Sweden-based Hasselblad Ambassadors Cooper & Gorfer embarked on a new piece, Delirium, that embodies the Covid-19 pandemic, capturing the constant struggle of healthcare workers fighting through this historical tragedy. Beautifully reminiscent of the frontlines of an epic Renaissance battle, the soldiers consisting of nurses, doctors, physiotherapists and anaesthesiologists grapple with handling symbolic comatose patients in their quest to save them.
Delirium describes this whole experience – for the nurses, for the patients, but also for us who maybe are just in our own bubble trying to cope with what’s happening in the world. As healthcare workers across the globe work an immense amount of hours per day, are highly understaffed or perhaps have not been able to take a single day off in close to a year, Cooper & Gorfer wanted to highlight these heroes who carry us through this pandemic. But many nurses and doctors seem to refrain from using this word to describe themselves and, instead, speak about the patient being the hero – that their work is simply a job. More? Cooper & Gorfer | Delirium (hasselblad.com)
ABOUT : Sarah Cooper (Pittsburgh, USA) and Nina Gorfer (Vienna, Austria) met in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2005 while studying their master, sparking their collaborative work and creative partnership. Gothenburg became their studio – an incubator of ideas. With backgrounds in fine art photography/music production and architecture, respectively, they led different careers before photography became their common base. “We released each other’s creativity, sort of that perfect storm,” says Sarah Cooper. Focusing on female subjects while exploring powerful, political and personal themes, the fine art duo is known for their visually rich collage portraits and free visual language. See more of their work here.
Delirium describes this whole experience – for the nurses, for the patients, but also for us who maybe are just in our own bubble trying to cope with what’s happening in the world. As healthcare workers across the globe work an immense amount of hours per day, are highly understaffed or perhaps have not been able to take a single day off in close to a year, Cooper & Gorfer wanted to highlight these heroes who carry us through this pandemic. But many nurses and doctors seem to refrain from using this word to describe themselves and, instead, speak about the patient being the hero – that their work is simply a job. More? Cooper & Gorfer | Delirium (hasselblad.com)
ABOUT : Sarah Cooper (Pittsburgh, USA) and Nina Gorfer (Vienna, Austria) met in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2005 while studying their master, sparking their collaborative work and creative partnership. Gothenburg became their studio – an incubator of ideas. With backgrounds in fine art photography/music production and architecture, respectively, they led different careers before photography became their common base. “We released each other’s creativity, sort of that perfect storm,” says Sarah Cooper. Focusing on female subjects while exploring powerful, political and personal themes, the fine art duo is known for their visually rich collage portraits and free visual language. See more of their work here.
