NORDIC LIGHT 2018

Photo: Joyce Tenneson

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EXHIBITIONS LECTURES WORKSHOPS PORTFOLIO REVIEWS FREE BREAKFAST MOVIES TALK SHOWS FESTIVAL PUB Practical information 5

OPENING HOURS PASSES AND TICKETS THE FESTIVAL WEEK Festival pass: 3 050 NOK 4 8 THE FESTIVAL OFFICE Weekend pass: 1 725 NOK Monday and Tuesday: 12.00–18.00 Day pass: 1 025 NOK Wednesday–Saturday: 08.00–20.00 Exhibition pass: 200 NOK Sunday: 08.00–18.00 Single lecture ticket: 260/275 NOK KROGVOLD CAFÉ Ticket to “Ansikt til Ansikt”: 260/275 NOK Wednesday: 17.00–00.00 (Passholders get a discount on this ticket, they Thursday–Saturday: 10.00–00.00 need to be bought in Nordic Light Festival Office.) 2 Sunday: 10.00–18.00 3 show ticket, “Ansikt til Ansikt”: 650 NOK 6 THE GALLERIES 3 Vågeveien The Nordic Light House 1 We offer a discount for students and members Wednesday: 17.00–00.00 of NSFF. You will need to show your student ID Thursday–Saturday: 12.00–00.00 or evidence of membership when picking up 7 Sunday: 12.00–18.00 your pass. 9

Kunstforeningen 3 CAROLINE CINEMA Wednesday: 17.00–20.00 The festival area Festival Pass gives you access to all daytime The venue for all lectures, the evening talkshows Thursday–Saturday: 12.00–20.00 lectures and all exhibitions. Discount on tickets “Ansikt til Ansikt” and the free Breakfast Movies. In 1 NORDIC LIGHT HOUSE Sunday: 12.00–18.00 to the Norwegian talkshow “Ansikt til Ansikt”. the foyer there are different things to see (see page The Festival Office and Shop 50), including the NFF exhibition (see page 40). Caroline Kinosenter Weekend Pass gives you access to all daytime This is where you get your Festival Pass upon During the opening hours of the cinema, lectures and all exhibitions from Friday 27 April arrival, where you can buy additonal tickets and GALLERIES/EXHIBITIONS from early until late. 12.00. Discount on tickets to the Norwegian ask all the questions you have. This is also where talkshow “Ansikt til Ansikt”. you buy art work, books, posters and more. Exhibitions and galleries at other locations than Langveien 19 - “Bedehuset” Galleries the Nordic Light House. See the overview of all Day Pass gives you access to all daytime Wednesday: Only during the Festival Parade See several of our great exhibitions in our the exhibtions on page 37. lectures and exhibitions the selected day. Thursday–Saturday: 12.00–20.00 galleries The Bakery, The Photo Studio and The Print Room. 4 Kunstforeningen 5 Nerparken Sunday: 12.00–18.00 Exhibition Pass gives you access to all exhibitions during the festival week and the Krogvold Café 6 Langveien 19 (Bedehuset) 7 Storgata 19 Storgata 19 following week. This also gives you access to Our festival café and pub, named after our Artistic Director Morten Krogvold. A cozy place to hang Wednesday: Only during the Festival Parade the Gallery Talks. 8 out between all the festival activities and to get THE PIER Thursday–Saturday: 12.00–20.00 Single lecture ticket gives you access to the something to eat and drink (see page 49). Departure point for the Grip excursion Wednesday. Sunday: 12.00–18.00 selected lecture.

The galleries are also open the following The 3 show ticket to “Ansikt til Ansikt” gives you 2 QUALITY HOTEL GRAND 9 HANDELENS HUS week. See our web page for opening hours. access to all three evening talkshows during the The official festival hotel. The venue for Nordic Light Night Thursday evening. www.nle.no/openinghours18 festival week to a discounted price.

TICKET INFORMATION: We recommend you to pre-buy tickets for lectures and talkshows. Buy online on KULTURRABATT FOR UNGDOM Tikkio.com or use the Tikkio app (available for iPhone and Android). We also sell tickets in our Festival I samarbeid med Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune tilbyr vi ungdommer i alderen 15 Office in Konsul Knudtzonsgate 4b, but please be aware of possible queues and a higher price. til 20 år en rabatt på 25% på utvalgte pass samt enkeltbilletter til foredrag og talk- showet «Ansikt til Ansikt». Se vår nettside www.nle.no/kulturrabatt. CONTENTS INTRODUCTIONS BY THE CITY MAYOR AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Introductions SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS 5 City Mayor, Kjell Neergaard Dear photographers, Nordic Light Events – 5 Chairman of the Board, Lars Liabø General sponsor 6 Artistic Director, Morten Krogvold dear lovers of photography a small company with 7 Festival Director, Ingunn Strand – dear everyone! ambitious plans 8 Festival activities Photographers, speakers and exhibitors Welcome to big little Kristiansund – where we live with Dear visitors! We are proud to present the 13th our hearts on our sleeves and our eyes towards the edition of our international photo festival. Small in 10 Akseli Valmunen Main sponsors 11 Andrea Gjestvang stars. To us it is completely natural that the world’s size, but high in quality. And we are aiming for more: greatest international festival of photography should be 12 Andres Serrano born and grow up here – in the Nordic Light. Kristiansund to become the world’s first CITY 13 Anne Lise Flavik OF PHOTOGRAPHY! In Norwegian, we call it 14 Asger Carlsen Kristiansund has always put arts and culture in front, “Fotobyen Kristiansund”. 15 Audun Lie Dahl and Nordic Light is one of our finest examples of what 16 Bjørn Sterri can come out of that. From the start in 2006 the festival This is an ambitious plan, demanding cooperation

17 Grethe Bøe Sponsors has developed through the years and is now a mature between local authorities – creating the necessary 18 Joey L. institution with its own house to show for it. infrastructure, and our company, Nordic Light Events 19 Joyce Tenneson The festival’s philosophy is to bring photography out AS, – offering the commercial products, such as 20 Kathrine Lindman to the people, to define what is good photography, art galleries, workshops, guided photo tours, photo but also to give photography strength as a means points, art and book shops etc. 21 Linda Connor of communication. And it is in particular this last 22 Lisen Stibeck perspective that becomes more and more important We think that we can create something really 23 Massimo Leardini in the diverse and multilingual society we live in. special, something that will attract visitors from all 24 Morten Krogvold Photography helps us to express ourselves without over the world. Supporters 25 Olivia Parker words, beyond language barriers and across cultures. It 26 Paolo Roversi helps us to put things into perspective, and sometimes Wait and see! 27 Pål Laukli even into someone else’s perspective. 28 Roger Ballen 29 Roy Mangersnes I wish the Nordic Light Festival team, 30 Steve Pyke and all its volunteers, 31 Tone S. Beckman every success with THE FESTIVAL CATALOGUE 2018 32 Festival program this year’s festival. Exhibitions Price: 20 NOK May the diversities 34 Festival exhibitions Copyright: All images and materials be celebrated, the are subject to copyright and can not be differences be debated 36 Exhibition map and overview reproduced under any circumstances. and may our hearts 38 Other exhibitions Cover photo: Joyce Tenneson and minds be opened 42 Evening talkshow “Ansikt til Ansikt” Text contributors: Erika Indergaard, Simone Magaard, Katrine Øvstegård to the wonders of 44 Homage to Nordic Light by Mikkel Aaland Graphic design: Katrine Øvstegård photography. 46 Welcome to Kristiansund Edition: 1000 Production: EKH Grafisk 47 Our superheroes Paper: Multiart Gloss 200g / Edixion 120g KJELL NEERGAARD LARS LIABØ 48 Bits and pieces Font: DIN Mayor of Kristiansund Chairman of the Board, Nordic Light Events AS

4 Contents NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Introductions 5 INTRODUCTIONS INTRODUCTIONS BY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MORTEN KROGVOLD BY FESTIVAL DIRECTOR INGUNN STRAND

are particularly interested in photography or not. Now let’s I have been so lucky to sit on the first row at previous festivals, listening to and watching all the lectures. Most We are very fasten our seat of them have been once-in-a-lifetime experiences. proud of the As an “eternal student”, I bring these moments with program, presenting belts and throw me, both as a human and a professional. They have elevated my knowledge, development and shattered an impressive ourselves into my established convictions. And in particular – have given me a lot of inspiration and replenishment. We range of guest glorious days!” have smiled, we have felt tears, we have embraced photographers...” each other in pure gratitude after the best experi- ences. It is wonderful to meet over food and wine in Photo: Inger Mackenzie Photo: Krogvold Morten Gorzelancyk Studio 400, Karolina Photo: Ingunn Strand the evening, with colleagues, acquaintances – and eventually friends – to talk and discuss images and Welcome, not only to the most beautiful adventure lectures. And then, after some short hours of sleep, A warm welcome to the 13th edition of the Nordic on breaking the stigma and people’s perception of of the year – but also to the top event of the year. it’s straight to the breakfast movie! Light International Festival of Photography! A what it means to live with MS. To me it is the year’s professional highlight and delicacy for all kinds of photography lovers – something I really look forward to. The program is dense and intense, impressions from professional photographers, to hardcore Every day we start with the traditional breakfast queueing up, being processed in good conversations enthusiasts and happy amateurs. And indeed, for movie. This is for free and open to all. You can come I have grown fond of the beautiful Kristiansund, during breaks, lunches and dinners. I have had many all those interested in art and culture, in people, straight to the cinema, and buy our special home- amazingly located by the sea, with wonderful moun- wonderful experiences and met some of the best in expanding their visual horizon, in challenging made oatmeal porridge with nuts and caramel sauce, tains just miles away. Kristiansund is the perfect photographers in the world. and developing themselves by listening to other or a coffee or smoothie just outside the door. place for arranging a photography festival! people’s eye-opening stories. What strikes me is how generous the best artists are – If you need a break in-between all the festival activ- Dear all of you who are visiting the festival. We have it is always the best that are the most accommodating. Our ambitions for this year’s festival have been high. ities, Krogvold Café is ready to tempt you with local been working hard to proudly present this year’s pro- We have aimed to create the best Nordic Light festival food and snacks, a warm cup of coffee or a cold drink, gram. That is, the Festival Manager Ingunn Strand, Nordic Light is an intimate festival and we try to «snob so far. By attending this event, you are an important deliciously served by our smiling volunteer staff. You deserves the credit for most of it. down», giving you the opportunity to meet the best in contributor to the success we aim and hope for. see them everywhere – our precious volunteers. We The programme is almost unbelievable – a mix of the industry for a conversation – over a cup of coffee or owe them a lot! international stars and fabulous artists from Scandi- a glass of something nice. New this year is the Nordic We are very proud of the program, presenting an navia and Norway. Light Night, where everyone is invited to mingle with impressive range of guest photographers, from inter- Also, Nordic Light would not be possible to run our guests at a special Thursday evening event. Atmo- national legends and masters to acclaimed, promising without our great supporters. Our general sponsor We will be presented with artistic works that provoke sphere and coziness are important parts of the festival! and upcoming Scandinavian and Norwegian artists. SpareBank 1 Nordvest, our main sponsors KBBL, and painfully challenge the viewer. Not provocation A program packed with lectures, gallery talks, book Lundeby & CO, Epson and Tidens Krav, as well as all for the sake of provocation – but depictions of the Of course, the festival would not be possible without signings, portfolio reviews and more. other sponsors and collaborators. black, heavy sides of the human being, and not least all of our fantastic volunteers. Thank you very much – nightmarish dreams. At the same time, we will display outstanding people! Thank you to all who contributed We look forward to hearing their unique stories and I hope to see you at the Nordic Light Night Thursday images that are beautiful, meditative and sensual, a to this – especially our generous sponsors. Thank you! seeing their outstanding work in one of our galler- evening. This is a new festival happening, where we pure pleasure for the eye. ies. We are pleased to be able to present close to 30 invite you to a mingle and tapas night together with Finally, a warm thanks to the members of the artistic different photo exhibitions, including the Norwegian our guest photographers. The lectures are the highlights.These artists are brave council for good input and constructive discussions. Association of Photographers (NFF), the Norwegian people. They live off their own vulnerability and daily put Society for Photography (NSFF), Uncertain States Welcome! their mental safety to the test. They are also fabulous Now let’s fasten our seat belts and throw ourselves Scandinavia, schools, kindergartens, camera clubs storytellers, who are exciting to listen to whether you into glorious days! and the outdoor exhibition “PS, I have MS”, focusing

