Bilder Nordic School of Photography

I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls

Sun, 12 May 2013 23:24:27 +0200

"I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls" reflects upon the young hope and dreams that everyone has. It also reflects the harshness with which Ireland treats its youth, and people's wish for this to be different. Young people want to be respected and taken care of by their country. The image tells the story of being stuck in a situation, while one's dreams are washed away, it tells stories of hope, the need? to leave the country and the feeling of being overlooked and ignored.

I dreamt I dwelt in marble halls
With vassals and serfs at my side.
And of all who assembled within those walls
That I was the hope and the pride.

I had riches too great to count, could boast
Of a high ancestral name.
But I also dreamt, which pleased me most
That you lov'd me still the same,
That you lov'd me, you lov'd me still the same,
That you lov'd me, You loved me still the same.
- Alfred Bunn

Erlik

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:30:06 +0200

Erlik (equal), is a conceptual reflection on the identity of identical twins, and what separates them by nature. Through portraits of twins and their bodies, you get to see how they are so alike, but still individuals.

Spaces

Wed, 01 May 2013 20:28:24 +0200

It's said that the spaces we create are who we are. Every picture on the wall, book on your shelf and other miscellancious artifacts lying around all says something about you. In this series of photographs you meet five young Italians in different phases of life and varying economic situations. Establishing and finding your place in the world is hard, these people are forced to do so while their country is in turmoil of the economic crisis. The series explores how our lives are reflected by the way we decorate our homes. These are their spaces.

Unison

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:45:56 +0200

This is a fictional story about a boy and a girl in their everyday life. It lets you peek into their way of killing time, while making the best of their current difficult sitation many young people find themselves in today.

Styling: Lotte Shephard
Makeup & Hair: Sarah Shultz Pedersen
Models: Marie (Wabisabi Models) & Philip (Teammodels)

And Sometimes I Love to Watch Her Fall..

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:22:29 +0200

I wanted to see how you could express this theme through body langue, performance and dance.
Through the performance we focused on the emotions anxiety, hope, strength and despair.
It was important to me that the movment of the body wasn't just a dance/choreography but also a real expression. That's why I chose to use improvisation in some part of the choreography.

Music: Cyril Mangeot,
Elisabeth Söderberg: Dancer

Neighborless - The Spanish Housing Crisis

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:09:43 +0200

According to El Pais, Spain has 565.000 unsold homes, 290.000 more under construction and 360,000 frozen mid-development. The halt in real estate activity has made it a country of empty lots and unoccupied apartment blocks.

Neighborless is created by Lars Olav Dybvig and Eirik Evjen.
The project it also a film which can be seen at www.neighborless.com

Eastboy

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:40:46 +0200

Styling: Thomas Sundeen
Model: Glenn (EB Models)
Makeup: Tonje Stenen
Hair: Alexander Olsson

Living with dementia

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:09:03 +0200

WORK IN PROGRESS

Ivar got sent home from work one day in October of 2010, after his colleagues had noticed slower efficiency, not remembering job tasks and change in facial expression. A year, and several tests, later he was diagnosed with dementia.

He was then only 61 years old.

He also happens to be my father, and I am currently working on a project to show how the father I knew, an active, glad man who could fix anything has in a couple of years gone to losing perspective of time, loss of body strength and depth perception and in a constant confusion over mundane everyday chores.

This is a work in progress.

With Life On Hold

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:39:51 +0200

"I die every day. The anxiety, it comes all the time. There is no stop to it. It eats me up, from the inside. It physically hurts in my body. It hurts in my heart. It aches.

How am I supposed to stop it? How am I supposed to live when it hurts so much?"

Norway may be, according to the UN, the best country in the world to live in, but for some the economical stability, job assurances, a well-working welfare system isn't enough. An increasingly number of young people reports having mental problems that inhibits their possibility to a functionable everyday life. 1 in 5 are struggling with some kind of mental illness in Norway, and about half of the population will at one point in their life have a mental illness.

Pulse

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:34:11 +0200

There is a tension in Europe. A great amount of frustration is surfacing, but few have lost their hopes.

This was my contribution to our final exhibition at BNSOP, Lost?Generation - Stories from Europe 2013.

