Silver winner in Paris 2025

Silver winner in Paris 2025

B&W International Photography Awards

Silver Winner x 2

Silver Winner x 2

New York Photography Awards

Platinum Winner

Platinum Winner

Global Photography Awards 2024

Gold Winner

Gold Winner

Svensk Naturfototävling 2024 SM i naturfoto

Gold Winner

Gold Winner

European Photography Awards 2024


Mats Andersson konst- och naturfotograf Jönköping. Art and nature photogrpher Sweden. Leica ambassadör

UK's largest Photography Magazine writes in 2020:
"The artful dodger. Combining a profound artistic flair with a love of analogue darkroom techniques, Swedish legend Mats Andersson has turned his love of wildlife and landscapes into a hugely successful second career."

Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan writes in 2023:
Mats Andersson's pictures! As Ansel Adams filtered through Anders Petersen.

Mats Andersson

Art & Nature Photographer

Mats Andersson studied photo at the Industrial Art School in Gothenburg in the late 1980s. This was followed by a job as Art Director and Photographer in the advertising industry. Since 2009, Mats has worked as an Art & Nature photographer. Published 13 books. Awarded internationally over 50 times. Mats's images have been exhibited in over 20 countries around the world.
Mats Andersson is a Leica partner.

Major awards

  • Gold Winner The Swedish championships in Nature Photography 2024
  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 – winner Black & White
  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year in Scandinavia 2016 (NNPC)
  • All over winner NNPC in 2016 (Nordic Nature Photo Contest)
  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year in Sweden 2016 (Naturvårdsverket)
  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 – silver Black & White


Scholarship 

  • Sveriges Författarfond 2021-23
  • Konstnärsnämnden 2021
  • Konstnärsnämnden 2020
  • Sveriges Författarfond 2019
  • Region Jkpg läns scholarship 2017
  • Sveriges Författarfond 2014

Mats Andersson

Latest NEWS

Silver Winner in worlds biggest B&W Photo Competition 2025

  Mats Andersson’s image "Swedish Morning" is Silver...

Mats Andersson is published in LFI Leica Fotografie International

"His images are modelled on and inspired by Sally Mann and...

Big in Swedish newspaper about exhibition in Abecita Art Museum

Abecita Popkonst & FotoMats Andersson's Mother Earth...

Awarded x 2 in The International Black & White Photography Contes Monochrome Photography Awards 2024

Monochrome Awards Photo Contest, 2024> Winners...

Mats Andersson is Bronze Winner in Tokyo International Foto Awards 2024

tifa 2024Mats Andersson's image "DARK FOREST" is bronze...

Mats Andersson is Silver Winner x 2 in New York Photography Awards 2024, the Professional class

Alone (Arctic Fox) (Leica SL2-S)Silver Winner...

Mats Andersson i published in the Dutch photo-magazine Natuurfotografie

Mats Andersson is published in the Dutch photo-magazine...

Mats Andersson – Bronze Winner BIFA 2024

Mats Andersson's image "Is There Anybody Out There?" –...

Exhibition Mother Earth – Abecita Art Museum 30 jan 2025

Abecita Popkonst & FotoMats Andersson's Mother Earth...

Award Winning Photography

Fine Art Prints • Books • Workshops

Shop

In my shop you will find a variety of pictures and signed books for sale.

Workshops

– Ever since the start, it has been important to us that our tours are...

Photobooks

   "Photo books are often beautiful. Mats Andersson's Nature Diary still...

Swedish newspaper JP
writes in 2019

"Mats Andersson creates images like a painting artist. Or as a poet. I will several times think of Christer Strömholm who has the same personal approach, regardless of motives."