6 Introductions NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Introductions 7 FESTIVAL ACTIVITIES Portfolio reviews NORDIC EXCURSIONS, PORTFOLIO REVIEWS AND NORDIC LIGHT NIGHT Bring a selection of your best work and let one of our reviewers assess LIGHT your work and give you advice for further development. We offer NIGHT Festival excursions individual sessions of 20 minutes. THE REVIEWERS Join us for this exclusive Anne Lise Flavik (NO) – Thursday 26 April tapas and mingle Has been photographing for three decades, working closely with Morten Krogvold and other renown evening together photographers. Previous Director of Nordic Light. with this year’s guest Joyce Tenneson (US) – Friday 27 April photographers, the Fine-art photographer, considered among the ten most influential female photographers in the history festival management of photography. Harry the eagle on Smøla Photo: Audun Lie Dahl Excurstion to Grip in 2017 Photo: Ronny Strand and hosts as well as Joey L. (US) – Saturday 28 April other festival visitors. Young and influential photographer working on both PHOTO EXCURSION TO THE TINY ISLAND GRIP Practical info commissioned and personal projects. Most recently Enjoy nice food, drinks and good company We repeat the success! Together with the arrived festival guest photographers, DATE AND TIME: documented the volunteer fighters on the frontline of in a stylish and relaxed atmosphere. join us for a memorable photo excursion to the beautiful, tiny island of Grip in Wednesday 25 April, the ongoing conflict with ISIS. Mingle with old friends and new the ocean outside Kristiansund. 10.30–14.30 acquaintances, have a chat with your PRICE PER PERSON: Mikkel Aaland (US) – Saturday 28 April favorite photographer, sum up today’s The Grip archipelago consists of more than 80 islands and skerries, scattered in 495 NOK (incl. boat trip and Professional photographer and the author of 12 impressions and make plans for the the open sea. The former fishing village, with its picturesque houses and a small packed lunch) best-selling books on digital photography, as well as upcoming festival days. café, offers many excellent photographic motifs. TICKETS: Tikkio / several non-technical books. There will be light entertainment and a Festival Office photo corner. Until 1964, Grip was Norway’s smallest municipality with 115 residents. Today the Tuula Alajoki (FI) – Sunday 29 April settlement contains only summer houses. The boat trip from Kristiansund to Grip Curator focusing on photography and lens based art, WHERE? takes less than one hour. and the director of the Backlight Photo Festival in Handelens Hus, Storgata 21 Tampere, Finland. WHEN? Practical info Thursday 26 April 21.00-00.00 EAGLE AND PHOTO SAFARI WITH RIB-BOAT More information on our reviewers and their profile Join us to experience the densest white-tailed eagle population in the DATE AND TIME: on our web page www.nle.no/portfolio-reviews. PRICE UNTIL 20 APRIL: world on this exclusive excursion to the island Smøla north of Kristiansund, Sunday 29 April, 450 NOK (students 350 NOK) 12.00–15.45 surrounded by a huge archipelago and known for its rich wildlife. Practical info PRICE AFTER 20 APRIL: PRICE PER PERSON: 550 NOK (students 450 NOK) Late April is an amazing time of year as the eagles are incubating their eggs. During 1 290 NOK (incl. express WHERE: the tour, you will be visiting several pairs and you will see how their daily life is. boat, RIB safari, packed At the Nordic Light House The price includes a welcome drink, lunch and security (Meet up in the Nordic Library approximately exclusive tapas menu and 1 drink 10 minutes before your booked appointment.) voucher. Additional beverages for sale. Your guide is a professional wildlife photographer, who will help you during the equipment) trip. We recommend you bring a tele-lens; 70-200mm, 300mm and 400mm are TICKETS: Tikkio / WHEN: TICKETS: perfect for eagle photography. Festival Office See page 32–33 for available appointments Tikkio / Festival Office PRICES: The above excursions are subject to cancellation due to few passengers or bad weather forecasts 3 days 399 NOK (Ordinary) / 199 NOK (Student) NB! Limited number of tickets available. before departure, as well as force majeure. Tickets will be fully refunded. The eagle and photo safari can be TICKETS: Minimum age is 18 years. booked at a different time on request. For questions please email us at [email protected]. Tikkio / Festival Office

8 Festival activities NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Festival activities 9 © Akseli Valmunen © Andrea Gjestvang Akseli Valmunen (1987) Andrea Gjestvang (1981) Young, documentary photographer and Young photographer with an intimate approach, exploring photojournalist with a distinctive approach political and social issues, often connected to adolescents

(EN) In 2016, Akseli Valmunen was (NO) I 2016 ble Akseli Valmunen utnevnt (EN) Andrea Gjestvang’s project “One (NO) Andrea Gjestvangs prosjekt «En awarded The Young Nordic Photo­ til Young Nordic Photographer of the Day in History”, with portraits of the dag i historien», med portretter av de grapher of the Year with his photo Year med fotoessayet «The Same New young survivors of the 22nd of July unge overlevende etter terrorangrepet essay “The Same New Pet”, in which Pet», der han følger forskningsarbeidet­ massacre on Utøya in Norway, gained på Utøya den 22. juli 2011, fikk inter- he explores the research into clon- med kloning av dyr på et laboratorium international recognition, including nasjonal anerkjennelse, deriblant den ing at a laboratory in South Korea. i Sør-Korea. Dette ga ham en solo­ the prestigious L’Iris d’Or/Sony World prestisjetunge L’Iris d’Or/Sony World

This earned him a solo exhibition at utstilling på Fotografiska i Stockholm. Photo: Sami Kero/Helsingin Sanomat Photographer of the Year 2013. Photographer of the Year 2013. Photo: Jan Tippe Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm. Samme år mottok han også en rekke From Finland Andrea is fascinated by remote and Andrea er fascinert av fjerne og util- From Norway Later, he also received several other andre utmerkelser i Finland, deriblant Based in Helsinki (SF) inaccessible environments in the gjengelige miljøer i nord. I hennes Based in Oslo (NO) awards in Finland, such as the Press Årets pressefoto, Årets fotoreportasje akselivalmunen.com North. Her ongoing project “No Man pågående prosjekt «No Man is an andreagjestvang.com Photograph of the Year, the Reportage of og Årets fotojournalist. is an Island” from the Faroe Islands, Island» fra Færøyene ser hun på livene the Year and Photo Journalist of the year. Lecture: Friday 10.30 explores the lives of people in vulner- til mennesker i sårbare samfunn, og Lecture: Thursday 14.00 På Nordic Light vil han vise arbeider Exhibition: The Bakery able communities, and what happens hva som skjer med mennene som blir Exhibition: The Bakery At Nordic Light he will show works fra seriene «The Same New Pet» og with the remaining men, when the igjen når kvinnene flytter vekk. Bilder Gallery talk: Thursday 19.00 from “The Same New Pet” and the «3Hz – 300GHz» og fortelle om sin women move away. fra dette prosjektet blir stilt ut under Book signing: After lecture “3Hz – 300GHz”, and talk about his karriere og sine arbeidsmetoder. Nordic Light. Book for sale: career and methods. Images from this project will be “En dag i historien” ­exhibited at Nordic Light.

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10 Guest photographer: Akseli Valmunen NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Guest photographer: Andrea Gjestvang 11 © Anne Lise Flavik © Anne Lise Flavik

© Andres Serrano Andres Serrano (1950) Anne Lise Flavik (1958) Conceptual artist known for his provocative Photographer and former Director of Nordic Light, passionate and often controversial works about her work and exposing photography to the public

(EN) Andres Serrano has become known (NO) Andres Serrano er blitt kjent (EN) Anne Lise Flavik has photographed (NO) Anne Lise Flavik har fotogra- for his images of human corpses, and gjennom sine fotografier av menneske­ over three decades, working closely fert i over 30 år. Hun har jobbet tett the use of bodily fluids and feces in his lik og bruk av kroppsvæsker og with Morten Krogvold and several other sammen med flere kjente fotografer, work. His most famous image, called avføring i sitt arbeid. Hans mest kjente renowned photographers, holding deriblant Morten Krogvold, og holdt “Piss Christ”, is of a plastic crucifix bilde, kalt «Piss Christ», er av et krus­ workshops both locally and abroad. flere workshops sammen med Alex submerged in a glass of his own urine. ifiks nedsenket i et glass med hans Webb rundt om i verden.

Later, he employed trad­itional portrai- egen urin. Senere har han, blant mye Photo: Irina Movmyga Serrano From 2005 to 2014, she began as pro- Photo: Klara Opdahl ture strategies to photograph, among annet, portrettert medlemmer av Ku gram manager before her promotion to I perioden 2005-2014 var Anne Lise many things, members of the Ku Klux Klux Klan og hjemløse i New York. From USA Director of Nordic Light in Kristiansund. først programsjef, før hun tok over som From Norway Klan and homeless New Yorkers. Based in New York (US) direktør for Nordic Light i Kristiansund. Based in Oslo (NO) Under Nordic Light kan du se utvalgte andresserrano.org Presently as Creative Director for At Nordic Light, you can see selected verker i storformat fra serien «Tor- Fotografihuset (The House of Photo­ I dag er Anne Lise kreativ leder for large-scale works from his series ture», som spenner fra stilleben av Lecture: Friday 17.30 graphy), she concentrates on bringing Fotografihuset, der hun konsentrerer Lecture: Friday 14.00 “Torture”, spanning still lifes of med­ tortur­instrumenter fra middelalderen Exhibition: Kunstforeningen photography to the public through the seg om å få frem fotografiet gjennom Exhibition: The Print Room ieval torture instruments and portraits og portretter av samtidens offer for Gallery talk: Saturday 19.30 establishment of a national centre of å etablere et nasjonalt senter for Gallery talk: Friday 19.30 of contemporary human rights abuse menneskerettighetsbrudd – både Book signing: After lecture photography in Oslo. fotografi i Oslo. Portfolio reviews: Thursday victims – both real victims re-enacting virkelige ofre som gjenskaper skrekk­ Book for sale: their horrors and subjects who volun- veldet de har opplevd og frivillige “Torture” At this year’s Nordic Light festival, this Under Nordic Light stiller teered to stage dark scenarios for the arrangert som ofre for kunstens skyld. multi-talented woman will present ­multikunstneren ut bilder fra ­prosjektet sake of the art. images from the project “A Whispering ­“A Whispering Retouch”, fra Norges Retouch” from Kautokeino, the largest største samiske kommune Kautokeino. The exhibition is made available for the Nordic Light audience with support from Sami community in Norway. Her lecture I sitt foredrag forteller hun om sitt

the non-profit organization a/Political (read more in the photographer’s profile). More information: www.nle.no/ and presentation will touch on a hectic ­hektiske og elleville fotografiske liv. More information: www.nle.no/ guests2018/andres-serrano and crazy life – with and for photography. guests2018/anne-lise-flavik

