Professional Summary

An ‘International Center of Photography’ alumna with 5+ years of experience as a Food and Lifestyle Photographer. Currently working as a freelance photographer and offering my clients a unique solution for editorial articles where I develop recipes, style the food and photograph it. I am an expert user in Photoshop focusing on photo editing and retouching. I am also very experienced in Final Cut Pro and InDesign.

Education

2009-2010 International Center of Photography. General Studies. New York, NY.

2009 Assistant for fine art photographer Trine Søndergaard. Copenhagen, Denmark.

2009 Assistant/Intern for photographers: Trine Søndergaard, Charlotte Haslund and Linda Hansen. Copenhagen, Denmark.

2002-2004 Copenhagen Media School, Film Studies, Still photography. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Publications

Monocle Magazine. UK
I photographed three Scandinavian Furniture Designers in their studios for Issue 93.

Remedy Quarterly. USA
I wrote two articles and took pictures for Issue 18 and 21.

Bon Appetit. USA
Cover and Feature shoot at Michelin restaurant Kadeau in Bornholm, DK. The feature has not yet been published.

Domino Magazine Online. USA
Content creation in form of Pictures and Text for Dominos buzzing website.

Wine Enthusiast Magzine. USA
I receive a recipe from a chef, cook the food, style it and photographed it for the monthly article ‘Recipe of the Month’.

Gestgjafinn – Gourmet Magazine. Iceland
The only Food Magazine in Iceland. I deliver 8 articles a year to the magazine. I develop the recipes, style the food and then photograph it.

Hus & Hybili– Interior Design Magazine. Iceland
I have photographed 12 homes and written 5 articles for the magazine, which is read by approx. 70 thousand people each month.

Nytt Lif – Lifestyle Magazine. Iceland
I wrote an article on Family Life and Champagne and the relationship between the two. I threw a family dinner and photographed it.

Danish Building Fund Yearly Magazine. Denmark
My Photographs are used in the yearly report about the housing situation in Denmark.

BL – The Danish Social Housing Sector Magazine. Denmark
I photographed multiple documentary series on the housing situation in Copenhagen, i.e Somalian Women in the Projects and Cooking Course for refugees.

Beboerbladet – The Rental Market Paper. Denmark
I photographed multiple documentary series on the living situation in Copenhagen, i.e The Local Choir in Social Rental Housing.

Drawing By Drawing. Exhibition Catalog, Danish Architecture Center. Denmark
I photographed the Exhibition, all the pieces on exhibit and the opening night. My images were used in the Catalogue. I also made a collage for the cover of the book.

SHIFT book, International Center of Photography. USA
A Student Catalog with images made with the theme Water.

Other Projects & Working Experience

Netto – Danish Retail Chain
I create family friendly recipes and eye-catching images for the chains weekly recipe that is published on their website, newsletter and social media.

Gense – Scandinavian Flatware Producer
Images created for both Catalog and Social Media of the company’s silver- and kitchenware.

Era Ora – Italian Michelin Restaurant in Copenhagen
Created a whole new bank of images for the restaurant, of both food and staff, for them to use on social media and when featured in Magazines.

Merrild – Danish Coffee Producer
A Facebook Advertising campaign developed to encourage people to bake simple cakes to eat with their coffee. I developed 4 recipes with only 3 ingredients each. Then baked, styled and photographed the desserts.

Philips Kitchenware
A campaign for 3 hero products from Philips, called “The Home Restaurant”. I am one of four faces of the campaign, encouraging people to cook healthily and eat more in. The campaign  launched Fall 2014.

Modern Wifestyle
Modern Wifestyle is my blog, where I feature recipes I have developed and my portfolio of Food Styling and Food Photography. My largest group of readers comes from the US and Northern Europe. The blog started as a hobby but I now it is a big part of my work and has served a great purpose as a springboard for other projects.

Abbvie Pharmaceutical Denmark
Concept development of the company’s new image strategy, and working on building a new image bank and press material, including portraits of Abbvie’s general manager, Christina Horan.

Go With Jan
Visual communication strategy for a small design firm. Concept development done in collaboration with the designer. Press, advertising and product images.

Cooking Videos
I have produced multiple ‘how to’ videos that go a long with recipes.

Teaching & Lectures

2016 Food styling course for 10 photographers who create social media content for businesses.

2012-2013 Substitute Teacher in photography at The Organic Production School. Denmark

2012 Lecture about my work. Brøndby Production School. Denmark

2010 Visiting Artist at The International Center of Photography – Att. Allen Frame. New York

2009 Inspiring Lecture on photography for Women in the Arts. Iceland

 

Exhibitions

2013 I’ll Be Your Mirror: Navigating Interaction in the Digital Age. Curated by Scrapped. New York

2012 ‘Copenhagen Photo Festival’. ‘Censored Exhibition’. Curated by Marie Nipper and Stine Høholt. Copenhagen, Denmark

2012 ‘Open Show’. Family Vacation. Curated by Ying Ang. New York

2012 ‘Open Show’. Family Vacation. Curated by Barbara Zaric. Zagreb, Croatia

2012 ‘Uncommon Intimacy ‘ – Special Event. Curated by Erica McDonald. Bologne, Italy.

2011 ‘Potluck Slideshow’. Curated by the Berlin Panel. Berlin

2010 ‘Of Bodies and Other Things’. Curated by Marina Berio and Alison Morley. New York

2010 ‘Visualizing Ulysses’. Curated by Lori Grinker. New York

2010 ‘Bed Two’. Curated by Harvey Stein. New York

2010 ‘International Cell Phone Photoshow’. Curated by Quevedo og Arnspiger. Miami

2010 ‘Flight Shadows’. Curated by Eugenia Chun and Nicole Horton. New York

Grants and Awards

2010 MJR’s ‘mentor program’-grant.

2010 The Henry Margolis Foundation

2010 Josephine Lyons Merit Scholarship

Interviews & Articles about me

2016 Remedy Quarterly. Issue 21, Work and Play

2014  Nordic Style Magazine – Lifestyle Magazine. Online

2014 Femme.is – Lifestyle Website. Online

2014 Nytt Lif – Issue – Lifestyle Magazine. Iceland

2014 Bolig Magasinet. Issue 170 – Lifestyle Magazine. Denmark

2014 Rum Hemma. Issue 1 – Lifestyle Magazine. Sweden

2014 Vt Wonen. March – Lifestyle Magazine. The Netherlands

2014 Morgunbladid – Feb. 23rd. Newspaper, Lifestyle Section. Iceland

2014 Epal – Blog for the Lifestyle Store Epal. Iceland

2013 Hús og Hibyli. Issue – Interious Design Magazine. Iceland

2013 Nytt Lif – Issue 7 – Lifestyle Magazine. Iceland

2013 DV – March 8th. Newspaper, Lifestyle Section. Iceland

2012 The Afternoon Show. Dec.12th. National Radio, channel 2. Iceland