2025
Silver Winner (Swedish Morning) B&W Photography Awards Paris

2024
Honorable Mentions, Abstract, Professional (Is There Anybody Out There?) – Monochrome Photography Awards
Honorable Mentions, Abstract, Professional (The circle of life) – Monochrome Photography Awards
Bronze winner (Dark Forest) Tokyo International Foto Awards
Silver winner (Alone) New York Photography Awards
Silver winner (Dream Waterfall) New York Photography Awards
Bronze Winner (Is There Anybody Out There?) bifa Budapest International Foto Awards
Platinum Winner (Mother Earth, Eruption Geldingadalir) Global Photography Awards 
Gold Winner (Brudslöjan) Svensk Naturfototävling (SM i naturfoto)
Gold Winner (Small Fox. Big Landscape) European Photography Awards
Honourable Mentions (Is There Anybody Out There?) European Photography Awards
Honourable Mentions (Le Rêve) London Photography Awards
Silver Winner (Invaders) B&W Photography Awards Paris
Silver Winner (Alone) B&W Photography Awards Paris
Leica Master Shot (LFI) (Ghost Mountain) Leica Fotografie International Gallery
Finalist (Honorable Mention) "Black Beach" Nordic Nature Photo Contest NNPC
Finalist (Honorable Mention) "Ghost Mountain" Nordic Nature Photo Contest NNPC

2023 
Honorable Mention (Black Beach) Monochrome Photography Awards, International Black & White Photography Contest
Honorable Mention (Volcano lake) Monochrome Photography Awards, International Black & White Photography Contest
Silver winner (Mother Earth) bifa Budapest International Foto Awards
Honorable Mention (Ghost Of The Beach) bifa Budapest International Foto Awards
Silver winner (Eruption Litli-Hrutur) New York Photography Awards
Honorable Mentions (Mountain Horse) New York Photography Awards
Winner 3rd Place International Photography Awards – IPA (Mother Earth)
Editor's Pick (Eruption Litli-Hrutur) – Black & White Photography Awards – lensculture
Editor's Pick (Mountain Horse) – Black & White Photography Awards – lensculture
Highly Commended International Nature Photography Competition Asferico

2022
Silver (2nd place Winner) bifa category Book) – Nature Diary
Gold Winner bifa (category Book-Nature) – Nature Diary
Gold Winner bifa (category Fine Art-Other) – Image "The Mountain Man"
Honorable Mention bifa (category Nature-Landscape) – Image "The Mountain"
Gold Winner London Photography Awards
Highly Commended International Nature Photography Competition Asferico
Silver medal in Scandinavias largest nature photo contest NNPC Nordic Nature Photo Contest

2021
Honorable Mention (Professional, landscape) Monochrome Photography Awards, International Black & White Photography Contest
Honorable Mention (Professional, Nature) Monochrome Photography Awards, International Black & White Photography Contest
Honorable Mention (Professional, Fine Art) Monochrome Photography Awards, International Black & White Photography Contest
Honorable Mention (Professional, Fine Art) Monochrome Photography Awards, International Black & White Photography Contest

2020
Honorable Mention Nature, Animals. ipa – International Photography Awards
Honorable Mention OneShot M. Nature. ipa – Intern. Photography Awards

2018
Nordic Nature Photo Contest (Honorable Mention) NNPC Finalist (top-10)

2017
Wildlife Photographer of the Year WPY – Silver (finalist)
Nordic Nature Photo Contest (Honorable Mention) NNPC – Finalist (top-10)
Nordic Nature Photo Contest (Honorable Mention) NNPC – Finalist (top-10)

2016
Wildlife Photographer of the Year WPY, winner black & white
Wildlife Photographer of the Year in Scandinavia NNPC. Årets NORDISKA naturfotograf
Wildlife Photographer of the Year in Sweden. Årets naturfotograf
All over winner Nordic Nature Photo Contest NNPC
Finalist (Honorable Mention)Mammals NNPC
Finalist (Honorable Mention) Kreative category NNPC
Finalist (Honorable Mention) Kreative category NNPC

2011
Winner Metro Global Photo Challenge (Sverigefinalen)

 

Rewarded images. All prints are in Limited editions.
> In my shop you will find a variety of pictures for sale.
For other pictures or the pictures above please contact me: mats [att] concret.se

Fine Art prints are made on Museum Natural Rag 260 g or Hahnemüle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth 305 g
– a 100% cotton paper which is a museum-, art and photo paper.
It provides one of the highest achievable Dmax (black) currently available on the market, making it ideal for fine art photography and graphic arts.
A pigmented 10-color ink has been used for printing which gives an archival life of nearly 100 years!

Andersson Consulting AB • Bashult 24 • 555 92 Jönköping, Sweden • mats [att] concret.se • +46 708 14 12 42