12 Guest photographer: Andres Serrano NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Guest photographer: Anne Lise Flavik 13 © Asger Carlsen © Audun Lie Dahl Asger Carlsen (1973) Audun Lie Dahl (1986) Best known for his distorted, black-and- Visionary wildlife photographer and guide specializing in white photographs of human figures eagles, hide photography and cold regions

(EN) Asger Carlsen began his career (NO) Asger Carlsen begynte sin karri- (EN) Audun Lie Dahl was born and (NO) Audun Lie Dahl er født og at 16, by selling a photo of the police ere 16 år gammel ved å selge et bilde raised on the island of Smøla outside oppvokst på øya Smøla i havet utenfor yelling at him and his friends to the av politiet som ropte etter ham og hans of Kristiansund. He and his brother Kristiansund. Sammen med broren local newspaper. After that, he became venner til en lokal avis. Etter dette ble founded a local nature experience startet han selskapet Smøla Natur­ a crime scene photographer, and later han kriminalfotograf og senere kom- company, guiding photographers opplevelser, der han guider fotografer commercial photographer. Eventually mersiell fotograf. Etter hvert begynte by boat or taking them to specially med båt eller tar dem til spesialde- he started to manipulate images by han å manipulere bilder ved hjelp Self portrait designed photo hides. He has also signede fotoskjul. Han har også reist Photo: Carolina Sandretto using digital editing tools. Today, he av digitale redigeringsverktøy. I dag travelled with his camera around the med sitt kamera rundt om i verden, is famous for his surprising, odd and er han kjent for sine overraskende, From Denmark world, especially to colder regions like spesielt til kaldere områder som Sval- From Norway confusing images that feature re­­ merkelige og forvirrende bilder med Based in New York (US) Svalbard and Antarctica. bard og Antarktis. Based on Smøla (NO) arranged and transformed bodies. forvridde og transformerte kropper. www.asgercarlsen.com His work has been featured in leading Hans arbeid har vært omtalt i ledende At Nordic Light, he will lecture and Under Nordic Light holder han fore- publications and displayed in galleries publikasjoner og vist i gallerier og Lecture: Saturday 12.00 exhibit together with Roy Mangersnes. drag og stiller ut sammen Roy Man- Lecture: Saturday 15.30 and museums internationally. museer internasjonalt. (Together with Roger Ballen) They will take us on a trip from Smøla, gersnes. De vil ta oss med på en reise (Together with Roy Mangersnes) Exhibition: The Photo Studio all the way to Antarctica in the South- fra Smøla, helt til Antarktis på den Exhibition: The Print Room To Nordic Light he will bring the Til Nordic Light kommer han med Gallery talk: Saturday 18.30 ern Hemisphere and up to Svalbard, sørlige halvkule og opp til Svalbard, Photo excursion: Sunday 12.00 (See page 8) collab­orative project “No Joke”, where samarbeidsprosjektet «No Joke», hvor Book signing: After lecture almost the northernmost point on nært det nordligste punktet på jorden, he and Roger Ballen explore the more han og Roger Ballen utforsker de mer Book for sale: earth, by sharing fantastic images and gjennom å dele fantastiske bilder og sinister sides of the human psyche. onde sidene av den menneske­lige “No Joke” stories that will inspire you to experi- historier som gir reiseglede – og sam- Asgeir’s use of the human body as a psyken. Asgeirs bruk av menneske­ ence the joy of travelling – while at the tidig minner oss på at vi mennesker er plastic medium and Roger’s interest in kroppen som plastikkobjekt og Rogers same time reminding us that we are gjester i naturen. collages and the occult merge together interesse for kollasjer og det okkulte nature’s guests. in a bizarre universe forenes i et bisart univers. More information: www.nle.no/ More information: www.nle.no/ guests2018/asger-carlsen guests2018/audun-lie-dahl

14 Guest photographer: Asger Carlsen NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Guest photographer: Audun Lie Dahl 15 © Bjørn Sterri © Bjørn Sterri Still from shooting of “Operation Arctic” Photo: Erik Avatsmark Bjørn Sterri (1960) Grethe Bøe (1971) Award-winning photographer who has documented his Multi-award-winning director with a special passion for both family and himself over a period of 17 years children- and animal rights as well as environmental issues

(NO) Bjørn Sterri primarily works with (NO) Bjørn Sterri jobber primært (EN) Seeing the film E.T. by Steven (NO) Etter å ha sett filmen E.T. av the analogue side of photography, med analog fotografering, enten med Spielberg as a kid, Grethe Bøe decided Steven Spielberg som barn, bestemte either with a Deardorff 8”x10” or a Deardorff 8”x10” eller Polaroid-kamera. to be a film artist and a storyteller. Grethe Bøe seg for å bli filmkunstner Polaroid camera. Twenty years old she moved to New York og historieforteller. Hun flyttet til New Hans kontinuerlige dokumentasjon City where she studied Philosophy and York City som tjueåring for å studere His continuous documentation of his av familien – konen Alejandra, directing while working as an actress filosofi og regi samtidig som hun job- family – his wife Alejandra, their two sønnene Jens Linus og Pablo og Self portrait and director. She assisted Steven Spiel- bet som skuespiller og regissør. Hun Photo: Erik Avatsmark sons Jens Linus and Pablo, and him- seg selv, er et fotografisk essay om berg on one of his documentary films. assisterte Steven Spielberg på en av self, is a photographic essay about tid, nærvær og fravær, liv og død, From Norway hans dokumentarfilmer. From Norway time, presence and absence, life and kjærlighet og intimitet. Han fanger Based in Oslo (NO) Back in Norway she acted in several Based in Oslo (NO) death, affection and intimacy. He familien og sitt liv med skjønnhet, sterri.net TV-series and feature films before her Tilbake i Norge spilte hun i ulike serier captures his family and his life with humor og menneskelighet. directorial feature film debut in 2008. og spillefilmer før hun debuterte som beauty, humor and humanity. Lecture: Friday 15.30 Grethe has directed several TV-series spillefilmregissør i 2008. Hun har Lecture: Thursday 10.30 Hans omfattende fotografiske arbeid Exhibition: The Bakery both in Norway and internationally, regissert TV-serier i Norge og inter- His voluminous photographic work har blitt stilt ut rundt omkring i and she has won several international nasjonalt, og har vunnet internasjonale has been exhibited across Europe Europa og Amerika. awards for her work. Her recently priser. Hennes nylig lanserte spillefilm and the Americas. launched feature film “Operasjon «Operasjon Mørkemann» gikk til topps I Kristiansund stiller han ut bilder fra Mørkemann” made it to the top of the på den norske kinostatistikken. In Kristiansund, he is exhibiting a selec- det prisvinnende prosjektet «Family Norwegian box office. tion of images from the award-winning Photographs 2001-2018». Temaet for Grethes foredrag er «Vi “Family Photographs 2001-2018”. The theme of Grethe’s talk is “We blir historiene vi forteller», der hun become the stories we tell”, exploring utforsker effekten av hvem vi velger å

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16 Guest photographer: Bjørn Sterri NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Guest speaker: Grethe Bøe 17 © Amak Mahmoodian © Joyce Tenneson © Joyce Tenneson Amah Mahmoodian (1980) Joyce Tenneson (1945) Photographer, film maker and curator, Fine art photographer known for her distinctive, questioning the identity mixed style of portraiture and mythology

(EN) Amak Mahmoodian graduated from (NO) Amak Mahmoodian ble uteks­ (EN) Joyce Tenneson has been inter- (NO) Joyce Tenneson har blitt inter­ the University of South Wales in 2015 aminert fra University of South Wales nationally lauded as one of the leading nasjonalt hyllet som en av sin gener­a­ with a practice PHD in photo­graphy. i 2015 med en praktisk doktorgrad i photographers of her generation. sjons fremste fotografer. Her body of work “Shenasnameh” was fotografering. Hennes arbeid “She- published as a book in 2016. The book nasnameh” ble utgitt i bokform i 2016. She is famous for her ethereal, roman- Hun er kjent for sine eteriske, roman- has since been shortlisted for a num- Boken har siden blitt listet for en rekke tic photographs of women, flowers, tiske fotografier av kvinner, blomster ber of awards, such as Time Magazine priser, for eksempel Time Magazine Self portrait and now also trees. Her unique vision og nå også trær. Hennes unike visjon Photo: Mary Dowling 2016 and Arthur Book, Rencontres Arles 2016 og Arthur Book, Rencontres Arles makes her photographs immediately gjør hennes fotografier umiddelbart 2016. In addition, the work has been 2016. I tillegg har arbeidet blitt utstilt From Iran recognizable. She creates enigmatic gjenkjennelige. Hun skaper gåtefulle og From USA widely exhibited internationally. bredt internasjonalt. Based in Bristol (UK) and sensuous images that are timeless sanselige bilder som er tidløse og ufor- Based in Maine (US) amakmahmoodian.co.uk and haunting, and her signature-style glemmelige og hennes signatur­lignende tenneson.com Amak’s work questions the identity, it Amaks arbeid stiller spørsmål rundt images aim to show the inner person bilder tar sikte på å vise det indre men- expresses something personal which identitet, det uttrykker noe personlig Lecture: Friday 12.00 hovering behind the façade. nesket, som svever bak fasaden. Lecture: Sunday 10.00 pertains to a general issue. She som gjelder et generelt problem. Hun Exhibition: The Bakery Exhibition: The Bakery explores her own identity through utforsker sin egen identitet gjennom Gallery talk: Friday 18.30 Joyce’s work has been published in Joyces arbeid har blitt publisert i bøker Gallery talk: Sunday 15.00 her projects and each project is a sine prosjekter, og hvert prosjekt er books and major magazines, and og store magasiner, og stilt ut på Portfolio reviews: Friday chapter of her life – and a journey, et kapittel av hennes liv, og en reise, exhibited in museums and galleries, museer og gallerier over hele verden. inside and outside. både på innsiden og utsiden. worldwide. Til Nordic Light kommer hun med For Amak, the hallmark of photogra- For Amak er kjennetegnet ved At Nordic Light, she will be exhibiting­­ verker fra sin nyeste serie «Gold Trees». phy is telling the truth – photographs fotografering å fortelle sannheten - works from her latest series “Gold Trees”. are magical and full of mysteries. fotografier er magiske og fulle

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18 Guest photographer: Amak Mahmoodian NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Guest photographer: Joyce Tenneson 19 © Kathrine Lindman © Kathrine Lindman © Linda Connor © Linda Connor Kathrine Lindman (1969) Linda Connor (1944) Internationally acclaimed jewelry artist with Celebrated photographer known for her a new collection inspired by seaweed luminous and iconic photographs

