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What happens when three street photographers from three different countries meet at a workshop and decide to keep creating together?
In this episode of the Street Photography Magazine Podcast, Bob Patterson and Ashley Riffo sit down with the photographers behind Three Cities Photography: Christer Björkman (Sweden), Jane Dee (Scotland), and Kitty de Jong (Netherlands). They told us how what started as a conversation during a Peter Turnley workshop in Paris grew into a years-long creative collaboration spanning books, zines, newspapers, countries, and countless photography discussions.
The group shares how they select and sequence images together, what they’ve learned from working across borders, why some projects succeed while others fail, and how friendship has become just as important as photography along the way. It’s a thoughtful conversation about creative partnership, staying motivated, and finding new ways to see the world through someone else’s eyes. Their best advice? If you want to collaborate with someone but feel unsure, just ask! If you’ve got a project in mind but feel unsure, just do it! Taking that first step can lead to collaborations that open your mind to new ways of seeing and give your photography skills a boost.
Listen in for an honest look at collaboration, photo books, street photography, and the value of having people who challenge and support your work.
A trio by the trio
“It was the similarities that brought us together, [but] I think it is the differences that make us still choose to meet quite regularly. We constantly learn from and inspire each other.” – Christer
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Three photographers who live in different cities tackle books, zines, and other collaborative projects together and from afar.