Anders Petersen (born 1944) is a Swedish photographer, based in
Stockholm. Petersen studied photography in Sweden in the 1960s. He
is known for his intimate and personal documentary-style
black-and-white photography. For over three years from 1967 he
photographed the late-night regulars in Café Lehmitz, a bar in
Hamburg, Germany. Café Lehmitz has since become regarded as a
seminal book in the history of European photography
In 1970 Petersen co-founded SAFTRA, the Stockholm group of
photographers, with Kenneth Gustavsson. He was director of the
Göteborg School of Photography and Film He began to photograph for
magazines, and continued his personal photo diary work, which
continues to this day. He has photographed for extensive periods of
time in prisons, mental asylums, and elderly care homes.
Petersen has published over 20 books on photography.
Tom Waits is a celebrated American musician, composer, songwriter,
and actor.
Roger Anderson was a distinguished journalist and author based in
Munich, Germany.
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