(EN) Kathrine Lindman has been (NO) Kathrine Lindman har jobbet (EN) Linda Connor has a long and dis- (NO) Linda Connor har en lang working as a jewelry artist since 1996. som smykkekunstner siden 1996. tinguished career in photography, and og frem­gangsrik karriere innen Her designs are based on elements Hennes design er basert på elementer is widely acknowledged for her unique fotografering og er viden anerkjent for from nature, and she works with fra naturen, og hun jobber med form visual style. sin unike visuelle stil. shapes and colors in various ways. og farger på ulike måter. Hennes Her signature line is “Seashell” in signatur­kolleksjon er «Seashell» i sølv Taking photographs with a large format Etter å ha fotografert med storformat- silver and enamel. At Nordic Light, og emalje. Under Nordic Light lanserer view camera in exotic locations, until kamera på eksotiske steder, frem­ Photo: Espen Odén Evertsen Photo credit: Lacphoto.org she will launch her brand-new jewelry hun sin helt nye kolleksjon med smyk- 2008 she contacted printed her nega- kalte hun frem til 2008 negativene på ­collection inspired by seaweed. ker inspirert av tang. From Norway tives on printing-out paper using sun- utskriftspapir ved hjelp av sollys og From USA Based in Kristiansund (NO) light, then gold-toning the prints. With gulltonet deretter utskriftene. Med Based in San Fransisco (US) Since 2010, Kathrine has been pro- Siden 2010 har hun blitt promotert gjen- kathrinelindman.no the changes in photographic materials, endringene i fotografisk materiell har moted through a gallery in New York, nom en gallerist i New York, og hennes she has evolved her work to produce hun utviklet sitt arbeid til produksjon and her jewelry appeared on the cat- smykker ble vist på catwalken under Exhibition: The Bakery her images using digital printing tech- av bilder ved hjelp av digitale utskrifts­ Lecture: Saturday 14.00 walk during New York Fashion Week New York Fashion Week i 2012. Hun har niques, including exploring beyond teknikker, og også utforsket utover Exhibition: The Bakery in 2012. She has been presented at vært presentert på flere kunstmesser og paper to images on silk and metal. papir til bilder på silke og metall. Gallery talk: Sunday 17.00 several art fairs and prestigious exhibi- prestisjefulle utstillinger internasjonalt. Book signing: After lecture tions internationally. Linda has been exhibiting, publishing På Nordic Light stiller hun ut bilder fra Book for sale: Hun fikk mye oppmerksomhet da and presenting her work nationally and sine mange reiser til Himalaya, i tillegg “Odyssey; The Photographs of She received attention when Barack Barack Obama besøkte Norge i 2009 internationally. At Nordic Light she will til serien «UnEarthed» med bilder av Linda Connor” Obama visited Norway in 2009 to be for å motta Nobels Fredspris, og et av exhibit photographs from her many avstøpningene av menneskekropper awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and hennes smykker ble kjøpt inn av depart­ trips to the Himalayas, as well as the fra Pompeii. one of her jewelry was purchased by the ementet som gave til Michelle Obama. series “UnEarthed” of images of body ministry as a gift to Michelle Obama. More information: www.nle.no/ casts from Pompeii. More information: www.nle.no/ guests2018/kathrine-lindman guests2018/linda-connor

20 Guest artist: Kathrine Lindman NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Guest photographer: Linda Connor 21 ©Lisen Stibeck © Massimo Leardini © Massimo Leardini Lisen Stibeck (1952) Massimo Leardini (1959) Photographer working on long-term projects, One of the most sought-after photographers often abroad in Scandinavia

(EN) Lisen’s keen interest in teen- (NO) Hennes sterke interesse for (EN) Italian Massimo Leardini came (NO) Italienske Massimo Leardini kom age identity developed into her photo tenåringsidentitet utviklet seg to Norway in the 80s and started til Norge på 80-tallet og startet sin book “Daughters”, portraying young til ­foto­boken «Daugthers», som his photo career here. His unique fotokarriere her. Hans unike estetikk women from different countries and portrett­erer unge kvinner fra ulike ­aesthetic and sensibility captures the og sensibilitet fanger menneskekrop- walks of life. The book was interna- land og steder i livet. Boken fikk human body in harmony with the time- pen i harmoni med det tidløse skandi- tionally recognized. internasjonal aner­kjennelse. less Scandinavian landscape. naviske landskapet.

Photo: Mary Ellen Mark Self portrait Later her focus turned to the inner Senere har hun fokusert på psykens Today he is a sought-after photogra- Han er i dag en ettertraktet fotograf, landscape of the psyche. A world of indre landskap. En verden av drøm- From Sweden pher, working primarily with commer- som primært gjør kommersielle From Italy dreams opened up as she delved into mer åpnet seg når hun dykket inn i en Based in Lidingö (SE) cial assignments, shooting fashion, oppdrag med mote, portretter og Based in Oslo (NO) a form of magical realism. In another form for magisk realisme. I et annet lisenstibeck.com portraits and series for magazines serier for blant andre D2. Han jobber leardini.com work, her haunting black-and-white prosjekt gir hennes uforglemmelige like Norwegian D2. He also works with også med andre prosjekter. imagery carries a suggestion of emerg- bilder i sort-hvitt en ide om nye for- Lecture: Thursday 12.00 other projects. Lecture: Thursday 17.00 ing narratives, at times evoking loss, tellinger, og fremkaller til tider tap, Exhibition: The Print Room Massimo har gitt ut flere fotobøker Exhibition: The Bakery grief and death and then again, a cele­ sorg og død, og videre en feiring av Book signing: After lecture Massimo has published several og stiller ut regelmessig både i Norge Book signing: After lecture bration of life in brilliant, abstract color. livet i strålende, abstrakt farge. photo­books and exhibits regularly in og i utlandet. Book for sale: Book for sale: “Daughters” Norway and abroad. “In Between” Lisen will exhibit works from the project Lisen vil stille ut bilder fra prosjek- På Nordic Light stiller han ut fra flere av “Daugthers”. Her lecture will focus on tet «Daugthers». Hennes forelesning At Nordic Light he will exhibit works sine prosjekter, deriblant «In Between». how pictures are affecting us in different handler om hvordan bilder påvirker oss from a range of projects, among ways and how she works to translate på forskjellige måter og hvordan hun them “In Between”. suffering or happiness into a picture. arbeider for å oversette lidelse eller

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22 Guest photographer: Lisen Stibeck NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Guest photographer: Massimo Leardini 23 © Morten Krogvold © Morten Krogvold

© Olivia Parker

Morten Krogvold (1950) Olivia Parker (1941) One of Norway’s leading photographers, known for his Recognized as one of the foremost still-life classic portraits of artists, politicians and other celebrities photographers of her generation

(EN) Morten Krogvold has been (NO) Morten Krogvold har vært (EN) Olivia Parker started her career (NO) Olivia Parker begynte sin karriere passion­ately engaged in photography lidenskapelig opptatt av fotografi making ephemeral constructions to med å fotografere flyktige konstruk­ since he was a young boy. Today he is siden han var ung gutt. I dag er han photograph, and experimented with the sjoner, og eksperimenterte med lysets a respected photographer with black en respektert fotograf med sort/hvitt endless possibilities of light. uendelige muligheter. and white as his trademark. He is som sitt varemerke. Han er kjent for known for his enthusiasm and ability sin entusiasme og evne til å formidle In the seventies, she worked exclusiv­ På 70-tallet jobbet hun utelukkende in relation to promoting photography, fotografi og han har arrangert hundre- Photo: Inger Mackenzie ely in black-and-white, using large i sort/hvitt og brukte storformat- Self portrait and he has hosted hundreds of work- vis av workshops i 20 land. format cameras. Later she worked kamera. Senere jobbet hun med Pola- shops in 20 countries. From Norway with Polaroid and Cibachrome color roid og Cibachrome fargematerialer. From USA Morten Krogvold har også utgitt et stort Based in Oslo (NO) materials. In the mid-nineties, she På midten av 90-tallet begynte hun å Based in Boston (US) Morten has published many books and antall bøker og holdt utallige utstill- krogvold.com started to experiment with computers eksperi­mentere med datamaskiner og oliviaparker.com held numerous exhibitions at home inger i inn- og utland. Han har vært and digital software. digital programvare. and abroad. He has been artistic direc- kunstnerisk leder for fotofestivalen Lecture: Thursday 19.00 Lecture: Sunday 11.30 tor of the Nordic Light photo festival Nordic Light siden oppstarten i 2006. Exhibition: The Bakery She has had more than one hundred Hun har hatt over hundre solo-utstill- Exhibition: The Bakery since its inception in 2006. Book signing: TBA solo exhibitions in the US and abroad inger i USA og utenlands, og er repre- Gallery talk: Sunday 16.00 Krogvold står for årets åpningsfore- and her work is represented in many sentert i en rekke museumssamlinger. Book signing: After lecture Book for sale: Morten will be holding this year’s drag under Nordic Light. Han vil museum collections. “Tjueseks fotografer” Book for sale: opening lecture at Nordic Light. He will også lansere sin nye bok «Tjueseks Til Nordic Light kommer Olivia med det “Vanishing in Plain Sight” also launch his new book, a collection fotografer», en samling portretter av To Nordic Light, Olivia brings the dypt personlige prosjektet «Vanishing of portraits of the world’s most prom- verdens fremste fotografer, og stille ut deeply personal project “Vanishing in Plain Sight». Bildene er hennes inent photographers, and exhibit a et utvalg av disse. in Plain Sight”. The photographs are spekulasjoner rundt hva som skjedde i selection of them. her imagination’s journey through her hennes manns sinn da han gradvis ble

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24 Guest photographer: Morten Krogvold NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Guest photographer: Olivia Parker 25 © Paolo Roversi © Paolo Roversi © Pål Laukli Paolo Roversi (1947) Pål Laukli (1975) A master photographer best known for his exceptional One of Norway´s most sought-after portrait and fashion photography commercial photographers

(EN) Paolo Roversi began his career (NO) Paolo Roversi startet sin kar- (EN) Pål Laukli’s photographic expres- (NO) Pål Lauklis fotografiske uttrykk in 1970 with photojournalism assign- riere i 1970 med fotojournalistiske sion is best described as playful, clean kan best beskrives som lekent, rent og ments, but soon shifted his focus to oppdrag, men skiftet snart fokus til and almost minimalistic, often featur- nesten minimalistisk – ofte kjenneteg- fashion, shooting fashion editorials mote, hvor han fotograferte mote­ ing a characteristic and distinct use of net ved karakteristisk og distinkt bruk and advertising campaigns. In the reportasjer og reklamekampanjer. I both light and shadow. av både lys og skygge. early 1980s he added large-format begynnelsen av 1980-tallet begynte

Polaroid photography to his practice, a han å ta i bruk Polaroid storformat­ Self portrait Pål has hosted numerous solo exhib­it­ Pål har holdt en rekke soloutstillinger Photo: Jonas Rask medium that enhanced his trademark fotografering – noe som skulle bli ions and has an impressive client list. og har en imponerende kundeliste. style for many years. hans varemerke i mange år. From Italy He also does film direction within the Han regisserer også kommersiell film. From Norway Based in Paris (FR) commercial sector. Based in Oslo (NO) Paolo is known for his striking, intimate Paolo er best kjent for sin slående paoloroversi.com Siden 2008 har Pål, hans kone Trude tinagent.no portraiture and classical visual lan- intime portrettering og klassisk Since 2008, Pål, his wife Trude Mokkel- Mokkelbost Laukli og deres team guage. His extraordinary fashion pic- visuelle språk. Hans enestående Lecture: Saturday 17.00 bost Laukli and their team have been jobbet tett sammen med Maya Vik, Lecture: Thursday 15.30 tures have graced the pages of all the motebilder har prydet de viktigste Book signing: After lecture working closely with Maya Vik, a Nor- tidligere bassist i Montee, nå solo-art- Exhibtion: The Print Room best magazines for decades. He has motemagasinene i flere tiår. Han har wegian singer, songwriter and bass ist, hvor de har produsert promobilder, Gallery talk: Thursday 18.00 Book for sale: documented all the most famous mod- fotografert alle de mest kjente foto- “Paolo Roversi (Photofile)” player. The cooperation comprises en eksklusiv fotobok, fotoutstilling, els and movie stars, collaborated with modellene og filmstjernene, samarbei- promo images, an exclusive photo musikkvideoer, albumcover og mer. the leading fashion and beauty houses, det med de ledende mote- og skjønn- book, a photo exhibition, music videos, published several books and his work hetshusene, gitt ut flere bøker og hans album covers and more. Til Nordic Light kommer han med has been exhibited around the world. verk har blitt stilt ut over hele verden. helt nytt materiale, i tillegg til en del At Nordic Light he will exhibit brand new tidligere arbeider. material, as well as some previous work.

