Per-Anders Pettersson, was born in Sweden in 1967. He began his professional career in 1985 working for a local newspaper in his hometown. In 1990, he moved to New York and has covered major news and feature stories in over 50 countries, in Afghanistan, The Balkans, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.

His works regularly on assignment GEO, STERN, TIME, Newsweek, and many other major international newspapers and magazines.

In 1995, Mr. Pettersson produced a book with work from 1991-1995.

His work on the ”Flying Squad’ a South African police unit was exhibited at Visa Pour L’image in Perpignan in September 2001.

He participated in the ”A day in the life of Africa” book project in the spring of 2002, shooting one day in Kinshasa, Congo.

He received second prize for his essay of ”Sexual abuse of children in South Africa” in the category ”Issue reporting picture story” in the Pictures of the year international (POY) in 2003.

Mr. Pettersson was an also runner-up for The 2003 International Grand Prix for humanitarian reporting for the same story, was exhibited at Visa Pour L’image in Perpignan in September 2003.

A part of his 10 –year South Africa project was shown as a slide show at Visa Pour L’image in Perpignan in September 2004.

He received third prize in NPPA in 2005 in the Magazine Feature Story category, for his essay on the black elite in South Africa, shoot for STERN Magazine.

He also received honorary mention in NPPA 2006 in the General News Category for work on poverty in Malawi.

Mr., Pettersson recently photographed a book project, 24 hours in the life of the Catholic Church, shooting in South Africa.

He Is a finalist in the 2006 The 2003 International Grand Prix for humanitarian reporting for a story on child prostitution in Kinshasa, Congo, DRC. It will be exhibited at Visa Pour L’image in Perpignan in September 2006.

Two of his Congo, DRC projects was projected at Visa Pour L’image in September 2006, in Perpignan, France.