Jörgen Ringstrand, born in 1967, was born and raised in Malmö in the south of Sweden. He first started his photography career at the age of 12 when he built his first camera obscura and a small darkroom. Inspired by photo journalism and the work of Saul Leiter, William Klein and Peter Lindbergh he walked the streets of Copenhagen and Berlin documenting what he saw, leading to his first solo exhibition at the age of 16. The years that followed he worked with portraits and fashion for magazines like Italian Vogue, L`uomo Vogue etc and for high end clients all over the world. Today he brings his background within fashion and portrait photography to documentary photography and photojournalism. He also works with other photographers books and publications as an Art Director – like Luigi & Iango and Peter Lindbergh, with ITEM Creative.