Photographer Paul S. Amundsen - contact Fotograf Paul S. Amundsen

Since 2003 I've been working mainly for newspapers, magazines and publishing houses.

Clients include: Bergens Tidende, The New York Times, DN, Dagbladet, Journalisten,
Forskerforum, Statped, NHH, SiU, UiB, Skald, Samlaget, TV2, TV3, among others.

Member of Samfoto (owned and distributed by NTB Scanpix).

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AWARDS ETC

2012: 1st Prize, Sports feature story, Picture of the Year Norway
2012: 2nd Prize, Daily life, Picture of the Year Norway
2012: 3rd Prize, Sport action, Picture of the Year Norway
2012: 2nd Prize, Open Category, Gullsnitt
2012: 1st Prize, Sports story, Prix de la Photographie Paris
2012: Honorable mention, Feature story, Prix de la Photographie Paris
2011: 1st Prize, Sport Feature Story, Picture of the Year Norway
2011: 2nd Prize, News Story, Picture of the Year Norway
2011: 2nd Prize, Domestic Documentary, Picture of the Year Norway
2011: 3rd Prize, Domestic Documentary, Picture of the Year Norway
2011: 1st and 3rd Prize, Feature story, Prix de la Photographie Paris
2011: Runner Up (top five), Jacob Riis Award
2010: 3rd Prize Foreign documentary of the year, Picture of the Year Norway
2010: Honorable mention, multimedia, Picture of the Year Norway
2010: Group exhibition: Vestlandsutstillingen
2009: Honorable mention, portrait story, Prix de la Photographie Paris
2009: Group exhibition: Portrait Now
2008: Selected for the Nordic Master Class
2007: 1st Prize, Sport Feature Story, Picture of the Year Norway.
2003: 1st Prize, Domestic Documentary, Picture of the Year Norway
2002: The funniest picture of the Year, Picture of the Year Norway
2001: 3rd Prize Sport Story, Picture of the Year Norway

Three Prizes in Picture of the Year
MARCH 2013
National Day

The National Day: 2. Prize Daily Life.

I received three prizes in Picture of the Year, Norway on 15. March. 1st Prize Sport Feature Story,
2nd Prize Daily Life and 3rd Prize Sport Action.
Click here to see the winners.

Inside the Forbidden Zone published in Politiken
MARCH 2013
Politiken 10. March

Tear sheet from Politiken

Politiken ran a three broad sheet pages cover story from Fukushima, Japan on March 10.
I visited the forbidden zone in January and met people who still live in the area.
See the tear sheets here.

Inside the Forbidden Zone published in Bergens Tidende
FEBRUARY 2013

Tear sheet from Bergens Tidende

Bergens Tidende ran a 14 pages cover story from Fukushima, Japan on February 9.
See the tear sheets here.

First Prize and Honorable Mention: Prix de la Photographie Paris
JULY 2012

Screenshot from www.px3.fr

I was awarded a first prize in the sports category for the photo story An Extreme Week in Prix de la Photographie 2012.
I also received a honorable mention in the feature story category, for Schizophrenia.

Norwegian Landscapes showcased in Dublin
JULY 2012

Norwegian Landscapes has been selected for Slideluck
Potshow that takes place in Dublin 12th July.
See some of the pictures here.

Update: New Landscape Pictures
APRIL 2012

Photo: Paul S. Amundsen

The Norwegian Landscapes section has been updated with brand new pictures from this winter.
This project is far from finished and I will work on this project this summer, as I did last year.
See some of the new pictures here.

A Memoir of a Boy showcased in London
APRIL 2012

Some pictures from A Memoir of a Boy.

My multimedia story A Memoir of a Boy will be featured during the fourth edition of Slideluck Potshow
in London on 25th of April. See the story here.

Four Prizes in Picture of the Year
FEBRUARY 2012

I recieved four prizes in Picture of the Year, Norway on 22. February. 1st Prize, Sport Feature Story,
2nd Prize, News Story, 2nd Prize and 3rd Prize Domestic Documentary.
Click here to see the winners.

Work in progress: Schizophrenia
DECEMBER 2011

Photo: Paul S. Amundsen

In March this year I began on a new project where I am photographing Randi who lives nearby.
She's diagnozed with schizophrenia, but her daily life is fairly stable. She is writing a text to the
images that I have shot so far. Hopefully it will be a book one day. These images received a
3rd Prize in the domestic documentary category in Picture of the Year Norway 2011.
See some of the pictures here.

Work in progress: Norwegian Landscapes
OCTOBER 2011

Photo: Paul S. Amundsen

I am currently working on a project where I am photographing the Norwegian landscape my way.
This long-term project will be produced over several years. These images received a 2nd Prize in the
domestic documentary category in Picture of the Year Norway 2011. See some of the pictures here.

