ABOUT

A feeling of isolation, as an emotional state, can be present even among friends and loved ones. Pieter ten Hoopen’s Stockholm is an investigation and a narrative about loneliness within the urban environment.

The series was photographed from 2008–2010, and is ­divided into public and private spaces. We encounter figures in unidentifiable rooms, as well as on buses and in the underground. ten Hoopen unreservedly acknowledges that the series is subjective, and in many ways, autobiographical, reflecting his own ­experiences as a foreigner trying to connect in an unknown city. This personal ­investigation began when ten Hoopen was restricted to Stockholm due to an injury, ­compelling him to reflect upon his life experiences and his move to the capital.