Kenny Bengtsson

Reclaiming a city: In 2013 Kenny Bengtsson was assaulted and beaten up in a Parisian street. Two years later, after developing his film rolls from that time, he decides to return to Paris, to confront the memories and pain. However, a few days after his arrival he ends up in the middle of the terrorist attacks at the quai de Jemmapes on Friday, November 13, 2015. After being beaten on an open street in Paris in June 2013, Kenny Bengtsson begins to shoot aimlessly in the city. He wanders around the streets in the hope of finding meaning in his stay and belonging to his surroundings. He goes home with film reels that have to wait for two years before they are developed. Confused by the images and the memories that are evoked, he decides to return to Paris to investigate the condition he then ended up in. A few days after his arrival, he ends up in the middle of the terrorist attacks at Quai de Jemmapes on Friday, November 13, 2015. The photographs in the book 'Under the Sky', however, shows no violence, but almost the opposite through silence and the absence of conflicts. The book also contains diary fragments with associations about violence, the search for meaning, reflection and photography. In this way, the book is a documentary contemporary depiction and at the same time a kind of phenomenological story about how violence, both random and organized, affects a person

Reclaiming a city: In 2013 Kenny Bengtsson was assaulted and beaten up in a Parisian street. Two years later, after developing his film rolls from that time, he decides to return to Paris, to confront the memories and pain. However, a few days after his arrival he ends up in the middle of the terrorist attacks at the quai de Jemmapes on Friday, November 13, 2015. Efter att ha blivit misshandlad på öppen gata i Paris i juni 2013 börjar Kenny Bengtsson fotografera planlöst i staden. Trevande vandrar han omkring på gatorna i hopp om att återfinn mening med vistelsen och samhörighet med omgivningen. Han åker hem med filmrullar som får vänta i två år innan de blir framkallade. Konfunderad av bilderna och de minnen som väcks, bestämmer han sig för att återvända till Paris för att undersöka det tillstånd han då hamnade i. Några dagar efter ankomsten hamnar han mitt i terrorattackerna vid Quai de Jemmapes fredagen den 13:e november 2015. Fotografierna i boken 'Under himlen' visar dock inget våld, utan närmast motsatsen genom stillsamhet och avsaknad av konflikter. Boken innehåller även dagboksfragment med associationer kring våld, sökandet efter mening, eftertanke och fotografi. På så vis är boken en dokumentär Ưsamtidsskildring och samtidigt en slags fenomenologisk berättelse om hur våld, såväl slumpmässigt som organiserat, drabbar en människa