[6] Johansson said that the camera opened up a whole new world to him, and made him wonder if pressing the trigger could just be the start of the artwork, rather than the final step.

[5] He became self-employed when he moved to Norrköping in 2010 doing freelance work for advertisement agencies and began to receive international commission requests.

[10] Johansson draws inspiration from a range of sources for his surrealist images, influenced by the world that surrounds him.

Some major artists he noted as key influences for his works include Salvador Dali, M.C Escher, René Magritte, Rob Gonsalves and Jacek Yerka.

[5] Johansson undertakes an extensive creative process to realise and develop his final surrealist photographs.

[11] Once these ideas are refined, the sketch develops into a clear image of the artists intentions and the process required to complete the final work.

[5] When photographing the images, the artist takes into account the lighting and perspective of the pictures in order to ensure they can be matched together realistically in the final work.

It is this manipulation that elevates the photographic elements, transcending reality and gaining access to a realm that exists beyond the immediate.

[14] Johansson separates the photographic elements from their familiar environments and recasts them in a shocking yet harmonious composition,[15] concealing the seams between the images and blurring the boundary between imagination and reality.

"[3] Alicia Eler, visual arts journalist and critic, wrote in the Star Tribune in 2019 that Johansson creates large scale and highly detailed photographs.

When describing his image "Breaking up" (2015), Eler said that the composition and split-house in the work was a "clever device to explore the emotional experience of a domestic space broken apart.

In response, Johansson said that the biggest misconception with his work is that it is only created in the computer, when in reality photographs are the elements that he joins together.

[34] In response to criticism, Johansson donated the entire prize money of 25,000 SEK to the Swedish Cancer Society.