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26 Guest photographer: Paolo Roversi NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Guest photographer: Pål Laukli 27 © Roger Ballen © Roy Mangersnes Roger Ballen (1950) Roy Mangersnes (1978) One of the most influential, innovative and important Internationally recognized and award- photographic artists of his generation winning wildlife photographer

(EN) Roger Ballen’s photographs span (NO) Roger Ballens fotografier spen- (EN) Roy Mangersnes is a trained (NO) Roy Mangersnes er utdannet over forty years and his distinctive style ner over førti år, og hans særegne behavioral ecologist and professional atferdsøkolog og profesjonell fotograf has evolved using a simple square for- stil har utviklet seg ved hjelp av et photographer working all over the som jobber over hele verden. Hans mat in black and white. His strange and enkelt kvadratformat i svart-hvitt. world. His images can be seen in mag- bilder kan sees i internasjonale bøker extreme works confront viewers and Hans underlige og ekstreme verker azines and books internationally, he og magasiner, han har utgitt flere egne challenge them to come with him on a konfronter seerne og utfordrer dem has published several books and won bøker og vunnet flere priser, blant journey into their own minds. Through til å bli med ham på en reise inn i sine Photo: Marguerite Rossouw multiple awards including BBC Wild- annet BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Photo: Ole Jørgen Liodden the years, he developed a style he egne sinn. Gjennom årene har han life Photographer of the Year (UK) and Year (UK) og Nature Best Awards (USA). describes as “documentary fiction”. gradvis utviklet en stil han selv kaller From USA Nature Best Awards (USA). From Norway for dokumentar-fiksjon. Based in Johannesburg (SA) Ved siden av sin karriere som fotograf, Based in Sandnes (NO) Roger has published over twenty-five rogerballen.com Beside his career as a photographer, er Roy partner og profesjonell fotograf- roymangersnes.com books and his work is collected by Roger har gitt ut mer enn 25 bøker og Roy is a partner and professional vert i WildPhoto Travel med oppdrag some of the most important museums hans verker finnes på noen av verdens Lecture: Saturday 12.00 photo­graphic host for WildPhoto Travel, rundt om i verden. Lecture: Saturday 15.30 in the world. fremste museer. (Together with Asger Carlsen) doing assignments around the world. (Together with Audun Lie Dahl) Exhibition: The Photo Studio Under Nordic Light holder han fore- Exhibition: The Print Room To Nordic Light he will bring the Til Nordic Light kommer han med Gallery talk: Saturday 18.30 At Nordic Light, he will exhibit and drag og stiller ut sammen Audun Lie Book signing: After Lecture collaborative project “No Joke” samarbeidsprosjektet «No Joke», Book signing: After lecture lecture together with Audun Lie Dahl. Dahl. De vil ta oss med på en reise i Photo excursion: Sunday 12.00 (See page 8) together with Asger Carlsen. In their sammen med Asger Carlsen. I deres Books for sale: They will take us on a trip through spektakulære områder, gjennom å dele bizarre universe, Asgeir’s use of the bisarre univers, forenes Asgeirs bruk “Ballenesque” spectacular areas, by sharing fantastic fantastiske bilder og historier som gir Book for sale: “No Joke” “Frozen in time” human body as a plastic medium and av menneskekroppen som plastikk­ images and stories that will inspire reiseglede – og samtidig minne oss på Rogers’s interest in collages and the objekt og Rogers interesse for kollas- you to experience the joy of travelling at vi mennesker er gjester i naturen. occult merge together. jer og det okkulte. – while at the same time reminding us

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28 Guest photographer: Roger Ballen NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Guest photographer: Roy Mangersnes 29 © Steve Pyke © Tone S. Beckman Steve Pyke (1957) Tone S. Beckman (1957) Known for his stunning portraits of prominent authors, This year’s “Director’s Choice”, invited by musicians, actors and intellectuals artistic director Morten Krogvold

(EN) In the 70s, Steve Pyke was a (NO) På 1970-tallet var Steve Pyke en (EN) Tone Beckman first met Morten (NO) Tone Beckman møtte Morten punk rocker with an itch to do some- punkrocker med trang til å gjøre noe Krogvold at a workshop in 2008 – a Krogvold første gang på en workshop thing more unique. He borrowed a mer unikt. Han lånte en venns kamera powerful experience, important for her i 2008 – det ble en sterk ­erfaring som friend’s camera and since that time og siden den gang har han foto­grafert development, both with and without betydde mye for hennes utvikling, has photographed for every major for alle store magasiner, utgitt tolv the camera. She describes Krogvold as både med og uten kamera. Selv magazine, published twelve books, bøker og stilt ut sine bilder i store her mentor and most important critic. beskriver hun Krogvold som sin­ and exhibited his photographs widely deler av Europa og USA. ­mentor og viktigste kritiker. Photo: Christian Coleman Self portrait in Europe and the USA. Portraits of women, primarily in black Gjennom sin karriere har han gjort From England and white, is the thread in her work. Portretter av kvinner, primært i sort– From Norway Throughout his career, he has made mange personlige prosjekter. Mest Based in New Orleans (US) hvitt, er gjennomgående i hennes arbeid. Based in Oslo (NO) many personal projects. Best known kjent er de om verdens ledende pyke-eye.com Her exhibition “Venus” will show high- are “Philosophers” on the world’s ­tenkere – «Philosophers». På Nordic lights of the portraits and some work Hennes utstilling «Venus» viser leading thinkers. At Nordic Light he Light stiller han ut en installasjon Lecture: Sunday 13.00 in colour from another ongoing pro­ høydepunkter blant portrettene i til- Lecture: Saturday 10.30 will exhibit an installation consisting bestående av en stor kollasj av bilder Exhibition: The Bakery ject. Her lecture “One Story” will show legg til noen verk i farge fra et annet Exhibition: The Print Room of a large collage of images from the fra Philosophers-seansene. Book signing: After lecture works from her photographic jour- pågående prosjekt. Foredraget, «One Philosopher shoots. ney, which started back in 2008, with Story», viser bilder fra hennes fotograf- Books for sale: Et annet prosjekt er «Uniforms» om “I Could Read the Sky” focus on her approach to photography iske reise siden 2008, med fokus på Another project is “Uniforms” on Euro- Europeisk ungdomsidentitet. I den “Philosophers I” with the camera as a communication hennes tilnærming til fotografiet med “Philosophers I & II Lim. Ed.” pean youth identity. In the more recent nyere serien, «Astronauts», har han “Earthward” tool, and the photography as a visual kamera som kommunikasjonsverktøy series, ”Astronauts”, he photographed avbildet Apollo-astronautene som gikk expression of storytelling. og fotografiet som et visuelt uttrykks­ the Apollo astronauts that walked on på månen. Gjennom de siste 35 årene middel for historiefortelling. the moon. For the past 35 years, he har han kontinuerlig samlet portretter More information: www.nle.no/ has worked consistently on his series til serien «Faces of our Time». guests2018/steve-pyke More information: www.nle.no/ collecting the ”Faces of our Time”. guests2018/tone-s-beckman

30 Guest photographer: Steve Pyke NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Guest photographer: Tone S. Beckman 31 PRACTICAL INFORMATION PRACTICAL INFORMATION – OPENING DAY – ABOUT THE PROGRAM FESTIVAL PROGRAM We encourage everyone to join the festival parade, All lectures, breakfast movies and the evening talk starting at Kunstforeningen and continuing through show “Ansikt til Ansikt” take place in the ­largest the city centre, visiting all the various exhibition ­theatre in Caroline Cinema, called Helan. locations on the way before ending up in Caroline Cinema for the opening show. Join us to make the Gallery talks take place in the gallery where the greatest festival parade yet! photographers works are exhibited. These are included if you are a holder of a pass valid for that Opening Day, Wednesday 25 April All posts on the program on the opening day, except specific day, this includes the Exhibition Pass. the trip to Grip, are free and open to all. 10.30–14.30: Boat excursion to the previous fishing village Grip* (see page 8) Portfolio Reviews take place at the Nordic Light 17.00–18.30: Festival Parade from Kunstforeningen We keep the concept with a free lecture on the opening House. Meet up at the Nordic Light Library. Buy tickets 19.00–20.30: Opening show and lecture w/ Morten Krogvold, Caroline Cinema day. Our Artistic Director Morten Krogvold will do the in the Festival Office, in the Tikkio app or Tikkio.com. 20.30–00.00: Meet & Greet in Krogvold Café opening lecture – come and listen! Free and open for all as long as seats available, no reservations possible. Posts marked with * requires additional tickets.

Thursday 26 April Friday 27 April Saturday 28 April Sunday 29 April

LECTURES IN CAROLINE CINEMA CENTER

08.30–10.00: Breakfast Movie 08.30–10.00: Breakfast Movie 08.30–10.00: Breakfast Movie 10.00–11.00: Joyce Tenneson 10.30–11.30: Grethe Bøe 10.30–11.30: Akseli Valmunen 10.30–11.30: Tone S. Beckman 11.30–12.30: Olivia Parker 12.00–13.00: Lisen Stibeck 12.00–13.00: Joey L. 12.00–13.00: Asger Carlsen & Roger Ballen 13.00–14.00: Steve Pyke 13.00–14.00: Lunch 13.00–14.00: Lunch 13.00–14.00: Lunch 14.00–15.00: Lunch 14.00–15.00: Andrea Gjestvang 14.00–15.00: Anne Lise Flavik 14.00–15.00: Linda Connor 15.30–16.30: Pål Laukli 15.30–16.30: Bjørn Sterri 15.30–16.30: Audun Lie Dahl & Roy Mangersnes 17.00–18.00: Massimo Leardini 16.30–17.00: Award Ceremony 17.00–18.00: Paolo Roversi 17.30–18.30: Andres Serrano

PORTFOLIO REVIEWS

10.00–10.20: Anne Lise Flavik* 15.00–15.20: Joyce Tenneson* 10.00–10.20: Joey L. / Mikkel Aaland* 09.30–09.50: Tuula Alajoki* 11.30–11.50: Anne Lise Flavik* 16.30–16.50: Joyce Tenneson* 11.30–11.50: Joey L. / Mikkel Aaland* 11.00–11.20: Tuula Alajoki* 15.00–15.20: Anne Lise Flavik* 13.00–13.20: Joey L. / Mikkel Aaland* 14.30–14.50: Tuula Alajoki* 16.30–16.50: Anne Lise Flavik* 15.00–15.20: Joey L. / Mikkel Aaland* 15.30–15.50: Tuula Alajoki*

