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Post by dizzymoe33 on Apr 22, 2015 16:55:15 GMT
Starting tomorrow, 23'd of April, we welcome all visitors to our Fine Art Photography exhibition with 15 fantastic 'forgotten' photos of ABBA taken by the Swedish rock photographer Torbjörn Calvero! The photos will also be available for purchase in our museum- and web-shop starting tomorrow. Each photo is printed in two sizes, each size in a limited and numbered edition of 35, signed by the photographer.   |
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Post by dizzymoe33 on Apr 23, 2015 17:13:16 GMT
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Post by dizzymoe33 on Apr 23, 2015 17:20:44 GMT
Here are the pictures with the prices in USD! I am sorry but that is just too much money for pictures. www.abbathemuseum.com/en/shop-enscroll down to where it says "ABBA By Calvero" Fine Art to see the pictures and amounts |
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Post by Fafner on Apr 23, 2015 18:02:01 GMT
^^ Thanks for the link Monica, too bad the previews are so small...
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Post by dizzymoe33 on Apr 24, 2015 16:30:49 GMT
^^ Thanks for the link Monica, too bad the previews are so small... I agree fafner. Here is one of the prints from the museum website:  |
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Post by dizzymoe33 on May 1, 2015 17:22:41 GMT
#Throwbackthursday! Photo number 4, from our ABBA By Calvero - Fine Art Exhibition. "In Torbjörn Calvero´s photo studio there was a bench that Agnetha and Frida thought would be fun to use in a photo. As it was too small for the whole group to sit on, the idea was to have the girls pose somewhat lasciviously. It was more of a joke, and we just wanted to make a pastiche of cheeky pictures, no pin-ups,says Calvero. It would have been fun if Benny and Björn had ended up there, too."  |
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Post by Ausfan on May 13, 2015 14:30:38 GMT
The prices for these photos is quite outrageous really. Of course, if I was wealthy, I would happily pay for this one of Agnetha - love it ! Can't say I'd do so for any of the others though - not the best images in my opinion.  |
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Post by Ausfan on May 13, 2015 14:31:15 GMT
I wonder how well they've gone with sales ?
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Post by dizzymoe33 on May 13, 2015 17:28:16 GMT
I wonder how well they've gone with sales ? I have no idea about he sales numbers but someone from abbatalk bought the one with Agnetha making that funny face. I agree it is way too expensive. |
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Post by dizzymoe33 on May 21, 2015 16:36:20 GMT
Calvero on this picture: "Another shot from the filming of ABBA videos in April 1979. "Does Your Mother Know" is the only single with Björn Ulvaeus on lead. In it, he reverses the older man/younger woman, with the protagonist questioning the girls night out on the town instead of just picking her up. That song drove me almost mad because they would play it over and over again when we were filming. Hearing it at least thirty times in a row can be tiresome, Calvero laughs.  |
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Post by shoshin on May 21, 2015 21:42:17 GMT
..."Does Your Mother Know" is the only single with Björn Ulvaeus on lead. In it, he reverses the older man/younger woman, with the protagonist questioning the girls night out on the town instead of just picking her up... Hmm, tbh he's giving the lyrics a few more marks for originality than they really merit. "Does Your Mother Know" is basically Gary Puckett's creepy "Young Girl" ('So hurry home to your mama/I’m sure she wonders where you are'). Except that in DYMK our protagonist is finding the temptation somewhat easier to resist, thank goodness. |
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Post by dizzymoe33 on Jun 2, 2015 18:55:07 GMT
Photographer Torbjörn Calvero about the wonderful triptyk of Frida dancing, from our ABBA By Calvero, Fine Art Collection. "Frida was ABBA´s own Dancing Queen. While performing 'Gimme!Gimme!Gimme!' live during the 1979 tour she surprised the audience with her own choreographed dance moves. It´s a very nice series of Frida´s passion. She started with jazz dance at an early age. I like the photo in the middle very much as the position of her right arm almost takes on the same shape as the drum in the background"  |
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Post by dizzymoe33 on Jun 13, 2015 20:21:25 GMT
"In April 1979, ABBA made two videos for the singles Voulez-Vous and Does Your Mother Know. Here, Agnetha Fältskog is captured on film while taking a break during the filming at Europa film studios outside Stockholm. She just sat down at Benny´s piano and relaxed for moment, Calvero remembers. I recall that working with ABBA was always very easygoing, without any big management team around to interfere." Photographer Torbjörn Calvero about the stunning photo of Agnetha, from our ABBA By Calvero, Fine Art Collection.  |
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Post by dizzymoe33 on Jun 21, 2015 17:43:26 GMT
"'The Way Old Friends Do' was a new song specially written for ABBA´s second world tour in 1979 with Benny playing his favourite instrument, the accordion. The group rehearsed in August that year and here, they appear somewhat spacey and completely enraptured, in a distanced, almost mystical musical universe. I used no flash in order to create an exciting light. With its darkness and shadows it actually resembles more of a Rolling Stones picture than ABBA." Calvero says.  |
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