Sølve Sundsbø

Photographer

Sølve Sundsbø is a Norwegian photographer and filmmaker based in London. His career began when four months into a course at the London College of Printing he became Nick Knight’s assistant. Now Sundsbø is a regular contributor to titles including Pop, i-D, Dazed and Confused, Numéro, Visionaire and Vogue. He has also worked with various high-profile clients including Yves Saint Laurent, Hermes, Nike, Lancôme and MAC cosmetics, as well as shooting album covers for Royksopp and Coldplay. Sundsbø was voted best newcomer at the International Festival of Fashion in Hyeres in Spring 1999 and his film for The New York Times titled 14 Actors Acting won an Emmy Award.

Sundsbø was chosen as Fashion Photographer by Creative Review for their Creative Futures exhibition in Autumn 1999. He later contributed to the Biennale Florence with Alexander McQueen and held a personal exhibition at the International Festival of Fashion in Hyeres in 2003. In 2018, the photographer staged an exhibition at Milan's Palazzo Reale, titled Beyond the Still Image celebrating over 20 years in the industry. Sundsbø's works also appear in the permanent collection of London's National Portrait Gallery. He released a travel book in partnership with Louis Vuitton for their Fashion Eye book series, made up of his photographs of British Columbia.

Exhibitions include; Archaeology of Elegance- 20 Years of Fashion Photography, Hamburg and Paris, April 2002; Fashion Images de la Mode, Proud Gallery, London, October 2001; Tomorrow is Today, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, January 2001 and Kobe International Festival of Photography, Autumn 2000.

Sølve Sundsbø is a Norwegian photographer and filmmaker based in London. His career began when four months into a course at the London College of Printing he became Nick Knight’s assistant. Now Sundsbø is a regular contributor to titles including Pop, i-D, Dazed and Confused, Numéro, Visionaire and Vogue. He has also worked with various high-profile clients including Yves Saint Laurent, Hermes, Nike, Lancôme and MAC cosmetics, as well as shooting album covers for Royksopp and Coldplay. Sundsbø was voted best newcomer at the International Festival of Fashion in Hyeres in Spring 1999 and his film for The New York Times titled 14 Actors Acting won an Emmy Award.

Sundsbø was chosen as Fashion Photographer by Creative Review for their Creative Futures exhibition in Autumn 1999. He later contributed to the Biennale Florence with Alexander McQueen and held a personal exhibition at the International Festival of Fashion in Hyeres in 2003. In 2018, the photographer staged an exhibition at Milan's Palazzo Reale, titled Beyond the Still Image celebrating over 20 years in the industry. Sundsbø's works also appear in the permanent collection of London's National Portrait Gallery. He released a travel book in partnership with Louis Vuitton for their Fashion Eye book series, made up of his photographs of British Columbia.

Exhibitions include; Archaeology of Elegance- 20 Years of Fashion Photography, Hamburg and Paris, April 2002; Fashion Images de la Mode, Proud Gallery, London, October 2001; Tomorrow is Today, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, January 2001 and Kobe International Festival of Photography, Autumn 2000.

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