Since 2001, the Foundation has awarded a stipend to a Swedish photographer, enabling him or her to work on a project in an international environment by spending September at Axel Munthe's Villa San Michele on the Italian island of Capri.

Axel Munthe (1857 -1949) was one of the most prominent Swedes of his time. As a physician, he made an international career, providing his services both to the very wealthy and to the victims of epidemics and natural disasters. Eventually he settled on the island of Capri, and purchased the villa through which he gave expression to his love of beauty, and his interest in art, architecture and nature. Late in life, he wrote The Story of San Michele, which has come to be one of the most widely read, sold, and translated books ever written by a Swede. Munthe bequeathed his property to the Swedish state, which operates the facilities as a museum and cultural center through the San Michele Foundation. Its aim is to reinforce the cultural ties between Italy and Sweden in many ways, including through grants to Swedish artists, authors, photographers, etc. to stay and work for some time at San Michele. More information may be found at www.villasanmichele.eu.

The stipend amounts to SEK 20,000 plus the rental cost of the accommodation.

Application for the San Michele Stipend 2014

Application deadline, March 1, 2014.

The San Michele stipend may only be applied for by photographers working and living in Sweden and by Swedish citizens residing abroad.

Niclas Östlind - recipient of the 2013 San Michele photography stipend

Niclas Östlind from Stockholm has been awarded the Hasselblad Foundation’s artist-in-residency stipend at Axel Munthe’s Villa San Michele on the Italian island of Capri. The stipend is worth SEK 20,000 and the Foundation will also pay rental costs for the villa.

Performing History is the most extensive historical photography project ever carried out in Sweden. The Hasselblad Foundation considers that this work is unique in terms of its scientific approach, methods and form. The project, which includes a large number of important photographers, arts professionals and theorists, covers nine exhibitions and eleven publications. The main exhibition and book are the result of a unique collaboration between researchers from Gothenburg University, Gothenburg Museum of Art and the Hasselblad Foundation, and will reach the general public in February 2014. During the visit to Villa San Michele the stipend winner will have an opportunity to concentrate on the final editing of the book. The main exhibition will be shown at the Hasselblad Center and Gothenburg Museum of Art in the spring 2014, and will then tour among several institutions in Sweden.

The purpose of the San Michele stipend is to offer a residency overseas for work on a photographic project while also providing an opportunity to build international contacts within photography and other artistic disciplines.

The residency will take place in September 2013.

Previous Recipients of the San Michele Stipend:

2012 Lovisa Ringborg, Stockholm

2011 Maria Lantz, Stockholm

2010 André Wolff, Stockholm

2009 Daniel Hoflund, Stockholm

2008 Mikael Olsson, Göteborg

2007 Helena Blomqvist, Stockholm

2006 Mats Eriksson, Enskede

2005 Catharina Gotby, Stockholm

2004 Dana Sederowsky, Göteborg

2003 Sofia Änghede, Kristianstad

2002 Leena Jokela, Hägersten

2001 Lennart Alves, Malmö