A precise, consistent, and unique body of work exploring landscapes and territories – both public and private – defines the artistic career of French artist Sophie Ristelhueber spanning forty-five years. Through her series, created in war-torn regions, she challenged the field of journalistic photog-raphy, developing her own visual language. The traces and scars of violence – on land, the human body, and architecture – are central to her powerful, tightly cropped images, most notably in her acclaimed series focusing on the Middle East and the Balkans. Ristelhueber’s large-scale photographs are often presented in unconventional ways and combined with video and sound in site-specific installations. – Citation; The Hasselblad Foundation

Sophie Ristelhueber was born in 1949 in Paris, where she still lives and works. She studied literature at the Sorbonne, with a focus on the literary movement le nouveau roman – the new novel – which challenged traditional narrative structures through fragmented storytelling and an emphasis on detail. Ristelhueber’s work has been exhibited in numerous international institutions, including MoMA, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; The Power Plant, Toronto; Tate Modern, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris.

As part of the Hasselblad Award, Sophie Ristelhueber will be featured in an exhibition at the Hasselblad Center – her first solo exhibition in Scandinavia – on view from 11 October 2025 to 18 January 2026. Curators: Louise Wolthers, Dragana Vujanovic Östlind, Hasselblad Center.

The programme is presented in collaboration with the Hasselblad Foundation.

In English.

Admission to the exhibition included in the ticket price. Limited number of participants.

Image: Sophie Ristelhueber. Photo: © Lea Crespi