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. 

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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.

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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