Hasse Persson

Hasse Persson is the photographer from Hyssna who began his career at Borås Tidning at the age of fifteen. Since then, the camera has taken him out into the world and the world to Sweden. His unique photographs of unknown people at Studio 54 in New York have gone down in photography history. Today, he is the first photographer to be awarded the Västra Götaland Region's Culture Prize.