Elvind Natvig: The Spectacular In Nothing
This is another norway, not the traditional beauty of fjords and spring-images of blonde girls, but the beauty of daily life and dull realities. Something hard to define, it’s an outsider’s view, like window shopping. Frames stolen from the a movie about norway that’s never been made. If you take a look and freeze it, there is a lot of beauty there. It’s full of things so normal that they’ve become invisible to us – as individuals. As a culture. But it’s an insider’s view too. An introvert take on the familiar. A foreigner’s account of his own homeland. An exploration of the exotic within the mundane. It’s all true, but like the place itself and the people who call it home, it’s riddled with contradiction.
Elvind Natvig
Eivind H. Natvig (b. 1978, Norway) Graduated with a degree in photojournalism from Oslo University College in 2005. Has since done assignments for a wide range of national and international publications and have received numerous awards in the Norwegian Picture of the Year. From 2006 I have divided my time 50/50 between assignments in Norway and in-depth projects in South Asia financed by grants from The Freedom of Expression Foundation and Karina Jensens Minnefond. From 2011 I am part of the Norwegian Journal of Photography and is about to start a 12 month roadtrip through Norway to finish You Are Here. I am represented by Moment Agency.
eivind@momentagency.com
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