, based on the presence and knowledge. Olof Jarlbros lens captures the drama of the confrontations between protesters and police, there are pictures taken during trips in the mountain villages and visit in the workshops where they teach Maoism, pictures where you glimpse the police escorted the king’s Jaguar.
Article about my third book “Nepal and Mao”
Article in Bulgarian weekly newspaper Kapital light
Why Nepal?
One question I am getting over and over again, is why Nepal. My first response is always- Why not? But after a while I started to ask my self. And the only answer I could give. It’s about the people; it’s always about the people. I never planned to live in Nepal or keep on photograph the country over a decade. One could say it just happened. I went there for the mountains and ended up in the cities, the outskirts of Katmandu, some remote areas in the lowlands or small villages in highlands. But during all those travels I always met the most incredible people and that led me to coming back, journey after journey….