GALLERY TALKS 18.00–18.30: Pål Laukli 18.30–19.00: Joey L. 18.30–19.00: Asger Carlsen & Roger Ballen 15.00–15.30: Joyce Tenneson 19.00–19.30: Andrea Gjestvang 19.30–20.00: Anne Lise Flavik 19.30–20.00: Andres Serrano 16.00–16.30: Olivia Parker 17.00–17.30: Linda Connor

EVENING PROGRAM

19.00–20.30: “Ansikt til Ansikt”* 19.00–20.30: “Ansikt til Ansikt”* 19.00–20.30: “Ansikt til Ansikt”* Morten Krogvold in conversation with: Morten Krogvold in conversation with: Johild Korsberg Bredin in conversation with: Christian Michelsen, Kjetil Thorsen og Rune Edøy Morten Rostrup Artistic Director, Morten Krogvold 21.00–00.00: Nordic Light Night 21.00–22.00: Release of USS Issue 7 (At Handelens Hus, see page 9) (At Storgata 19, see page 39) (There might be changes in the program. Errors may occur.) Errors might be changes in the program. (There

32 Festival program NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Festival program 33 © Olivia Parker © Linda Connor L. © Joey © Anne Lise Flavik © Joyce Tenneson © Joyce © Bjørn Sterri © Tone S.Beckman © Tone © Audun Lie Dahl © Roy Mangersnes © Roy © Lisen Stibeck © Roger Ballen © Akseli Valmunen © Massimo Leardini © Massimo © Andres Serrano © Andres © Steve Pyke © Steve © Kathrine Lindman © Morten Krogvold © Morten

FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONS © Pål Laukli © Andrea Gjestvang © Andrea

ABOUT THE EXHIBITIONS BUYING IMAGES GALLERY TALKS

The festival exhibition 2018 displays work from for her often political approach. In the series “No man Most of this year’s festival exhibitions are also A close and personal experience with the artist! The close to twenty guest exhibitors – from inter- is an Island” she is exploring the private and intimate sales exhibitions. Maybe you like a specific picture gallery talks last half an hour and take place by the national photography legends and masters to lives of families living on the Faroe Islands. or the artistic appeal? Maybe you need a piece in a photographer’s exhibition in the gallery. acclaimed, promising and upcoming Scandinavian color that coordinates with a room at home? Maybe and Norwegian artists. Roger Ballen and Asger Carlsen is attending Nor- your company needs something for the office wall? Gallery talks are includes in all Festival, Weekend, dic Light with the collaborative project “No Joke”, and Day Passes, as well as the Exhibition Pass. The spectrum is wide with different genres, motives, where they explore the more sinister sides of the Finding the correct artwork for your house, apartment expressions, sizes and price ranges. From images human psyche. Steve Pyke will exhibit an installa- or business can be a fun and pleasant event. You can Pål Laukli: Thursday 18.00 that provoke and painfully challenge the viewer, to tion consisting of a large collage of images from the get something beautiful, challenging, enlightening or Andrea Gjestvang: Thursday 19.00 images that are beautiful, meditative and sensual, Philosopher shoots, a renown personal project on engaging on your wall, something that adds a special Joey L.: Friday 18.30 a pure pleasure for the eye. This is a unique oppor- the world’s leading thinkers. value to your home, something that expresses your Anne Lise Flavik: Friday 19.30 tunity to see – and buy – works from leading artists. personality, something that lets you ponder and see Asger Carlsen & Roger Ballen: Saturday 18.30 Some of them, rarely exhibit in Norway. The Norwegian jewelry artist Kathrine Lindman the art in different ways on different days. is exhibiting a brand-new collection with jewelry Andres Serrano: Saturday 19.30 One of the highlights is the American photographer inspired by seaweed. If you find a piece that fits your style, taste and needs, Joyce Tenneson: Sunday 15.00 Andres Serrano, exhibiting large-scale works from his please contact one of our gallery staff to sign a contract Olivia Parker: Sunday 16.00 series “Torture”. Another is Andrea Gjestvang, known Enjoy these and other inspiring exhibitions! and get information about the purchasing process. Linda Connor: Sunday 17.00

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1 NORDIC LIGHT HOUSE 2 KUNSTFORENINGEN THE BAKERY Andres Serrano (see page 12) Akseli Valmunen (see page 10) Andrea Gjestvang (see page 11) 3 Bjørn Sterri (see page 16) NERPARKEN Joey L. (see page 18) PS, I have MS (see page 38) Joyce Tenneson (see page 19) Kathrine Lindman (see page 20) 4 3 Linda Connor (see page 21) STORGATA 19 Massimo Leardini (see page 23) Uncertain States Scandinavia (see page 39) Morten Krogvold (see page 24) Olivia Parker (see page 25) 5 Steve Pyke (see page 30) CAROLINE CINEMA NFF (see page 40) THE PHOTO STUDIO Asger Carlsen & Roger Ballen (see page 14 & 28) 2 6 LANGVEIEN 19 (BEDEHUSET) THE PRINT ROOM NSFF (see page 40) Anne Lise Flavik (see page 13) Schools (see page 41) Audun Lie Dahl (see page 15) Kindergartens (see page 40) Lisen Stibeck (see page 22) Camera clubs (see page 41) Pål Laukli (see page 27) Roy Mangersnes (see page 29) EXHIBITION OPENING HOURS, Tone S. Beckman (see page 31) SEE PAGE 2

6 5 Photo: Omar Sejnæs Photo: Rustad Tommy Photo: Vågeveien 1 EXHIBITION DURATION

Exhibitions at the Nordic Light House will be on display until 30 August 2018 (there might be 4 some exceptions). Exhibitions at other locations will be on display until 6 May 2018. Our web page will be updated with information

Photo: Odd Inge Teige Photo: about the opening hours etc. by the end of May.

36 Exhibition map NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Exhibitions overview 37 OTHER EXHIBITIONS Einar Sira photo: Poster

Exhibiting photographers

Astrid Gjersøe Skåtterød Bård Ek Cecilie Riis Kjeldsen Charlie Fjätström Chris André Aadland Einar Sira Eirik Knoop Erlend Berge Eli Haugen Sandnes Espen Dahl Geir Moseid Gjert Rognli Håkon Røysland

Sissel H. Hammersland has lived with MS for 25 years. For 20 of these she has worked as a library assistant at a school in Odda Photo: Fredrik Arff Ihne Pedersen Jannecke Sanne Normann PS, I HAVE MS UNCERTAIN STATES OF SCANDINAVIA John Wang Jorunn Eikill Veflen See the outdoor exhibition focusing on breaking the stigma and Don’t miss out USS’s 2nd annual exhibition with more than 30 Kai Hansen people’s perception of what it means to live with MS. photographers showcasing their work. Kaja Juul Kirsten Opstad The photo exhibition “PS, I have MS” will be The exhibition is arranged by Merck and the MS Uncertain States Scandinavia (USS) is an artist-driven project aiming visiting Kristiansund during Nordic Light and the Association in Norway, and is part of a larger to promote Scandinavian photo art by publishing a free, full-size Kristin Slotterøy following week. It is placed in Nerparken, betweeen information campaign: www.psjegharms.no. paper, available in a variety of art scenes, where art photographers Lars Vilhelmsen “Kunstforeningen” and the Kirkelandet church. are given the possibility to show their work and artistic expression. Maria Gosse The creative concept: frames The large format makes it an alternative gallery that the viewer Mats Fagerberg The exhibition consists of three major installations, There is no doubt that the disease MS puts can take home, and helps expose the work of Scandinavian art showing a glimpse of the lives of six people living restrictions on one’s life. In a way, it creates a frame. photographers to a wider audience. Mona Ødegård with MS. Most people have heard about MS, but The frame can be both an obstacle and a stability, Ole Brodersen few knows what the disease actually is, and what it is about preventing the frame from shrinking the Raymond Mosken it means for those who are affected. It is important scope of possibilities for that person. If the disease Release Issue 7 Rebecca Jafari for anyone with MS to be seen for who they are, and is not impaired, the frame shrinks, and thus also the Issue 7 will be launched at a special event Friday 27 April 21.00. Rebecca Ravneberg not their diagnosis. possibilities of what life can contain. Exhibtion: 2nd annual 2018 Sara Angelica Spilling Around 11 000 people in Norway live with MS The photographer Fredrik Arff has fused an excerpt of At Nordic Light Light, you can explore USS’s second annual exhibition Stig Marlon Weston (mutilated sclerosis), one of the most common the life of people with MS, the surroundings and the since its inception in 2016, where more than 30 photographers will Svit/Haseth neurological diseases we have. Norway is among the framework they are in. The main character appears showcase their work in Storgata 19. Tor S Ulstein countries in the world with the highest incidence of in a white frame, with the surroundings around. The Trude Bekk the disease in relation to population. Twice as many installations also emphasize the frames – the pictures Opening hours: women as men receive MS, and usually they are are surrounded by a white frame and excavated with a Thursday–Sunday 12.00–20.00 Will Vickers between 20 and 30 years when diagnosed. steel wire, and kind of making it flow up in the air. Åsne Eldøy

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NFF: “LANDSKONKURRANSEN 2018” NSFF: “ÅRBOKUTSTILLINGEN”

Windmill at Smøla Nidrarosomen in Trondheim Photo: Ronny Kvande, Sunndal Camera Club From a portrait project by Kristiansund Camera Club where Photo: Rolf Indergård, they aim to make a diverse collection of portraits from the Batnfjorden Camera Club female population in Kristiansund Photo: Lisbeth Fagereng Jacobsen, Kristiansund Camera Club

CAMERA CLUBS Clubs in the exhibition Kristiansund Camera Club As previous years, we have invited camera clubs from all around Batnfjorden Camera Club the country to show their works at the festival. The camera club Hustadvika Camera Club exhibition shows a wide range of themes and projects, with a great Molde Camera Club Enok Groven – Von Doren Watch Campaign Foto: Arne Beck variation in approaches and technique. Sunndal Camera Club Experience the photographer of the year, category The Norwegian Society for Photography (NSFF) has winners and all winning images at the exhibition ever since Nordic Light’s first year exhibited photos from this year’s national competition. from their yearbook. KRISTIANSUND HIGH SCHOOL

The Norwegian Association of Photographers (NFF) You can see the yearbook exhibition in The graduate students at Media and is returning to Nordic Light with their exhibition Langveien 19 (Bedehuset). Communication from Kristiansund High School is from the national competition “Landskonkurransen presenting the project “Spektrum” (spectrum). 2018”. The exhibition in Caroline cinema displays some of the best images this year taken by KINDERGARTENS Through this exhibition the students have based professional photographers, competing in seven their work on the color spectrum. Each student categories: Portrait, Wedding, Children, Digital work, This year, as previous years, the kindergartens is presenting his/her interpretation of a color in Commercial, Nature and Reportage. in Kristiansund have been invited to participate the color circle. The work show everything from with their own exhibitions. These exhibitions are Norwegian nature to still photography of fruit. The National Competition is organized annually by always exciting to see, as the kids show us their NFF and is open to all professional photographers perspective of things. You can see the work in Langveien 19 (Bedehuset). Students working on their exhibition project for Nordic Light in 2017. The students were portraying persons in Kristiansund they saw as somehow important for the town. The and students/apprentices within photography. The (Work from the other grades will also be exhibited.) exhibition was shown around town in empty shop windows Photo: Sylvia Stokke winners were awarded in a prize ceremony on 8 April, See the work from the young and aspiring artists at the annual congress of the association. in Langveien 19 (Bedehuset)! POP UP EXHIBITION AT BJERKELY FOLKEHØGSKOLE Arne Beck was awarded the prestigious title the “Photographer of the Year NFF 2018”. He BRYGGEKANTEN BRASSERIE We are happy to welcome back Bjerkely received the highest score in competition with 183 & BACHE BAR Folkehøgskole and their students showing their photographers and 728 submitted images from all work.Students represented this year: over the country. There will be a photo lunch on the second floor of Julie Bestum the restaurant Saturday 28 April. There will be a Elisabeth Tørudstad Nina Lædre was awarded the title “Student/ pop-up exhibition in the restaurant. Anja Ekre Svendsen Apprentice of the Year”. Thor Isak Ringsbu More information will be published in a specific Patrick Strøm Hildebrandt We congratulate all the winners and look forward Facebook event (follow @bryggekanten). (Teacher: Anne-Marit Holmseth) to exhibiting your work in Caroline Cinema Centre!

