Christian Nilson
I have over the last year been taking a closer look at my home country of choice, Switzerland. As a foreigner living here I guess I see things a bit different from what the Swiss do.
This series is an homage to Switzerland and the things I have learned to love and hate about the country. Yes, there are some cliches in the series, but what would a country be without them, but it’s more than cliches it’s Switzerland they way I see it, it’s my Switzerland.
Q&A with Christian Nilson
Photography is…
…next to my family and friends, everything to me; my way to figure out who I really am and how I fit in.
Photography and writing…
…are to me to very different disciplines, one I enjoy and one I don’t, one I’m ok at and one I’m not. I really admire people who can do both well
Who left the biggest impression on you?
As a person; my parents. As a photographer; the list is long, but the two people who have really made me think about my photography and why I do what I do are, Margot Wallard and JH Engström.
Tell us a little about yourself
I’m a 37 year old Swede, living in Switzerland with my wife and daughter. I’m in the long and bumpy process of turning my passion into something I can also live off.
Christian Nilson (www.christiannilson.com) born in Sweden, is an autodidact photographer living in Zurich with his wife and daughter. His roots in Street Photography and the many km spent walking the streets have made him unique in his way of covering stories. Always working with a flash, his style is different; raw and pure with an eye for details.
