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In route for Greenland

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:56:59 +0000

Will be visiting the Buksefjord hydroelectric power plant the first week of my stay to do yet another positive story about climate change in Greenland and continue to Nuuk where I stay until May 30. Should anyone need photographs or video from the far north, I have open time slots during the week in Nuuk between May 23 – 30.

London exhibition and shortlisting for Environmental Photographer of the Year 2013

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:44:24 +0000

I will be taking part in the Parker Harris group exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society in London on 1 Kensington Gore between 9 April – 3 May 2013 and again at their summer exhibition tour to Grizedale Visitor Centre, Grizedale Forest, Lake District. The photograph below showing a group of kids on the Tulun islands was shortlisted for Environmental Photogeapher of the Year 2013 and will be exhibited at the two venues along 52 other photographs competing for the title. The winning photograph will be announced on 9 April, when the London exhibition opens.

Photo shoot for Chllngr and Spoek Mathambo

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:33:15 +0000

Quick photo shoot for Chllngr and Spoek Mathambo at the backstairs of our apartment. The two friends have teamed up for a DJ-tour in 2013.

On assignment in Argentina

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:44:31 +0000

Will be in Argentina untill 16 November photographing for Malbeck. The photograph below is from a local football match between All Boys and River Plate.

Canon EOS M 22mm f/2.0

Photographs from potato farm in Greenland earn honorable mention at the 2012 International Photography Awards™

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:45:34 +0000

Once again the story about Greenlands thriving potato farming business earns honorable mention in an environmental category. The 2012 International Photography Awards picked the photographs showing a positive effect of climate change for the farmers in the southern fjords of Greenland among 18,000 submissions from 104 countries across the globe. The entry called “Greenland – the new Frontier of Farming” is found online here.

Tulun in special publication on water by UNICEF Germany

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:14:35 +0000

The photograph was picked from a series about the Tulun people, whom I lived with in 2009.

10-day exhibition on the tower of Copenhagen’s cathedral ending tomorrow

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:42:35 +0000

The print showing the cliff divers from Acapulco (Mexico) was torn down by strong winds during the first days, but was quickly put back up with help from friends and family. It meassures 7,3 x 11 meters and hangs 45 meters above ground – the height from which the cliff divers jump. The photograph is part of my Mexico collection.

Story on Greenland’s new farming elite published in the Danish monthly magazine Ud og Se

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:46:48 +0000

Denmarks premier magazine for people commuting on train and bus througout the country just published their june issue featuring the story about the potato farmers in Greenland. The spreads are found online on pages 54 – 60 here as well as in the Tear Sheets section on this site.

Photographs from potato farm in Greenland earn honorable mention at Best of Photojournalism 2012

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:40:14 +0000

Today NPPA announced this years winners of their international photo contest Best of Photojournalism 2012, and a series of photographs from my first visit to Greenland was among three projects that earned honorable mention in the category Environment (nature, wildlife) Picture Story. The entry can be viewed online here.

1st place in Professional Photographer of the Year 2011

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:15:15 +0000

Professional Photographer of the year 2011 was announced today. 1st place in the Sporting Action category went to a photograph I took in Acapulco, Mexico. It was chosen along 15 other winners among 6300 entries from all over the world. Visit Professional Photographer’s website to see a the complete list of winners.

The Arctic farm

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:43:54 +0000

In the midst of the Greenlandic summer 2011, my shoes soaked through by a constant drizzle, I followed a gang of 11 Greenlanders harvesting potatoes for three days. From early morning till late night they would be in the field digging and picking, while ice floes majestically passed us by in the Sermilik Fjord. The photographs are the first in my series about the Greenlanders, which again will be part of a greater work tracking cause and consequence of climate change transglobally. Potato farming in Greenland became profitable few generations ago, when the temperature rose sufficiently for the crops to grow big.

Tulun featured in publication by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:59:32 +0000

The full feature can be found on pages 24 – 29 in the publication here. And a few lines in English along with a more substantial series of photographs from my project about the Tulun people’s climate-induced migration are found here.

