The Ingmar Bergman Archives

Since his release of

The Seventh Seal

and

Wild Strawberries

in 1957,

Ingmar Bergman

has been one of the

leading figures in international cinema

. In a career that spanned 60 years, he wrote, produced, and directed

50 films that defined how we see ourselves

and how we interact with the people we love, through works like

Persona

,

Scenes from a Marriage

, and

Fanny and Alexander

.

Before his death in 2007, Bergman gave TASCHEN and the Swedish publishing house Max Stroem

complete access to his archives at the Bergman Foundation

as well as permission to reprint his writings and interviews, many of which have

never been seen outside of Sweden

. Picture researcher

Bengt Wanselius

, who was Bergman's photographer for 20 years, scoured photo archives all over Sweden, discovered previously

unseen images from Bergman's films

, and selected unpublished images from many photographers' personal archives.

This re-edition draws from our out-of-print

Bergman Archives

, the

most complete book on the director to date

. For this award-winning production, TASCHEN Editor Paul Duncan gathered a team of Bergman experts who have researched and written a narrative that,

for the first time, combined all of Bergman's working life in film

. Such is the depth of Bergman's writings that most of the story is

told in his own words

. This book also features an introduction by Bergman's close friend and collaborator, actor

Erland Josephson

.

On November 24, 2008, Paul Duncan and Bengt Wanselius won the

2008 August Prize for the Best Non-Fiction Book published in Sweden

. This is the most prestigious literary prize in Sweden, voted on by booksellers and librarians throughout the country.