Juuso Westerlund (1975). A finnish photographer who is widely published in both Finland and abroad. He has studied photography in the University of Art and Design Helsinki and Turku Arts Academy. Juuso’s photography focuses on social documentary and portraiture. His visual language is rough and straight forward yet at the same time very aesthetic. The…
Jo Straube is based in Oslo, but has split the last two years between working in Norway and Myanmar. After several stays in the rapidly changing country he just finished a portrait project, «Dreams of a democracy», in time for their first free and fair elections in 25 years. In 2016 he will finish his…
Ingun Alette Mæhlum (born 1973) is a documentary photographer based in Tromso in Northern Norway. She studied Photojournalism at Oslo University College 1995-1997, and has been working as a photographer in the arctic area ever since. In 2015 she attended VI Masterclass Milan. She is taking on assignments for magazines and newspapers, as well as…
Linda Bournane Engelberth received her certificate in photography in 2003. She presently works with in-depth documentary projects and over the past few years, Engelberth’s work has won several prizes including international photodocumentary of the year, Norway 2013. Her work is shown at the Nobel Peace Centre, Hallingdal Museum and at the Oslo City Hall. She has…
Elin Berge (b. 1978) lives and works in Umeå, Sweden. She holds a degree in Photojournalism from the Nordic School of Photography. Additional to her own projects in still image and documentary film, she works with various clients on commission. She regularly gives artist talks and lectures. Elin’s personal work is rooted in the storytelling…
Diana Markosian is an Armenian-American photographer whose image explore the relationship between memory and place. She received her master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism at 20. Her work has since taken her to some of the most remote corners of the world, where she has worked on both personal and editorial work.…
Jonas Bendiksen is a Norwegian photojournalist. He is a member of Magnum Photos and his photos has been published in magazines world wide, including several stories for nathional Geographic. Among his latest project is a story on the very first skiers – in China! But even if Jonas Bendiksen work all over the world, he…
Johan Brun is probably the most important pioneer in Norwegian press photography. He started his career in the newspaper Dagbladet in 1948, where he worked more than fourty years. Many of his photos has an iconic status in Norway, and he is still an active photographer at the age of 91. At LIFF he will…
Hebe Robinson is a photographer based in Oslo. After a Master Degree in science and a working career both in Norway and UK, she decided to take her interest in Photography seriously, and attended Bilder Nordic School of Photography in 2009. Hebe Robinsons photographs often deal with our perception of time, and at LIFF she…
Trym Ivar Bergsmo is an artist and photographer based in Harstad. He has made Northern Norway his playground, and his work with arctic themes has resulted in several books and exhibitions. At LIFF he will exhibit «Homage til Espolin» at Galleri Espolin. He sais Kåre Espolin Johnson has been his major inspiration among North Norwegian…
