Category Winner in Birds As Art 2012
Selected from more than 5,500 images, I am delighted to let you know that my image Wagtail and Brown Bear was awarded Category Winner in Birds AS Art 1st International Bird Photography Competition.
On display at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
Though it is far from world breaking news, it is a pleasure and great honour to announce that my award-winning photograph in Nature’s Best Photography, “Leopard Silhouette”, is selected to the Awards Exhibition 2012 at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
Variety of Flatanger
Flatanger in Trøndelag on the western coast of Norway is widely known for their big population of White-tailed Eagles. But they got much more than that. On my trips there I also photograph Goshawk, Golden Eagle, Eurasian Jay and Red Squirrel as well. And there is a lot more!
India and Sri Lanka 2012
Ranthambhore national park in Rajasthan in India is wide famous for its tigers. Over the last few decades tigers have become more and more active during the day, challenging the earlier belief that they are only nocturnal animals.
Highly Honoured in Nature’s Best Photography 2011
Selected from more than 21,000 images of which 126 were awarded, I am delighted to let you know that one of my images; “Leopard Silhouette” has been highly commended in the Art in Nature category in Nature’s Best Photography 2011.
Exhibition at Gallery Schee
At Gallery Schee at Hov there will be a wilderness weekend Friday 28th to Sunday 30th October, where I have been invited to have a photo exhibition. The exhibition will present images I have taken of carnivores in Norden, including new photographs of wolves, brown bears and polar bears taken this year.
Svalbard summer 2011
Two boat trips and four weeks all together made 2011 my ultimate Svalbard summer. I have seen nearly 30 polar bears, over a thousand walruses, a lot of ringed seals, bearded seals, harbour seals, a few harp seals, mink whales, blue whale, and a lot of arctic foxes and Svalbard reindeers.
Exhibition at Kittilbu Museum
This summer I will have a photo exhibition at Kittilbu Museum (Randsfjordmuseene) in Vestre Gausdal near Lillehammer. The exhibition opens June 26 at 12:00 and will remain open until September 18. The exhibition presents photographs of brown bears I have taken in Finland, and it will be possible to purchase prints and framed photographs at the museum.
Overall Winner of Nordic Nature Photo Contest (NNPC)
I am both glad, humble and of course proud, to announce that my photograph of Brown bear in early morning mist (image #1 below) taken in Kuhmo in Finland for about one year ago, has been awarded the Overall Winner of the Nordic Nature Photo Contest 2011!
