Johan Persson (photographer)

Johan Karl Persson (born March 3, 1982) is a Swedish photographer who was convicted by the Ethiopian government to eleven years in prison for what it claimed were terrorist crimes.

Since he completed his education Persson has worked as a freelance photographer starting with reportage pictures of Skinheads of Beijing that can be seen through Photo Agency Kontinent[1] He has collaborated with journalist Anna Roxvall[2] during many years.

Together they have produced highly praised articles about neo-Nazis in the United States[3] and Mexican undocumented immigrants returning home published by Svenska Dagbladet (SvD).

[4] In addition, they reported on culture and politics in various African countries: refugee camps in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,[5] speed trained amateur doctors in Malawi,[6] sowing seeds for democracy in southern Sudan,[7] pirate fishing in Camaroon[8] and Botswana Heavy Metal generation.

Persson returned to Sweden on September 14, 2012, and subsequently held a press conference together with Martin Schibbye, telling about their time in Ethiopia.