Åke Ericson
Åke Ericson (born 29 November 1962) is a Swedish photojournalist and documentary photographer. Life and work. Born in Västerås, Sweden. He had his first picture published when he 14 years old and started working as a photographer at the age of 16. After 12 years at various local newspapers in Sweden, he worked at Scandinavia's largest newspaper, "Aftonbladet," where he worked for 10 years. Since 2000 he has been working as a freelance photojournalist. He has been working and travelling in many countries such as Russia, The Balkans, the Czech Republic, France, Slovakia and especially in the  Kosovo region. He is affiliated with Redux Pictures in New York and his photography has been published in CNN, "Newsweek," "Paris Match," "Le Figaro," "Stern," "Le Observatour" and "Le Monde." Beginning in 2009 Ericson photographed Romani people in Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Kosovo, Romania and Slovakia for his book "Non Grata" (2018). Non Grata is Latin for "not welcome".