I realized early in my photographic career, the benefits of mentoring and have had the good fortunate to have a wide range of great photographers as guides and inspiration through my lifelong journey in photography. I have been able to repay this benefit many times over to upcoming generations of photographers.



Twenty years ago, I felt ready to become a professional photographer and to open a studio. Advertising was the main focus, but also a lot of weddings, portraits and freelancing for newspapers and magazines. Gradually, my career took a different path and I started teaching in photography, it´s technique, analysis and composition.



For the last couple of years, I dedicate my photography as part of my artistic work where I try to show my view of the world, that moment, just as I saw it. Almost everything I do is based on showing the beauty in the rejected and what many consider to be ugly or forbidden. My art depicting the dark and hopefully it takes the viewer through a landscape that leaves a feeling of beauty and discomfort for a long time.



I prefer to work with my pictures handcrafted in the darkroom and in black and white but I also work digitally and then try to limit the work on the computer to what is practically possible to do in the darkroom. When the image is ready, I integrate it with other forms of expression; graphics, different assemblies or text to create a deeper dimension to the expression I want to convey.



Nowadays, I work together with my wife. She has long experience in theater, acting and brings new dimensions to the creativety. All shoots are based on a script that describes everything that happened until the moment for the picture and there the work begins. It is a dynamic collaboration, a process in which the two art forms converge to greatness.

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