The Chosen Ones

• Photographer
  Daniel Wahlberg

The search for interaction between humans and animals has always been something that interests me. My thought came to Holy animals a couple of years ago and how they are accepted to live among us and I found that intriguing. Holy animals are selected by us, selected and considered to be special. But not without being exploited in some way. The meeting with them, their surroundings and how their lives are in our presence is what I seek. My thoughts also went in the direction of the future, will this be a scenario that becomes a reality for our future city's? Of course it will, but in what extent. Part one of this project is about the Sika deers in Nara (Japan) that lives freely in the city, and has done so for centuries.

I was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1978. I graduated from GFU (folkuniveritetet), Stockholm 2004, before furthering my studies at Fotoskolan i Stockholm where I graduated in 2006. I am a melancholy Artist, interested in nature in all its form, both from the countryside and city. My photographic style consist of roughness, contrasts, beauty and environmental content. I grew up on a 4H farm just outside Stockholm/Sweden and not too far from where I now have my home. Here I find the contrasts of the city and the country life that I need to create the ideas that is close to me.