Lennart Nilsson

Lennart Nilsson

Born

August 22, 1922

Died

January 28, 2017 (94 years old)

Known For

Camera

Place of Birth

Strängnäs, Södermanlands län, Sweden

Lennart Nilsson was a Swedish photographer and scientist. He was noted for his photographs of human embryos and other medical subjects once considered unphotographable, and more generally for his extreme macro photography. He was also considered to be among Sweden’s first modern photojournalists.