Mats Andersson crowned as a 2026 Global Photography Awards Category Winners of the Year

Silver Winner 2026

Silver Winner 2026

Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards

European Photo Awards

European Photo Awards

GOLD WINNER 2026

Gold Winner 2026

Rewarded among 17.000 images

Rewarded among 17.000 images

Asferico – one of the really big photo competitions in the world


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 60 times (2011–2025). Mats's images have been exhibited in over 20 countries around the world.
Mats Andersson is a Leica partner.

Major awards

  • Global Photography Awards Category Winners of the Year 2026
  • 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

Mats Andersson Category Winner Global Photography Awards 2026
25 Sep 2026

Mats Andersson crowned as a 2026 Global Photography Awards Category Winners of the Year

  Mats Andersson is a CATEGORY WINNER in Global...

Mats Andersson vinner silver i Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards 2026
13 Sep 2026

Mats Andersson SILVER WINNER Analog Sparks International Film Photography Awards 2026

Silver Winner (Nature/Other) 2026, ProfessionalAnalog...

Mats Andersson naturfotograf vinner guld i uropean Photography Awards 2024
15 Aug 2026

Mats Andersson is Gold Winner European Photography Awards 2026

  GOLD WINNERBlack & White Photography – Nature...

Mats Andersson publicerad hos LFI, Leica Fotografie International
09 Jun 2026

Leica Fotografie International – Portfolio Mats Andersson: In the Stillness of Night

LFI (Leica Fotografie International) 260609 – Portfolio...

16 May 2026

Mats Andersson – Gold Winner (Professional) London Photography Awards 2026

Mats Andersson is Gold Winner (Professional) in London...

Mats Andersson vinner guld, naturfotograf
12 Apr 2026

With over 4000 entries from more than 40 countries – Mats Andersson Wins Gold

Mats Andersson Wins Gold at the 2026 MUSE Photography...

Mats Andersson prisas i Asferico och omskrivs av Fotosidan
07 Apr 2026

Swedish Photo Magazine Fotosidan: Två svenska medaljörer i jättelik naturfototävling

The two Swedish nature photographers Mats Andersson and...

Mats Andersson winner Asferico 2026. Leica-image on wolfs in dark forest. Highly commended
04 Apr 2026

Highly commended in International Nature Photography Competition Asferico 2026

Among 17,000 submitted photos in the International Nature...

Fotokurs ICM Mats Andersson i Sverige
17 Mar 2026

Naturens och historiens penseldrag – ICM-workshop (måla med kameran) med Mats Andersson

Jag har med mina bilder och mitt bildspråk vunnit över...

Award Winning Photography

Fine Art Prints • Books • Workshops

Shop

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

Photobooks

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

Workshops

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

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."

Mother Earth – winner 3rd Place Professional Book, Nature – will be shown in New York City
IPA – International Photography Awards 2023

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All 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Prize winners will be considered by IPA 2023 Curator for inclusion in the annual IPA Best of Show Curated Exhibition which will open in New York City during the week of the Lucie Awards, and is shown around the world through the following year.

> Link to winning page IPA (Professional Book, Nature: Mother Earth)

> All winners Professional

> Mats Andersson's book Mother Earth is also nominated for the Swedish Publishing Prize 2023 - Sweden's most comprehensive communication competition.

 

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