Not working as a photographer anymore, now web developer at Ghost
Surfer Knut Bentzen
Mr. Bentzen is a Sales Director of Viju, a company that deals in video conferencing. He is also an eager surfer, cyclist, rollerblader and tons of other things. I joined him surfing on a beach on the west coast of Norway.
Assignment for Finansavisen.
Archive: Norwegian IPO championship
IPO (International Prüfungsordnung) is the largest dog sport in the world. The Norwegian Championships were held late June this year. Assignment for Stavanger Aftenblad. The dogs compete in tracing, obedience and protection.
The weight is thrown over the ridge, and the dog has to fetch.
The audience.
Åse Marie Lura and her dog Jabina Pisca waits to recieve the judge’s verdict.
Some of last weeks assignments
Funeral of Marianne Sandvik, a 16-year old girl from Stavanger who was killed in the Utøya massacre. Her father laid a rose on her coffin after giving a memorial speech in Stavanger Cathedral.
Comedian Per Inge Torkelsen, at his home.
Norways Premier League, match between Viking and Tromsø. Ended 2-1 to Viking, this is Tromsø’s goal in the second half.
Quiet day at the office
So I made this today, using Rasterbator. This was in between writing captions. Feeling real productive, I am.
(I’m talking about the giant portrait of myself, in case anyone was wondering. The original image can be seen on my About-page)
Photoshelter archive / licensing
I went and got myself a Photoshelter account for archiving and licensing. They even manage print sales. Uploading stuff now, more to come. Also have to caption, but I have to mow my lawn first, first day without rain in two weeks. Grass grows fast.
A hundred thousand voices
Yesterday, people gathered all around Norway in torch lit marches to support the victims of the Oslo bombing and the Utøya attack. In Stavanger, police said between 75,000 and 100,000 people came together in the city center.
The parade of people encircled the entire city, and it was said that such a gathering of people have not been seen since Norway was liberated after World War II.
The shopping malls in and around Stavanger even closed at 5.30PM so that the employees would be able to take part in the march.
It was truly touching, and the sight and feeling of such a great number of people made me proud to be Norwegian.
I want to quote Norways Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, and what he said during his speech at the event in Oslo:
“Evil can kill a human beeing, but it can never conquer an entire people”
Sindre Buraas and Sondre Nordstad each won gold
Sindre and Sondre, who I followed for a week of training in Eldoret, Kenya, each won a gold medal in the European Athletics U23 (junior) Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Sindre won the 5000 meter race, and Sondre won the 10,000 meter race. Sindre still has one more race to qualify for the World Championships in Korea.
Their hard work and commitment is paying off!
Check out the story about them in my portfolio.
Gold medalist Sindre Buraas
A whole new kind of happy
My daughter was born yesterday. Her name is Sofie.
Update: Follow Jens Glad Balchen’s Race Across America
Jens Glad Balchen, who I photographed for DN about a month ago, is halfway through America and is currently in El Dorado, Kansas.
You can follow his progress on RAAMs website.
I hope he’s having a good time and that everything is going well for him. The 3000 mile (4800 km) race is truly a tremendous challenge.
