Photographer Biography: Morten Svenningsen
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Morten Svenningsen was born in Denmark in 1974. After working a few years as an engineer (microwave electronics) he graduated from Copenhagen Media School in 2004 and has been working as a freelance photojournalist since then.
He won the title as Danish travel photographer of the year in 2005 and his writing and photography work has appeared in several magazines, books and newspapers around the world.
His main interest is in the socio-political field, primarily focusing on inequality and the transcendence of human suffering.
Morten is based on the small, Danish island of Bornholm and he is also the director of Gaia Photos.Publications »
Posted in blog on 1 October 2009
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We’ll be doing a little blog series here of photojournalism topics from A to Z. Classic and controversial photojournalism topics. I had a lot of fun creating the list and I’ll be posting a new letter every once in a while. Hope to spur some thoughts, awareness, debate…
Is Photojournalism = Art?
Photojournalism clearly contains an aesthetic [...]
Posted in blog on 28 September 2009
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I came across this fascinating podcast interview with British photojournalist legend, Don McCullin - one of rather few British photojournalists that I really admire! Very honestly, he talks about his work, mostly as a war photojournalist, and about how splintered he actually feels about it now, if you can say it that way. Some amazing [...]
Posted in blog on 23 September 2009
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We have decided to try and create a more active blog here on Gaia Photos. As the bunch of photojournalist / photo lovers we are, I think we can create some interesting themes here. One of the themes I’d like to see us blog about is news photos that we all encounter in our local [...]
Nepal: The Day The Rain CamePosted in all, features, asia-pacific, slides on 28 June 2009
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The monsoon rain finally arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal this week, on June 25. Some people cheered and laughed in the rain, before running for cover or bringing out their umbrellas. Over the next 4 month, 80-90% of the years “water supply” will arrive from the sky, since rainfall is the only source of water in [...]
Posted in blog on 30 January 2009
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Well, after less than 2 month of existence, Gaia Photos has now passed the first little milestone: We now have contributors in all 6 regions of our world! And I’m very happy about the team we’ve got assembled so far. It includes new talents such as 20 year old Kirill Tulin, experienced veterans such as [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on 8 December 2008
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