Gold Winner 2026

Rewarded among 17.000 images

Rewarded among 17.000 images

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

Iceland Photo Workshop

Iceland Photo Workshop

Kingdom of the Arctic Fox – summer 2026

"A unique image of a wolf unlike any other in the world"

Swedish magazine Sveriges Natur, 150.000 copies

Silver Winner x 2

Silver Winner x 2

New York Photography Awards


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

  • 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

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

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

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Highly commended in International Nature Photography Competition Asferico 2026

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

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

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Stort i Jönköpings Posten (Swedish newspaper) "Naturfotograf från Jönköping hyllas"

"Nature photographer Mats Andersson from Jönköping has...

“A unique image of a wolf unlike any other in the world”. Published in the magazine "Sveriges Natur", which is printed in 150,000 copies.

"Inspired by photographers such as Christer Strömholm...

Iceland Photo Workshop 2026 – Kingdom of the Arctic Fox

Iceland 7 days | 28 july – 3 august 2026 | Only 10...

Awarded in the International Black & White Photography Contes Monochrome Photography Awards 2025

Monochrome Awards Photo Contest, 2025> Gallery...

Mats Andersson is Silver Winner x 2 in New York Photography Awards 2025

IntimationsSilver Winner Professional. Category: Black...

Award Winning Photography

Fine Art Prints • Books • Workshops

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...

Shop

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

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."

Cover and 8 pages in Black+White Photography (No 286 – 2024).

In 14 short years, Mats Andersson has published over a dozen books and won numerous awards. He spoke to Charlie Thomas about his start in photography, how he arrived at his unique style, and what it takes to find your creative voice.

At first glance, it's hard to distinguish whether a Mats Andersson print is a painting or photograph. He blends the abstract with the surreal, resulting in landscape imagery that can simultaneously evoke feelings of unease, tranquillity, forbidding and calm. His style is instantly recognisable, a dark, gritty, analogue look with deep blacks, a rich grain structure and often plenty of motion, which contributes to his painterly style. It’s a combination that has seen him win countless wildlife photography awards, while his 13 published books speak to an enviable work ethic …

Mats Andersson sweden in Black + White Photography No 286 2024

Black+White Photography is respected for its quality writing, stylish design and compelling photographs. Highlighting quality contemporary monochrome photography, B+W covers a range of genres including documentary, portraiture, still life, landscape and street.
The magazine has featured interviews with leading figures, including Nick Brandt, Michael Kenna, Vanessa Winship, David Bailey, Sarah Moon and Michael Ackerman, as well as many other seminal and emerging photographers.
Launched in 2001, B+W informs, inspires and stimulates all levels of creative photographers working within the monochrome aesthetic. Inspiring and engaging readers to take their photography to the next level is at the core of the magazine’s ethos.

SWE. Ett av de stora fotomagasinen i England publicerar en av mina bilder på omslaget och har hela åtta sidor om mig och mitt bildskapande i årets första utgåva av Black+White Photography (No 286 – 2024).

Black+White Photography kommer ut med hela tolv nummer per år. Bland annat hade de Isa Marcelli på omslaget i nummer 281

> Read the article (pdf)

 

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