Jan Töve

Jan Töve
Born (1958-05-14) May 14, 1958 (age 66)
Töve, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationPhotographer
Websitejantove.com

Jan Töve (born May 14, 1958) is a Swedish landscape photographer, writer and lecturer.

Töve has won several awards in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, owned by BBC Wildlife and The Natural History Museum, and beside his publicist's work shot a documentary for the Swedish State Television.

In 1995 he was awarded the title Årets nordiska naturfotograf (Nordic Photographer of the Year) by the Swedish photography magazine Foto. Several years later he was also awarded the Årets naturfotograf 2003 (Nature Photographer of the Year, 2003) by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. His first book, Speglingar (Reflections), was published in 1996 and depicts various seasonal changes in the nature.

Töve seeks to depict the border country between nature, people and society, as expressed in his latests books Riverside (2007), Silent Landscape (2012), Faraway Nearby (Hatje Cantz, 2017) and Night Light (self-published, 2020).

Bibliography

  • Speglingar. 1996 ISBN 91-630-4657-1
  • Bortom redan. 2001 ISBN 91-973011-5-9
  • Riverside Viskan. 2007 ISBN 978-91-976852-0-7
  • Silent Landscape. 2012 ISBN 978-91-976852-7-6
  • Faraway Nearby. 2017 ISBN 978-3-7757-4358-7
  • Night Light. 2020 ISBN 978-91-519-3805-9

Bibliography (photography)