Helge Skodvin is a photographer born and based in Bergen, Norway. He works for magazines, newspapers, publishers, commercial clients, and on numerous long-term personal projects. Skodvin primarily works within the documentary genre, characterized by a strong and distinctive visual style.
He has published four photobooks, and his book 240 Landscapes was named the best in the world in 2015 by photographer, photobook critic, and guru Martin Parr. His latest work, Observations of a New Norwegian Fauna 2014–2022, was released in 2023.
A moveable beast
Skodvin has been nominated for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and the Magnum Photography Award. He has won multiple awards in Norway’s Picture of the Year competition and is a recipient of the Norwegian Arts Council’s photography grant.
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Vangsnes-Hella
A devoted supporter of Liverpool FC, he enjoys his coffee black—with two sugars.
Covering the cherry threes with snow in the midle of their blooming.
At the end of a normal wet and cold summer, my Mother always say ‘We can’t complain. We did have those nice days in May’ Every time I show guest around town on a wet and silent winter day I say ’Sorry about the weather, but come back in May’
Bergen is city that 11 months of the year are longing for the month of May to begin. Then it’s off with the wellies and on with the top hat. Bergen in May are carnival and chaos. Bergen in May are balloons and buns. It’s marching and marsipan. All other places the month of may is a taste of the summer to come. In Bergen May is the party itself. Cause we know that the rain will come.
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