Born in 1969 in Karlstad, Sweden.
Lives and works between Smedsby, Värmland and Paris.
In 1997 he graduated from the Photography and Film department at Gothenburg University. Engstrom has shown work internationally in many exhibitions. JH Engström is also an inveterate bookmaker. Revoir is his 15th monograph. Many of his books has won awards and prizes. Among them Trying to Dance which was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Prize 2005, From Back Home (together with Anders Petersen) was awarded ”The photo book award 2009” at the International Arles Photo festival. His book La Residence was awarded ”Goldene Letter 2012” by the Deutsche Buch Stiftung. 2015 his book Tout va Bien won the Leica Oskar Barnack Award.

JH Engström is represented by Galerie Jean Kenta Gauthier in Paris