Lennart Nilsson

Known for Camera

Lennart Nilsson's portrait

Details

Birthday: August 22, 1922

Deathday: January 28, 2017

Place of birth: Strängnäs, Södermanlands län, Sweden

Biography

Lennart Nilsson was a Swedish photographer and scientist. He was noted for his photographs of human embryos and other medical subjects once considered unphotographable, and more generally for his extreme macro photography. He was also considered to be among Sweden’s first modern photojournalists.