Biography: Nils Jorgensen See all prints
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and Stephen McLaren.
The show is now on a world tour and is presently in Athens (October 2006).
It showcases "the work of an emerging generation of British photographers, notable for their fresh, candid depictions of public life in London. Keenly aware of the history of street photography, these photographers insist on the continued relevance of still photography to capture the unique flux of people, matter and imagery that combine at street level."
The images show pictures from the private view evening, all by
Nils.
| Nils Flickr site | Nils Jorgensen |
| In Public : international online street photographers' collective | Nils Jorgensen |
| Interview with Michael David Murphy on the 2point8.whileseated street photography website | Click here for the interview |
Educated at The King's School, Canterbury, England
Attended photography course at the West Surrey College of Art and Design , England
1981 joined Associated Press as stringer in East Africa.
1982 joined international press agency Rex
Features Ltd in London, as
senior staff photographer.
2002 invited to join the international online street photographers'
collective www.in-public.com.
2002 exhibited series of black & white street photographs at The
Acute Angle gallery, London.
2004 street photography folio featured in POZYTYW Magazine, Poland.
2005 invited to lead the Street Photography Workshops at Tate Modern,
London.
2005 street photography series "Personal Habits" published
in online magazine www.noname-magazine.com
2006 exhibited in "Crosswalks: Contemporary Street Photography," at
the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
2006 exhibited in "Onto the Streets" at Photofusion, in London.
Nils' work has also been published editorially in major magazines including the Sunday Times Magazine, Time, Newsweek, Paris Match, Life and elsewhere.
