Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin is a well-known Swedish Photographer. Some twenty years ago she managed to launch an unprecedented surge of public reaction with an exhibition of arranged pictures around the theme of Christianity and homosexuality. Her Ecce Homo exhibition was shown throughout Europe for several years (you can find an interesting Wiki-article here).
It is safe to assume that Ohlson Walin's outdoor exhibition Living With Time in May 2019 in Gothenburg will not be viewed as controversial in any way. But that doesn't mean that the images fail to reach the passers-by at the entrance of a large inner-city park. Ohlson Walin presents older individuals in image and thought. And in a subtle way she counterbalances the often frightening reports of disagreeable situations awaiting the old and frail. After some thought while walking around, I was in tune with her selection of individuals still pursuing lifelong goals, speaking of pensive acceptance, and those still mustering every ounce of joie de vivre they still get a hold of.
Many people took the Ecce Homo exhibition 20 years ago as a plea to be more human in the face of common human life-situations. Living With Time has a similar intention by way of issuing a warm, inviting and inspiring plea.
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