Published October 20, 2025

Barriers – Erik Hagman

For several years, photographer Erik Hagman has been working with the type of environments that, in the debate about urban densification, are often referred to as spaces or barriers.

From an urban planning perspective, these “non-places” are considered less important, and they are rarely associated with the face or identity of the city. Viewed from a different perspective, however, these environments can reveal both what has been and our own contemporary approach to the built environment and to nature. The photographs raise questions about the role of in-between spaces and whether the suburbs are losing their qualities in the form of greenery and light.

 

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