Warsaw February 2013

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:03:03 +0200

Warsaw February 2013 is a portrait series of young women living in Warsaw, Poland.

I think of these images as time capsules; -they represent fragments of time, place and energy.

Fidela

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:23:52 +0200

"Fidela" is about how young people use their faith to cope with rough times. I travelled with some of my peers to Warsaw, Poland, and met with young people to talk about how youth see the Christian faith that dominates the country. 95% of the population is listed as members of some church. But more and more youth drop out as the Christians way of living goes out of fashion.

"Fidela" means faithful in Esperanto.

Infrequenta

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:12:10 +0200

You're out on the streets of Dublin. It's dark, empty and there's only a few streetlights lighting up the road.

When I was in Ireland, I was walking around at night, trying to capture the soul of Dublin. I found hollowness, melancholy and the lack of youth. I've tried to communicate these feelings of Dublin, through the different colors, lights and places I visited.

On my journey in Dublin I met a beautiful girl called Caiomhe (pronounced Kweeva). I spent a lot of time with her and she told me about her reflections on her generation and the future. She's only 21 but she's already tasted the difficulty of being young and how it is to find a place in the society. Caiomhe helped me to get in touch with other youths and I developed an understanding of the lifestyle that comes with an uncertainty relating to the future.

Social Suicide - The Death of the Blog

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:04:47 +0200

Blogging is a popular sport in Norway where 'bloggers' reveal the intimacy of their daily lives to a willing audience. Social media has become part of our everyday lives, flaunting our achievements whilst sharing our problems and eccentricies. Proud mothers snap pictures of their adorable babies and their latest outfit, whilst young women write and show off their newest party dresses, shoes, makeup and hair-color, selling their sexualized identity online.

This blogging boom is a result of a self- admiring culture that is growing in Norway. This "Generation Me" takes self-obsession to an extreme as the blogger waits for positive affirmation for their existence.

What would happen if the world stopped reading blogs? Who would the bloggers show off to? Who would comment their amazing outfits, babies, cupcakes, clean homes, wonderful bodies, cool haircuts, achievements and so on?

This is a fictional series about the death of blogs, and the bloggers who lost their readers.

Wednesday Dinner

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:01:16 +0200

The main idea is that to change the world, you have to start with yourself. Over the years different initiatives have been started worldwide to work towards world peace, building bridges between cultures and generations, and to promote self growth.

Initiatives of Change is a network that has existed since the 1920s, formerly by the name The Oxford Group, and later as Moral Re-Armament following World War II before it became IofC.

One of these initiatives is the Wednesday Dinner that takes place every Wednesday at Sophus Lies gate 5 in Oslo, Norway. The diverse group cook, dine and talk about subjects like honesty, purity, selflessness and love which is the core values of IofC. Everyone is welcome here.

Connected in Hope

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:55:44 +0200

After interviews and long talks in Athens I was inspired to try to illustrate how people think. How the crisis have affected and changed their mentalilty of the future and their connection to their own country. Some leave with no intention of returning, other would never dream of leaving.

Street fashion 60+

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:27:40 +0200

Street fashion is fashion that is considered to have emerged not from studios, but from the grassroots. Street fashion is generally associated with youth culture, and is most often seen in major urban centers. This is a street fashion series on people from 60 years and older.

Presenting Warsaw, Poland

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:23:49 +0200

Warsaw is the 9th most populous city proper in the European Union. It is a major international tourist destination, and its architecture has an interesting history. The city had to be rebuilt after the extensive damage it suffered from World War II, during which 85% of its buildings were destroyed.

After liberation, rebuilding began. Warsaw's current urban landscape is one of modern and contemporary architecture. But in the Old City of Warsaw, you can still find buildings from the 17. Century.

This series is a presentation of the city of Warsaw. Buildings, contrasts, street art, people, surroundings, hope and belief.

This is Warsaw, Poland.

Backbone

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:06:06 +0200

Never grow a wishbone where your backbone should be.

Little Italy

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:18:03 +0200

Youth unemployment in Italy has risen by 13% in the last four years, and has recently surpassed 31%.

Due to the financial crisis, young Italians face an unknown future forcing them to move abroad in order to make a living. This is a peek into Daniele's life. After finishing his studies in Italy, he moved to Oslo in April 2011and started working in an Italian pizza restaurant.