Research trip to Southern Greenland

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:32:19 +0000

September 1st I returned from a 10 day research trip to Southern Greenland. The country has long found itself in a state of cultural limbo due to its post colonial realm, and recently climate change related factors has further accelerated the decline of their traditional culture. Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark and still dependent on block grants after 32 years of home rule. Generations of Greenlanders have lived under Danish influence but somehow managed to preserve their national identity, which is closely knit to the tradition of hunting from the sea ice. Today this tradition is also challenged by climate change.

My first trip to Greenland marked the beginning of a journey that will take me through settlements and towns on the Greenlandic coasts in the years to come. I will follow the Greenlanders in their search for a sustainable and independent future, and it is my hope that the days, weeks and months spend in their company will help me better understand the social costs and opportunities linked with the Greenlandic transformation. The photographs, notes and memories I collect will make up the second leg in my envisioned trilogy, which explores the new bonds tied by climate change between people living thousands miles apart. Part one of the trilogy, which is still in the workings, is the story about the Tulun people in the South Pacific, who are struggling to stay above water.

Neft Daşları / Oil Rocks

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:40:35 +0000

Morning on Neft Daşları (Oil Rocks) – an offshore oil city in the Caspian sea built under Stalin in 1949. Its oil wells are still producing oil after more than 60 years of service. Three high-rise buildings accommodate a rotating population of 2500 people and the offshore community has its own bakery, park and museum. I took the photograph below during my short visit July 2011.

Copenhagen Photo Festival

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 07:48:27 +0000

SIdste chance for at se Tulun-udstillingen i Kulturhuset på Islands Brygge 18 i dag.

Last chance to see the Tulun exhibition today in Kulturhuset at Islands Brygge 18, Copenhagen, Denmark.

YouTube Music recommends CHLLNGR video

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:09:34 +0000

“Ask For” featured on the front page of YouTube Music (worldwide) today.

CHLLNGR video premiere on Altered Zones

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Fri, 27 May 2011 20:34:01 +0000

The first video for CHLLNGR’s (a.k.a. Steve Borth II) forthcoming album titled Haven was premiered at Altered Zones today. The video was for most part filmed during two summer nights in the woods west of Copenhagen, Denmark and is my first attempt with the music video genre. The song is titled Ask For.

Stars above Huene

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:10:41 +0000

November 14 2009 I stayed on Huene – the smallest island on the Tulun Atoll in the South Pacific. During night time the low tide would uncover two patches of sea floor stretching from the island inwards to the lagoon. I walked as far out as I could without getting my feet wet and left a camera to photograph Huene every 6th second for the next few hours.

At the End

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:20:41 +0000

At the End is the story about a group of people living at the southern end of Copenhagen’s harbour. They have a laid back life style and do not seem to care too much about modern commodities or way of living. I spend a few weeks photographing in their small community called Nokken (signifying “at the end”) and the story was published in the Danish magazine Ældresagen NU yesterday. The tear sheets from the magazine are viewable in full screen in the portfolio.

Feature on the skinhead cult published in Chili Magazine

Bjørn Stig Hansen — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:28:53 +0000

A feature about the skinhead cult, which I have been working on since 2006, was published for the first time in Chili Magazine (Denmark) this month. Usually skinheads have been associated with racism in the broader public, but less than half of the world’s skinheads are right extremists. In fact they are black, white, Asian and homosexuals, and that is the story I want to tell with my pictures. Young skinheads of British and Jamaican decent were also the reason reggae became popular in the western world after they adopted its predecessor – Jamaican ska music. Skinheads are one of the oldest youth cults still alive today and they idolize working class virtues, watch football and listen to ska, northern soul and oi music. According to Archiv der Jugendkultur there are some 10.000 skinheads in Germany alone. The pictures I have taken are from England, Germany and Denmark. The tear sheets can be viewed in full screen in the portfolio.