Ulla Duell (Kramfors, 1949) is a photographer currently based in Stockholm, Sweden. She grew up in northern Sweden and has spent a large portion of her adult life traveling extensively, and has lived in Vietnam, Laos, and in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho in Southern Africa.
Photo: Helen Ahlbom
Prior to retiring she worked with and wrote several books on management practices in central government, agencies, and foreign aid. Now she devotes her time solely to her photographic practice.
She’s currently working on a photographic exploration of identity and aging and what happens to the mind and the body as we get older. In 2018 she published a limited edition of her book “One Step Closer”, see an excerpt of it here or order it directly by e-mailing. In the last few years, she has continued to photograph self-portraits.
Education
- Katrineberg College, Visual composition2 and 3, online course 2023/2024
- Gamleby College, International Photo Lab, one year online course 2022-2023
- Valand – Academy of Art and Design, at the University of Gothenburg, Autumn 2019, online course in photography
- Gamleby College Visual composition, one year online course 2018-2019
- New York Institute of Photography, Professional Photography Course, online course 2016-2017
- University of Stockholm, Bachelor – Business Administration 1998
Awards
- Julia Margret Cameron Awards 2021, 16th edition, 2nd place in self-portrait category, single. As well as an honorable mention in the self-portrait category, single
- Pollux Awards,14th edition, Honorable Mentions in self portrait category, series, 2020
- Julia Margret Cameron Awards, 14th edition, Honorable Mentions in self portrait category, series, 2019
- Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 13th edition, Honorable Mentions in the self portrait category, 2019.
- Regional photo competition Svefo, Winner in the color category, 2017
Exhibitions
- Galleri Bellman, Stockholm – group exhibition, Bringing my Mom into the World, 2023
- Secret Door Gallery, Gothenburg – group exhibition, Bringing my Mom into the World, June 2023
- Galleri Bellman, Stockholm – group exhibition, Failure, 2022
- Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California – Aging As Art Photo Exhibition 2021
- Museum of Work (Arbetets Museum), Norrköping – Dokumentärfotosalong 2021: Se Mig!
- MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Mirrored – photo performance exhibition, March 10-21 2021.
- 14th Pollux Awards Exhibition at the FotoNostrum Art Gallery in Barcelona, Spain, International exhibition, March 2020.
- 14th Julia Margret Cameron Award Exhibition at the FotoNostrum Art Gallery in Barcelona, Spain, International exhibition, March 2020
- CFF – The Centre for Photography, Stockholm – Salon – group exhibition, November 2019 and digital salon 2020.
- 13th Julia Margret Cameron Award Exhibition at the FotoNostrum Art Gallery in Barcelona, Spain, International exhibition, October 2019.
- Galleri Axel, Stockholm, graduation exhibition, May 2019.
- Mitt-Salong Östersund, Sweden. April-Maj 2019
- Planket Stockholm Sweden, August 2018
Publications/online
F-stop Magazine, Self Portrait, Issue 106, April 2021