This is the fifth time that world-class photographers have met an engaged audience in Lofoten, and it is the visual stories that are in focus. Since its start in 2013, the festival has found its form with the main arena in Galleri Lille Kabelvåg and at Arbeidern in Kabelvåg, and in collaboration with SOPS (Skrova Outdoor Photo Spot) at Skrova.
The program starts this year with the opening of two photo exhibitions by American Corey Arnold and Swedish Loulou d’Aki at Galleri Lille Kabelvåg on Thursday 9 March at 19.00, followed by the official opening and film screening at Arbeidern at 8.30 p.m.
Photo: Marie Hald/ Moment/ Institute Photo: Loulou d’Aki/ Agence Vu
On Friday and Saturday, Arbeidern opens at 17.00 and there are lectures from 18.00. On Friday, Norwegian Marius Nyheim Kristoffersen, Danish Marie Hald and the well-known adventurer Børge Ousland will present their works. On Saturday we meet Håvard Bjelland, Loulou d’Aki and Corey Arnold.
On Sunday, the trip goes out to Skrova, where a permanent installation with the pictures of Heidi Wexelsen Goksøyr will be opened.
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Arnold is an American photographer and commercial fisherman who has used the unique combination to portray one of the world’s hardest professions from the inside, including in Lofoten and Finnmark.
Marie Hald
Marie Hald is one of Denmark’s greatest photographic talents, who has made a name for herself internationally with visual narratives rooted in social commitment about, among other things, prostitution and eating disorders.
Håvard Bjelland
Håvard Bjelland is a well-known name in Norwegian documentary photography, who over seven years documented post-traumatic stress in Norwegian war veterans
Loulou d’Aki
Loulou d’Aki is a Swedish photographer with extensive experience from the Middle East, where she offers us alternative perspectives from a region that is rarely portrayed as anything other than polarized and unnuanced in the media.
Marius Nyheim Kristoffersen
Marius Nyheim Kristoffersen is a new and exciting visual voice in Norway, with an impressive independent production of books and photozines freed from traditional storytelling techniques.
Børge Ousland
According to National Geographic, Børge Ousland is the world’s most experienced living polar explorer, perhaps more unknown is that he is also a formidable photographer and story teller.
Heidi Wexelsen Goksøyr
Heidi Wexelsen Goksøyr is a Norwegian art photographer who has particularly focused on the elements air and water, and the works exhibited in Skrova are from her project “Under the surface”
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