TOUCHE-MOI (Sweden, 2009)
A high standard of living is no automatic guarantee of happiness in life. Pieter ten Hoopen makes that clear in his photo project on the city of Stockholm. Stockholm is one of the wealthiest cities in the world, but at the same time has the highest percentage of people living alone. Family ties have weakened or dropped away and the furious pace of living leaves no time for an extensive social life. Moreover, high incomes make it easy for one to afford to live all by oneself – a trap many fall into. Ten Hoopen photographed life in Stockholm: the day-to-day worries of its people, their relations, their loneliness, and particularly their yearning for contact.