The children at their exhibition in 2016 Photo: Laila Gudrun Nilsen Bryggekanten Brasserie, Storkaia 1. The exhibition is in Langveien 19 (Bedehuset).

40 Other exhibitions NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Other exhibitions 41 TORSDAG 26. APRIL FREDAG 27. APRIL LØRDAG 28. APRIL ANSIKT Morten Krogvold i samtale med: Morten Krogvold i samtale med: Johild Kosberg Bredin i samtale med: CHRISTIAN MICHELSEN, MORTEN ROSTRUP MORTEN KROGVOLD TIL KJETIL THORSEN OG RUNE EDØY ANSIKT

The Nordic Light International Festival of Photography is not just about legendary photographers and inspiration for the next En ydmyk fotballtrener, en ujålete klubbleder Gjennom mer enn 20 år som lege og feltarbeider I talkshow-serien Ansikt til Ansikt er vi vant til å og en ellevill radiokommentator. For mange, er i Leger Uten Grenser har Morten Rostrup se Morten Krogvold i samtale med interessante camera purchase. Nordic Light fotball livet. For noen, er det langt viktigere enn reddet utallige liv i krigs- og katastrofeområder personligheter fra kulturliv, samfunnsliv, is also well-known personalities det… Morten Krogvold møter tre fotballfrelste verden over. Før var han også aktiv som næringsliv og idrett. Som en sentral person til en samtale om lidenskap, måloppnåelse, ekspedisjonsklatrer og besteg Mt. Everest i 1996. i norsk kulturliv, er det nå Morten sin tur å and strong opinions. pågangsmot, drivkraft, suksess, ledelse og lidelse Han er med andre ord vant til å sette sitt eget i liv i innta gjesterollen. I Ansikt til Ansikt lørdag – og kanskje litt fotball også? fare – ikke minst for å kunne redde andres. 28. april, møter vi ham i en samtale ledet av Every evening from Thursday to Saturday, our Bjørnsonfestivalens Johild Kosberg Bredin. Artistic Director Morten Krogvold hosts the talk show “Ansikt til Ansikt”, meaning “Face to Face”. Christian Michelsen har vært hovedtrener i KBK siden Morten Rostrup er overlege, dr. med. ved Krogvold leads a close and personal conversation 2014. Med saklig entusiasme og ukuelig optimisme Akuttmedisinsk avdeling, Oslo universitetssykehus Morten Krogvold har vært lidenskapelig engasjert with well-known personalities about society, har han ledet laget, steg for steg. Underveis har han og professor ved Avdeling for medisinsk i fotografi siden han var ung gutt. I dag er han en art and culture – and about life itself. Among hele tiden sørget for at KBK-spillerne har hatt føttene atferdsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo. Han har 22 av landets fremste fotografer, særlig kjent for sine previous guests are football player Ole Gunnar godt plantet på jorda. Christian ble nominert til tittelen års erfaring med medisinsk humanitært arbeid klassiske portretter av kunstnere, politikere og andre Solskjær, the now deceased doctor and professor Årets trener i Eliteserien i 2017. i mange konflikt- og katastrofeområder. Han berømtheter. of medicine Per Fugelli, investor Christian har blant annet arbeidet i mange land i Afrika Ringnes and lawyer Geir Lippestad. Daglig leder i KBK, Kjetil Thorsen, er ikke bare en (Kongo, Sudan, Angola, Rwanda, Liberia, Tsjad, Krogvold er også lidenskapelig opptatt av hva som dyktig leder, men en ildsjel utenom det vanlige. I Libya, Tanzania mm.) samt i konfliktene i Asia rører seg i kultur-Norge. Han har vært kunstnerisk This year, all conversations are in Norwegian. 2015 gikk han 250 km fra Dombås til Kristiansund, i og Midtøsten (Syria, Afghanistan, Irak, Egypt, leder for fotofestivalen Nordic Light siden oppstarten 2016 toppet han med en 271 kilometer lang gåtur fra Indonesia) og Kosovo, Ukraina og Haiti. i 2006, og har gjennom dette bidratt til å bringe mye Levanger til Kristiansund. Kjetil har isbadet sammen god fotografi til Norge. Krogvold er kjent for sin med Notar, gått sammen med en næringslivstropp fra Rostrups to seneste oppdrag var i forbindelse med entusiasme og evne til å formidle fotografi, og han Innerdalen til Todalen og hatt med NEAS-ansatte på ebolaepidemien i Liberia i 2014 og flyktningkrisen har arrangert hundrevis av workshops i 20 land. yoga på toppen av Freikollen. For å nevne noe… i Bangladesh i 2018. Han var med på å stifte Leger Uten Grenser (MSF) i Norge i 1996 og var Johild Kosberg Bredin har vært festivalsjef for Tidens Krav-reporter Rune Edøy har fulgt fotballen organisasjonens første leder her i landet. Han var Bjørnsonfestivalen i Molde de siste to årene. Hun er i Kristiansund i hele sitt liv. Siden 2010 har han internasjonal president for MSF i 2000-2004. Han har utdannet musiker, og hadde flere stillinger innenfor kommentert lagets kamper på radio. Den allerede også inntil nylig sittet i det internasjonale styret i MSF. kulturavdelingen i Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune, legendariske Rune gikk regelrett bananas i studio før hun ble fagsjef for kulturformidling. når Kristiansund sikret seg opprykk til Eliteserien, Rostrup fikk i 2014 Arne Næss hederspris for Bjørnsonfestivalen har som hovedmål å fremme og opptakene har gått viralt – langt utenfor sitt humanitære arbeid. Han var tidligere aktiv interessen for litteratur og skrivekunst. Festivalen ble fotballens kretser. ekspedisjonsklatrer og besteg Mt. Everest i 1996. etablert i 1992, som Norges første litteraturfestival.

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42 Evening talk show “Ansikt til Ansikt” NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Evening talk show “Ansikt til Ansikt” 43 HOMAGE TO NORDIC LIGHT BY MIKKEL AALAND NORDIC LIGHT CO-HOST (AND FESTIVAL VETERAN)

I have attended photo festivals and events all over the world and Nordic Light in Kristiansund is my favorite. Here in this small coastal town, squeezed between impressive snow-capped mountains and the temperamental Atlantic, magical things happen.

Mikkel Aaland co-hosting in Caroline Cinema 2016 © Odd Inge Teige The Festival Farade in Gågata (Nedre Enggate) 2016 © Omar Sejnæs

Larger than life personalities such as Pete Turner, Joel front row fell asleep. Pekka (I think it was him) jumped sneaking into the sauna at the top of the Scandic hotel together I expressed lust for his hair and afterwards Peter Witkin, Greg Gorman, Mary Ellen Mark, Elliot up from the stage and walked quickly toward the with the Brazilian photographer Mona Kuhn and the he grabbed me by the arm and marched me to a Erwitt, Steve McCurry, Marc Riboud, Anton Corbijn, woman carrying a pillow. He placed the pillow gently American photographer Jane Evelyn Atwood. And nearby hair saloon where he bought me body-boosting James Nachtwey, Joyce Tenneson, and many others behind her head and then went back and sat quietly memories of organizing the Beyond Pixel Unfestival mousse and showed me how to use it. My hair was mingle comfortably with students and amateurs and next to Morten. It was pure theatrical genius and true with tech savant Hans Peter Brøndmo (2013) and only marginally improved, but something always relatively unknown artists and create a familiar bond to the Finnish character. sharing Nordic Light with technology legends from happens at Nordic Light that leaves me smarter, that lasts long after the festivals are over. California Leo Laporte and Bill Atkinson. wiser and more convinced than ever how important I will never forget the first time I saw the work of the photography—and the Norwegian perspective on it – My memories of Nordic Light start in 2009 and great Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelson (2011). is for the world. Here is one last memory. playback over the years like a streaming miniseries. I was late for his lecture and stood in the back of the In 2011, for example, I remember two photographers main theatre as a series of stunning black and white My memories would It was the wrap up party (2015) and we were at the from Finland, Esko Männikkö and Pekka Turunen. I photos from the Arctic filled the large cinema screen. not exist if it were not for home of Lars Liabø, chairman of the Nordic Light see them seated on stage with Morten Krogvold, the Axelson spent almost three decades documenting the board, feasting on homemade Baccalà and aquavit. charismatic leader and creative director of Nordic Inuit native people of the north and I was shaken by the volunteers who put their Something made me remember a story I had heard Light. The theatre is dark and filled with an eager the overwhelming beauty of his photos and the painful heart and soul into making recently in New York about a guy who always carried audience waiting to hear their story. The day before, realization I was seeing a world not long to last. around two notes he had written to himself. The in my role as Morten’s wingman and co-host, I had Then there was the work of the Cuban photographer the festival happen.” first note in one pocket read, “I am the center of the introduced the relatively unknown Finnish artists to Raul Cañibano Ercilla. In 2013 Anne Lise Flavik, one universe”. The other note in another pocket read “I am a smaller audience who had fallen in love with their of Nordic Light’s founders, and at the time, director, a piece of shit”. I told the story to photographers sitting comic retelling of their journey in a beat-up old Citroën organized a Cuban theme for the festival and flew in My memories would not exist if it were not for the around me and after a moment of silence, one of them, through northern Finland and the former Soviet Union. a group of photographers and curators from Cuba. I volunteers who put their heart and soul into making Hilde Carling, spoke up. In Norway, she said, we would Now, with a larger audience and the spotlight on can still hear the stunned silence in the room as Raul the festival happen. Volunteers like Martin Unger, Odd say it a bit different. Here, the first note would say them again, they sat stoically as Morten tried futilely finished his presentation. Then the room erupted and Inge Teige, Per Arnfinn Persen and Dag Nystuen, just “we are the center of the universe”, but the other note to engage them in conversation. The audience grew the audience jumped to their feet clapping wildly for to name a few. They are the true heroes of the festival. would say, “and so is everyone else”. restless. Finally, Esko (I think it was him) looked the longest time. It was electric. quizzically at Morten and said slowly, “But we said And then was Iké Udé, the Nigerian photographer These are wise words and just one more of many everything yesterday.” I have vivid memories of swimming in the crazy-cold living in New York (2017). While we were on the stage Nordic Light memories I savor. sea between presentations with Burkhard Arnold the The audience roared with laughter but Esko was German director of Focus Gallery, (2009), Cooper & MIKKEL AALAND is a professional photographer and the author of 12 best selling books on digital photography. His non-technical books serious and it took great effort by Morten to get even Gorfer, the talented photography duo from Sweden include “County Fair Portraits”, “Sweat” (an illustrated tour of international bathing customs), “The Sword of Heaven”, “Pilgrimage to a few words from either of the Finns who had been so (2014), and Lucas Foglia a San Francisco fine arts Kailash” and a recently published memoir, “The River in My Backyard”. Aaland, along with his wife and two daughters, is currently based animated the day before. At one point, a woman in the photographer (2017). I have warm memories of in San Francisco and Telemark, Norway.

