Tommy Ingberg is a self-taught photographer and visual artist known for his work in both fine art and commercial photography, born 1980 in Sweden. Ingberg particularly focuses his photography around surrealism and conceptual imagery. His work often evokes a sense of drama and depth, using bold contrasts and creative compositions to explore themes such as identity, emotion, and the human experience. His photography usually features strong tones and shadows to evoke intense emotions and portray cinematic or surreal quality.

I am using Ingberg as my artist inspiration as I feel his photos evoke deep emotions and I would like to portray this through my photography. I will also be editing my images in black & white to reinforce my inspiration on Ingberg’s photos. I will also attempt to represent unconscious ideas, dreams, and emotions, similarly to Ingberg.

Ingberg: “For me, surrealism is about trying to explain something abstract like a feeling or a thought, expressing the subconscious with a picture. For my work I use my own inner life, thoughts and feelings as seeds to my pictures. In that sense the work is very personal, almost like a visual diary. Despite this subjectiveness in the process I hope that the work can engage the viewer in her or his own terms. I want the viewers to produce their own questions and answers when looking at the pictures, my own interpretations are really irrelevant in this context.”