Work in progress: Bergen Rain
OCTOBER 2011

Photo: Paul S. Amundsen

In September this year I began on a new project about my hometown Bergen. For the next months
I will shoot pictures when it's raining - which is quite often. Somehow it's a kind of therapy.
This project makes me more happy about bad weather. See some of the pictures here.

Norway After the 22/7 Killings
JULY 2011

Photo: Paul S. Amundsen for Bergens Tidende

On July 22, 2011 77 people were killed in a bomb attack in central Oslo and a shooting rampage
on Utoya. Three days after the massacre, Anders Behring Breivik, who is charged for both of the
incidents, appeared in court in a closed hearing. This is a serie of portraits of people outside the
court during the hearing in Oslo. This picture story received a 2nd Prize in the news story category
in Picture of the Year Norway 2011. See the portraits here.

A Memoir of a Boy published on Burn
JULY 2011

Screenshot from www.burnmagazine.org

A multimedia version of the photo essay A Memoir of a Boy is now available on burnmagazine.org.
Burn is curated by the Magnum photographer David Alan Harvey.

Gold and Bronze: Prix de la Photographie Paris
JUNE 2011

Screenshot from www.px3.fr

I recieved Gold medal in the press/feature category for the photo story A Memoir of a Boy in Prix de la Photographie 2011 (PX3).
The same serie also recieved a 3rd place in the Press Category. The winning pictures will be exhibited at Espace Dupon in Paris from 29. June 2011.

Runner up: Jacob Riis Award
MAY 2011

Some pictures from A Memoir of a Boy.

I am one of four runners up in the second edition of the Jacob Riis Award. Alex Masi won the first prize.
My photo essay, A Memoir of a Boy, was selected from 388 submitted portfolios.
The pictures will be exhibited in Buenos Aires in January next year.

Two prizes: Picture of the Year Norway
MARCH 2011

I won two prizes in the Norwegian Picture of the Year competition 2010.
3. Prize Foreign Documentary of the year: A Memoir of a Boy.
Honorable Mention, multimedia for A Memoir of a Boy.

Invited to Trondheim Documentary Festival
NOVEMBER 2010

Some pictures from A Memoir of a Boy.

I am invited to Trondheim Documentary Festival that takes place from 18. to 20. November.
My latest project, A Memoir of A Boy, will be shown for an audience for the very first time.
Other participants: Jonas Bendiksen, Marie Sjøvold, Rune Johansen and Andrea Gjestvang.

Hardanger in The New York Times
NOVEMBER 2010

Photo: Paul S. Amundsen for The New York Times

"Opposition to Power Line at a Fjord Runs Deep" writes The New York Times on 11/11 2010.
The journalist reports from Hardanger and writes about the construction of a high-tension line
that have many opponents. I took the pictures for the article.

Exhibited at Vestlandsutstillingen
JUNE 2010

The exhibited pictures.

"Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics" will be exhibited in Suldal from 28.5-13.6. This work was published
in the photobook "Sort of Safe" in 2009. Vestlandsutstillingen is an annual art exhibition, and this year
the art works are on display in seven different galleries on the west coast of Norway.

Prize-winning photo story
DECEMBER 2009

Tear sheets from BTMagasinet August 2009.

Bergen Union of Journalists awarded a 2. prize for "Working with dead people" in their annual photo competition.
The story was published in Bergens Tidende in August 2009. See the tear sheets here.

Exhibition and book release
2009

The cover of the book Sort of Safe.

I am one of 15 participants in the photo book Sort of Safe. Sort of Safe is the result of the Nordic Master Class workshop where 15 photographers from the Nordic countries were making visual stories about the Nordic welfare states. Pictures from the book are exhbited at the Town Hall in Århus (from 31.08). The pictures will also be exhibited in other Nordic countries in 2009. Here is my contribution to the book.

Prize-winning portrait story
2009

The awarded portait story.

I was awarded a Honorable Mention at Prix de la Photographie Paris 2009 for this portrait story. The pictures are from an unfinished and unreleased project.

Exhibited in Denmark
2009

Diane

The exhibited portrait: Diane.

This portrait was exhibited at Portrait Now (7. May-2. August), Det Nationalhistoriske Museum, Denmark.
Portrait Now! is the exhibition for the selected entries for Brewer J.C. Jacobsens Portrait Award.,
and the picture will also be exhibited in the other Nordic countries:

Sweden: Ljungbergmuseet, Ljungby, May - July 2010

Iceland: Akureyri Kunstmuseum, Akureyri, October - December 2010

Finland: Tikanojas konsthem, KUNSTI, Vaasa, January - March 2011

Norway: Norsk Folkemuseum, Oslo, April - August 2011

Summer exhibition in Bergen
2009

Two of the pictures exhibited at Per Vigelands store at Bryggen, Bergen.

Four images on canvas (100x70cm) are exhibited and for sale at Per Vigelands store in Bergen. Per Vigeland is a terrific goldsmith and his store is located in the old wharf of Bergen, Bryggen. Other pictures are also for sale at Ting Bryggen, a nearby store.