Paul S. Amundsen (f. 1976) er en frilansfotograf basert i Bergen. Han har om lag tjue års erfaring fra flere av landets største mediehus, samt en rekke fagblader og magasiner i inn- og utland, inkludert The New York Times, The New Yorker, Politiken, VG, Aftenposten, Bergens Tidende m.fl.
I 2018 ble han kåret til Årets fotojournalist i Norge.
Bildene hans har vært på utallige forsider, og han har vunnet 26 priser i Årets Bilde-konkurransen.
For tiden gjør han mest foto- og videooppdrag, men det hender han skriver egne tekster også. Hans tekst- og fotoreportasjer har blitt publisert i blant andre VG, Dagbladet Magasinet, Politiken og BTMagasinet.
+47 932 83 444 hello@paulamundsen.photos
Paul S. Amundsen (born 1976) has been an independent freelance photographer in Bergen, Norway since 2001. He is primarily working for newspapers, magazines and publishing houses.
His images have been published in publications like The New York Times, The New Yorker, Politiken, as well as in multiple Norwegian newspapers and magazines.
He won an Award of Excellence in Picture of the Year International 2014, and he has won 26 prizes in the Norwegian Picture of the Year competition. In 2018 he was titled Photojournalist of the year in Norway.
My long-term project Europe was exhibited at Fotografiens Hus in Oslo in 2021 (below) , USF Visningsrommet in 2022 and at Perspektivet Museum 2023.
KUNDER/CLIENTS
Ten pictures from my long-term project “Europe” were on display at Henie Onstad Art Center in 2019.
BIO
Awards
2021: 1st Prize, Climate and Environment, Picture of the Year Norway
2021: 3rd Prize, Sport story, Picture of the Year Norway
2020: Nominee, Open Class, Picture of the Year Norway
2018: Photojournalist of the year, Picture of the Year Norway
2018: 2nd Prize, Foreign documentary, Picture of the Year Norway
2018: 3rd Prize, Daily life, Picture of the Year Norway
2017: 2nd Prize, Domestic news story, Picture of the Year Norway
2016: 3rd Prize, Foreign news story, Picture of the Year Norway
2015: 1st Prize News singles, Picture of the Year Norway
2015: 2nd Prize, Portrait, Picture of the Year Norway
2015: 2nd Prize, Personal work, Gullsnitt
2014: Award of Excellence, Feature, Pictures of the Year International
2014: 2nd Prize, Foreign documentary, Picture of the Year Norway
2014: 3rd Prize, Climate & Environment, Picture of the Year Norway
2013: 2nd Prize, Daily life, Picture of the Year Norway
2012: 1st Prize, Sports feature story, Picture of the Year Norway
2012: 2nd Prize, Daily life, Picture of the Year Norway
2012: 3rd Prize, Sport action, Picture of the Year Norway
2012: 2nd Prize, Personal work, Gullsnitt
2012: 2nd Prize, Portrait, Schibsted Award
2012: 3rd Prize, Feature story, Schibsted Award
2012: 1st Prize, Sports story, Prix de la Photographie Paris
2012: Honorable mention, Feature story, Prix de la Photographie Paris
2011: 1st Prize, Sport feature story, Picture of the Year Norway
2011: 2nd Prize, News story, Picture of the Year Norway
2011: 2nd Prize, Domestic documentary, Picture of the Year Norway
2011: 3rd Prize, Domestic documentary, Picture of the Year Norway
2011: 1st Prize, Feature story, Prix de la Photographie Paris
2011: 3rd Prize, Feature story, Prix de la Photographie Paris
2011: Runner up (top five, Jacob Riis Award
2010: 3rd Prize, Foreign documentary, Picture of the Year Norway
2010: Honorable mention, Multimedia, Picture of the Year Norway
2009: Honorable mention, Portrait story, Prix de la Photographie Paris
2007: 1st Prize, Sport feature story, Picture of the Year Norway
2003: 1st Prize, Domestic documentary, Picture of the Year Norway
2001: 3rd Prize, Sport story, Picture of the Year Norway
Exhibitions/screenings/books
2023: Solo exhibition, Europe, at Perspektivet Museum, Tromsø
2023: Outdoor screening, Europa, at DOK Festival, Fredrikstad.
2022: Solo exhibition, Europe, at USF Visningsrommet, Bergen
2021: Solo exhibition: Europe at Fotografiens Hus, Oslo.
2021: Group exhibition: The Heat is On, Preus Museum.
2021: Group exhibition: The Heat is On, Sukkerbiten, Oslo.
2019: Group exhibition: Pictures from Europe, Norwegian Documentary Photography, Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo
2019: Photobook: Norwegian Journal of Photography #4
2017: Screening: A Memoir of a Boy, Transizioni Photo Festival, Italy
2016: Photobook: En natt flyr jeg (One Night I'll Fly Away), Hertervig Forlag
2016: Group exhibition. Pictures from European Route 39, Naples Airport, Italy
2016: Screening: European Route 39, Slideluck Potshow, Naples
2013: Screening & lecture: Norwegian Landscapes, Pecha Kucha, DOGa, Oslo
2012: Photobook: Bergen, Skald Forlag
2012: Screening: A Memoir of a Boy, Brighton Photo Fringe
2012: Screening: Norwegian Landscapes, Slideluck Potshow, Dublin
2012: Screening: A Memoir of a Boy, Slideluck Potshow, London
2010: Screening: A Memoir of a Boy, Slideluck Potshow, Oslo
2010: Group exhibition: Vestlandsutstillingen, Norway
2009: Group exhibition: Portrait Now, The Nordic countries
2008: Group exhibition: Sort of Safe, The Nordic countries
2008: Selcted for the Nordic Masterclass/Sort of Safe photo book
2007: Group exhibition: Second Cities, Kosice, Slovakia
2005: Solo exhibition, Eikholt Centre for the Deafblind, Norway
Education
1995-1998: Cand.mag/MA, University of Bergen, Norway
Interviews
Journalisten: I fem år reiste han rundt i Europa med et kamera fra 1969
Journalisten: Fotograf Paul S. Amundsen vil gjerne se flere gærninger, gamlinger, eksentrikere og melankolikere
Journalisten: Paul Sigve Amundsen oppfører seg gjerne som turist
Roads and Kingdoms: Q&A with Paul S. Amundsen
Top of Photography: The Hunter With the Camera
Argus: A Memoir of a Boy
Foto.no: Norske Landskap (in Norwegian)