DOHA DAYS

I spent a couple of days in Doha, Qatar last year.

THE REAL DISTRICT 9

Residents in Chiawelo, Soweto, where District 9 was shot, feel disappointed and let down after the film crew left the slum. As in the film, the residents in the real District 9 are also forced to move to community housing. Some resist the move, others are angry because they have waited many years for a much needed relocation. Joseph Shimange worked on the film set and claims the film crew still owes him money.



Thembi and her Daughter Rilaweta just bought a DVD-player to see the film in which she featured as an extra.



John Masingi has lived in this shack since 1990. He has waited 8 years to be relocated to community housing.



Benedict Sikaza features as a prostitute in District 9. The film gave us the hope that things will change, she says, but now we are forgotten again.

SELJORD COUNTRY FESTIVAL

Seljord Country Festival is one of the biggest festivals in Norway. These two friends bought an old camper-van and refurbished it to go to the festival.

FASHION: MALE ICONS

Serge Gainsbourg





Steve McQueen





Bob Dylan



Fashion story on male icons, shot for D2 in 2009.

IAN WRIGHT

Ian Wright, host on Travel Channel, photographed for Dagbladet Fredag.

SELF-SUFFICIENT LIVING

Frank Erichsen, also known as «Bonderøven» on Danish television.




Vidar-Rune Synnevåg, living on the West coast of Norway.





This assignment for Norwegian magazine D2 had me traveling across Norway, Denmark and Sweden in a few hectic summer days in 2009. I met people who, for different reasons, chose to live self-sufficient.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT´S DREAM: BEHIND THE SCENES

When I shot the cast of «A Midsummer night´s Dream» for D2 in 2009, i played around with the video function on my new 5D and shot a little «Behind the scenes»-film at the resturant in The National Theater in Oslo.