Young man holding a DSLR camera.

about me

Who am I?

I am a product, fashion, portrait and landscape photographer based in Stavanger, Norway. I graduated with honors in June 2019 from Santa Monica College in Los Angeles, California with a two year Associate Degree in photography. Some of my previous clients include Sani, Desi Ever After, Akademiet Videregående Skole, Levende Julekalender, and Landstreff Stavanger. My work has been seen in publications such as VG+, Stavanger Aftenblad BO and California Apparel News to mention a few.

Background

I grew up in a creative family so my interest for photography started at a very young age. I would take my Dad’s 35mm film camera to my room and use my toys, teddy bears, or whatever I could find, as subject matter and try to make a compelling image. When I was around 14 years old I got my very own camera, a Nikon D5100. In my adolescence I stayed out late on school nights with my Dad and photographed the sunset, and then stayed up all night editing them.

Straight out of high school I packed all my belongings into two suitcases and moved to Los Angeles, California where I enrolled in the photography program at SMC. During my time in college, I fell in love with both product and fashion photography and I realized that when I am in the studio, or on location shooting a beautiful sunset, I feel at peace, and I enter this tiny bubble where the outside world does not matter. It is just a subject, the camera, and I. 

Here are some scanned prints of images that I shot when I was 5-7 years old on my Dad’s 35mm film camera.

awards and accomplishments:

Guest on Behind The Shot Photography Podcast

Check out the episode of Behind The Shot that we did in collaboration with Red River Paper where I talked about one of my photos of my hometown Stavanger. Please click the link to see/listen to the podcast on your preferred podcast platform.

https://behindtheshot.tv/2018/12/06/reflections-of-norway/

Award of Excellence, Open Category 2019

Santa Monica College’s 40th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition 2019

Best of Landscape 2018

Santa Monica College’s 39th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition 2018

Best of Landscape 2017

Santa Monica College’s 38th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition 2017

Best of Color 2017

Santa Monica College’s 38th Annual Juried Photography Exhibition 2017