44 Homage to Nordic Light by Mikkel Aaland NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Homage to Nordic Light by Mikkel Aaland 45 WELCOME TO KRISTIANSUND OUR SUPERHEROES AND BY THAT WE MEAN ALL OUR WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS

A small word with a powerful meaning. Our heartfelt thanks go to all the Nordic Light volunteers for your tireless support, your positive attitude and your numerous hours of work to make this wonderful festival happen.

Many of you have been with us for years, and we appreciate that. In 2018, we are also so incredible happy to see a great number of brand new volunteers in our festival team. Welcome! We are looking forward to cooperating with you.

Our volunteers are one of the most important pieces in the puzzle needed to make Nordic Light happen every year. The glue that holds the programme together. Although we are a small Kristiansund harbour © Studio 400 Krogvold Café © Omar Sejnæs administration of only three people, our incredible volunteer base make our organization feel larger and more alive. You come to us with different Three things impossible to ignore: From the top of the tower at Varden, 10-15 minutes talents, interests and backgrounds, creating a clipfish, opera and the boat Sundbåten. on foot from the town centre, you can experience a wonderful mix of people, helping us solving the 360-degree view of Kristiansund, the shipping fairway, challenges and seize the opportunities. Kristiansund is one of Norway’s most distinctive the island Grip, the fjords and the mountains. The towns with its colorful post-war architecture. It is tower is a copy of an old watch tower used in times You will see our amazing volunteers everywhere. beautifully located on four islands connected by of hostility and by ships’ pilots in times of peace. We At the door, welcoming you to an exhibition, bridges at the ocean’s edge. recommend a trip with the shuttle boat “Sundbåten”, checking your ticket at Caroline Cinema, the world’s oldest mode of public transport still in answering questions at the festival office, picking Gallery staff © Omar Sejnæs operation, connecting the four islands. up our guests at the airport and showing them “Why do I have to leave this around, capturing the events and the Nordic Light Kristiansund is also known as the city of opera. atmosphere with their camera. Many of them also paradise?” The opera in Kristiansund was established in 1928, spent hours preparing the galleries for the festival and there is an annual Opera Festival that takes exhibitions, preparing the festival office or helping LUCIEN CLERGUE, GUEST IN 2011 place in February. out with proof reading of our material.

Last but not least, Kristiansund is the gateway Your contributions are recognized and appreciated The town became known for clipfish production as to the amazing Atlantic Ocean Road. With seven at every step along the way. We are so grateful for early as in 1737, but in modern times oil and gas has bridges, the road follows the islands in the sea like all your support. become a leading industry. Discover more about the a snake, taking you on a unique journey close to the history of clipfish at the Norwegian Clipfish Museum. powerful Atlantic Ocean. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Festival office © Omar Sejnæs

46 Welcome to Kristiansund NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Our superheroes 47 AWARD CEREMONY FRIDAY 27 APRIL KROGVOLD CAFÉ

BITS AND PIECES This year, we hand out two different awards Our cozy and intimate festival café and pub, named after during a price ceremony on Friday afternoon. our Artistic Director Morten Krogvold. Several of his There will also be a presentation of the project works are exhibited here. Kristiansund – the City of Photography. Krogvold Café is the place to hang around between the “Leif Preus Minnepris 2018” festival activities, to get a light lunch or a tasty snack in the NORDIC LIGHT FESTIVAL SHOP BOOK SIGNINGS The Leif Preus memorial award was established afternoon. This is where you catch up with old friends and in 2014 by Nordic Light International Festival of make new acquaintances in the evening, meeting over a In our Festival Shop you can find a wide selection Photography to honour the memory of Leif Preus glass of wine or a locally brewed beer. of photo books – mainly from previous or this (1928-2013). He was a significant person in the year’s guests of our festival, as well as signed and Norwegian photography industry and established Before the free Breakfast Movie, we sell breakfast unsigned posters, art postcards, t-shirts, notebooks the Preus Museum in Horten, Norway’s National on-the-go just outside the theatre to kick start your day! and more. Here you can also buy art works from this Museum of Photography. He was a also a true year’s festival exhibition (see also page 35). friend of Nordic Light. BREAKFAST MENU From 08.00 (Caroline Cinema) • Home-made oatmeal porridge w/ caramel sauce, The Festival Shop is open at the same time as the Previous winners are Tore Holter (2014), Johan Brun roasted almonds and apple Boe Marion signing books in 2017 Photo: Ronny Strand Festival Office (see page 2 for opening hours). (2015), Morten Løberg (2016) and Arild Bergseth (2017). • Coffee from Solberg & Hansen Many of this year’s guest photographers have one or more books for sale in our book shop. If so, the “Nordic Light Fotostipend” LUNCH MENU From 11.00 CURATOR TRAINEE photographer will attend a book signing in the shop The Nordic Light Photo Scholarship was established • Cod burger with homemade pita bread, right after his/her lecture. in 2016, aiming to encourage more people to commit salad and yogurt dressing to photography. In cooperation with our general • Chicken with salad This is a perfect opportunity to get a personal greeting sponsor, SpareBank 1 Nordvest, we hand out 25 000 • Sandwich with Chevre and vegetables and the autograph of your favorite photographer. NOK to a photographer living in or coming from the county of Møre and Romsdal. SNACK MENU Available all day See the respective photographer’s presentation page • Yogurt cup with homemade oat granola and berry sauce to see which photographers have books for sale. Previous winners are Karolina Gorzelanczyk (2016) • Homemade snack bar with nuts and Jan Robert Willamsen (2017). • Chocolate snack • Freshly squeezed juice: Simone Magaard (Self portrait) CALL FOR NORDIC LIGHT’S NEXT carrot and orange or beetroot and apple Nordic Light has the pleasure of having a curatorial PHOTO ARTIST IN RESIDENCE! WIPPLAY PHOTO • Potato snacks with dry-cured ham (after 17.00) intern during this year’s photo festival. Early April, CONTEST:”FACADES” • Homemade carrot chips (after 17.00) Simone Magaard (1989) arrived in Kristiansund to Exciting opportunity for professional artists within experience Nordic Light from the inside. photography and/or film. Get a lifetime experience and In partnership with the photography site Wipplay, Nudi Nutrition new inspiration, while working for a couple of weeks we arranged an online photo contest in March. The The food in Krogvold Café is prepared by Nudi Nutrition, She was born in Copenhagen and is based in in our scenic region, surrounded by mountains, fjords 60 best images will be projected in the Caroline a local company working within the field of nutrition and Helsingborg, Sweden. She works mainly as an and the beautiful, blue light of the Atlantic Ocean. Cinema foyer during the festival. The contest nutrition physiology. Nudi Nutrition is especially engaged educator at Landskrona Museum and during the theme was “Facades”, and the participants were in encouraging children, youth and adults to make healthy Landskrona Photo Festival. She is also a photographer Application deadline is 6 May 2018 for a residency encouraged to grab their camera and do some choices when eating. As many as possible of the ingredients and part of a photo collective for analog photography in in August/September this year. facade hunting to capture their originality – whether are from local producers or home-made. The food has been German Heidelberg. colorful, dilapidated or lively, any facade is worth prepared in the kitchen at Comfort Hotel Fosna. More information and application requirements: being photographed. Simone has been an important contributor in the www.nle.no/photo-artist-residency. planning/curating of this year’s festival exhibition, More than 3500 images were uploaded! The six as well as assisting with festival planning and winners will be awarded with a photo book from implementation of the festival. With a strong one of our festival photographers, and get their background in dissemination, she will also have a role images projected at the festival. The jury, composed in our galleries during and after the festival. Her stay of the Nordic Light Festival, and photographers will be around five weeks long. Nick Franck and Romain Jacquet Lagrèze, have chosen three pictures, and the other three pictures Siri Tøvik in Nudi Nutrition is looking forward to preparing locally made, tasty and The internship is sponsored by The Nordic Culture Fund. are the ones with the most votes online. healthy food and snacks for our festival guests in Krogvold Café.

48 Bits and pieces NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 NORDIC LIGHT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2018 Bits and pieces 49 rbeide betr r sama e i fram ekto tida ig s ? vill fri og e un m m BITS AND PIECES o k n a k is le r o De beste K Kven er redd for kunsten? løsningene STREET FESTIVAL IN NORDIC COLLABORATION KRISTIANSUND: As a part of the Nordic Collaboration, ten young, fylkeskulturkonferansen er ofte de Kristiansund: 25. april 2018 | Festiviteten ”NORDMØRSK GATEFEST” Nordic photography students or recent graduates have been selected to come to Kristiansund during Nordic Light. enkleste.

The stay includes a three-day photography workshop and participation at the festival. The workshop, titled Vi hjelper deg å lykkes med nettsider “Photographing the Home” will be conducted by Clare mrfylke.no/Kalender/Kalender-Kulturavd/ og applikasjoner, design og identitet, Gallagher, course director for BA (Hons) Photography Fylkeskulturkonferansen-2018 innhold og synlighet. with Video at the Belfast School of Art, Ulster University.

The selected participants are: • Inanna Riccardi (DK) The Nordic Light weekend coincides with a street • Frederik Danielsen (DK) festival offering a two-days feast of activities for young • Hertta Kiiski (FI) and old. Organizations from Kristiansund and the • Nayab Ikram (FI) surrounding regions will create hustle and bustle in • Sonja Margret Olafsdottir (IS) the main city street and around the city center. • Hrafnhildur Hannesdottir (IS) Enjoy a market with local food and microbreweries, • Inga Skålnes (NO) stalls with arts and crafts, stands from different • Haakon Sand (NO) exhibitors and lots more. For the children, there will • Hampus Andersson (SE) be activities such as face painting, mascots and the • Peter Stridsberg (SE) fireman teddy bear with his fire truck. The Nordic Collaboration includes the Nordic Light Opening hours for the street festival: festival, Landskrona Foto Festival in Sweden and • Friday 27 April 14.00–18.00 Backlight Photo Festival in Tampere in Finland, as • Saturday 28 April 11.00–16.00 well as the photo art magazine KATALOG – Journal of Photography & Video in Denmark. Get updated information at the Facebook event: Hasselblad X1D Nordmørsk Gatefest - 27. - 28. April 2018 (Norwegian only) HAPPENING IN THE CAROLINE CINEMA FOYER

JOIN THE VOLUNTEER CREW! Allow yourself some time in the cinema foyer before going to the next lecture. Excited about contributing as a volunteer at Nordic Light 2019? • Enjoy the photo exhibition with works from the National Competition 2018 of the Norwegian We have a lot of great people helping us out before, Association of Photographers (NFF). during and after the festival. We are looking for • Visit the exhibitions stands of NORDphotography even more helpers to join our crew and assist us in and Stjørdal Foto. Ny offisiell leverandør making the next festival a success! • Meet photographers with photo books for sale. av Hasselblad i Norge • See screening of the best Wipplay images from the Read more and register at www.nle.no/volunteer. photo contest “Facades”.

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