About me...

The first time I remember being drawn to photography was when I saw the works of Sebastiaõ Salgado from the famine in Ethiopia in my pre-teens. What touched me was that these were the first images I had seen from this horrible disaster that were so dignified. All the other imagery focused on the suffering, the pitifulness, but these people were portrayed so utterly strong and dignified and thus became much more relatable in their humanness. For me it became a defining moment, and has shaped my approach to photography ever since. It became my guiding principle, a constant reminder to honour the dignity of my subjects, especially when at their most vulnerable.

I first actively started using photography as my preferred media when travelling. For me, as for so many other photographers, it was the desire to capture the fleeting moments and to share those with others when words failed me. It was the feeling of not being able to take in everything in the moment and wanting to preserve it for the future, to be able to revisit it.

I studied photography in Denmark in Copenhagen Technical school back when it was still film and dark room techniques we were working with. To this day my preferred style is the black and white photography, and although I now work mostly with digital photography I still find myself striving for the aesthetics of film.

Professionally I have worked in many different fields which have all given direction to my photography. At a young age I worked on film sets which made me interested in the storytelling potential of photography.

A lot of my inspiration continues to come from travelling and travel photography is a large part of my portfolio. Professionally, I have worked as a portrait photographer, property photographer, and have run photography workshops in Italy and France since the turn of the millenia. By profession I am also an arts teacher, I work with environmental issues and have worked with several other art forms and media, all of which I draw on in my photographic work.

My main passion in photography continues to be people and storytelling, and my approach leans more towards intuition than technicality in my search for authentic connections.