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SURFACE gone wild
<p>I have photographed a lot of incredibly talented artists for my project SURFACE. The last few months I've hit the streets, subways and back alleys of Berlin and Stavanger. I've had the privilege of working with artists such as Vhils, Dal East, Strök, Faith47, C215, Victor Ash, Czarnobyl, Ernest Zacharevic and more. Next stop Paris and Miami. I am very excited the book is coming together. Should be finished by October 2014.</p>
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Museum double exhibition 'Face to Face' with the grand old man of rock photography Bent Rej
<p>Trapholt Museum in Kolding, Denmark will set the scene for a big two man exhibition opening on December 13th and running for an entire year.</p>
<p>Bent Rej's iconic images of The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Who, Marianne Faithful, Frank Zappa, Tom Jones, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix will fill the walls alongside my images of Amy Winehouse, Björk, Jack White, Adele, P.J. Harvey, The Raveonettes, Arctic Monkeys and many others.</p>
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Portraits of Christopher Walken for Jack & Jones Premium campaign
<p>I just had the privilege to work with one of my biggest heroes. Christopher Walken is starring in the campaign 'Made from Cool'. I did the four images for the print campaign. Check them out <a href="../../../photographs/portraits/988">here</a>. Check out Danish director Martin Werner's five film spots <a title="Made from Cool videos on Youtube" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSxbdFmO_CI&feature=share&list=PLr9EaQPhYhHcag7Ejfl44FKxO_gJR7z6I" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
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GQ's greatest photographs
<p>As part of their 25th anniversary GQ has selected fifty photographs for the exhibition <a href="http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2013-10/23/gqs-greatest-pictures-from-1988-to-2013-princes-trust-charity-auction/viewgallery/49" target="_blank">'1988-2013: The Greatest Photographs'</a>. The senior GQ staff has been sifting through every frame ever published to select the fifty best of their lifetime. Not surprisingly I am over the moon to find out that three of those are my photographs. I am featured amongst the likes of David Bailey, Ellen von Unwerth, Mario Testino, Jill Greenberg, Mark Seliger and Platon. Check out the three images that were selected for the exhibition: <a href="../../../photographs/musicians-1/215" target="_blank">The White Stripes in a diner in Nashville</a>, <a href="../../../photographs/portraits/630" target="_blank">James Corden with penguins</a>, and Dizzee Rascal (above). The latter is from my only photo session ever to pay homage to another photograph: Mike Salisbury’s art work for Michael Jackson’s iconic<em> </em>album cover 'Off The Wall' which has sold 20 million+ copies. </p>
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FROM D.O.T.S. TO SURFACE: NEW NAME FOR MY STREET ART PROJECT
<p>For the past year I've been photographing artists working in the public space. So far I have called the project 'D.O.T.S. - Depending On The Street'. However, recently I have been made aware that there's another project - a video project - related to the street art scene that is called DOTS. To avoid potential confusion I have decided to find a new name. I am glad to announce that the new project title is <a title="View SURFACE" href="../../../photographs/surface">SURFACE</a>.</p>
<p>The image above is the portrait I took of D*Face in London earlier this year.</p>
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ARCTIC MONKEYS ON THE COVER OF BRITISH GQ
<p>I photographed Arctic Monkeys in LA earlier this year for the cover of British GQ's October edition which is out now. </p>
<p>Watch some of the other pictures from the shoot <a href="../../../photographs/musicians-2">here</a>. </p>
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NEW PROJECT: STAGES
<p>At this year's Roskilde Festival I initiated a new project, which is a collaboration with the festival. Over the next few years I will be taking pictures on and behind the stages.</p>
<p>Here's a picture of the artist Linkoban just before her concert at the Cosmopol stage, 2013. </p>
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Meet and greet today in Copenhagen
<p>This afternoon I'll be present for the Meet and greet at the State of the Art exhibition. I'm honored to be part of the group exhibition with thirteen of Denmark's most prominent art photographers. </p>
<p>Friday 14 June 2-4pm at Slottet in Photo City, Carlsberg. Find it here: 4th floor at <a title="Google Maps" href="https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=da&geocode=&q=Pasteursvej+6,1799+København+V&aq=&sll=55.676862,12.560692&sspn=0.039588,0.105486&vpsrc=0&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Pasteursvej+6,+1778+København,+København+V,+Danmark&t=m&z=16" target="_blank">Pasteursvej 6, Carlsberg Byen, 1799 København V</a></p>
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ARTIST TALK ABOUT ’SOULS’ IN COPENHAGEN
<p>In celebration of my urban space Souls exhibition this week, I am giving an artist talk about the Souls project next Sunday, 16 June. The portraits of the yogis have been taken over twelve years, primarily on Mount Abu in the state of Rajasthan, India, where the headquarters of <a href="http://www.bkwsu.com/" target="_blank">Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University</a> is located. The Copenhagen Brahma Kumaris centre will host the artist talk at Vodroffsvej 9b, 1900 Frederiksberg, Denmark. The event starts at 6.30pm with a meditation accompanied by the Souls images. It’s for free, but please register <a href="http://brahmakumaris.dk/tilmeldningenform.php?foredrag=181" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
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EXPERIENCE
THE SUNSHINE WITHIN
<p>Sister
Sudesh is one of the yogis in my Souls series,which is being exhibited in the
urban space during the Copenhagen Photo Festival 10-16 June. In a lecture
on 11 July you can meet Sister Sudesh in person to find out the secret
behind her
peaceful eyes. The event – ‘Experience
the Sunshine Within: the Story
of a Yogi’ is hosted by <a href="http://www.brahmakumaris.dk" target="_blank">the Brahma Kumaris centre in Copenhagen</a>. It takes place at Frederiksberg's
Library, Solbjergvej 23, 2000 Frederiksberg, Thursday
11 July at 7 pm and is free of
charge. Please register <a href="http://brahmakumaris.dk/tilmeldningenform.php?foredrag=180" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Sister
Sudesh has practised Raja yoga meditation for more than 50 years
and is an outstanding international teacher. She was trained in
meditation from
a very young age at the Brahma Kumaris Spiritual headquarters in
Rajasthan,
India - the place where I took the yogi
portraits. <a href="http://www.bkwsu.com/" target="_blank">Brahma
Kumaris</a> is a voluntary organisation teaching peace of mind and a
positive
lifestyle through its centres in over 100 countries worldwide.</p>
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100 SOULS IN THE STREETS OF COPENHAGEN
<p>During Copenhagen Photo Festival my Souls series will be <a href="http://www.copenhagenphotofestival.com/da/programme/urban-space-the-city-space-art-project/" target="_blank">exhibited</a> in the urban space. As some of you might know, the series captures meditating yogis. The portraits were taken on a mountain top in India, and they are now going to spend seven days in a rather different environment. 100 yogis will be exhibited all over Copenhagen from Monday 10 June to Sunday 16 June. Souls was published as a book in 2011 and is now also available as ebook. You’ll receive a free e version of Souls if you scan the QR code on each exhibited Souls portrait. You can also download the ebook for free <a href="../../../souls-ebook" target="_blank">here</a>. Available for a limited time from 10 June. </p>
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FLIGHT AT COPENHAGEN PHOTO FESTIVAL
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Formerly known as...
<p>I have decided to revert to my Danish birth name Søren Solkær, so from now and into the great wide open, please file me under Solkær.</p>
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Good Morning Copenhagen
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Manhattan Taxis in the Rain
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Classy Carpenters
<p>Søren Bech Jespersen & Kim Thorleif Dolva are the proud owners of the classy Copenhagen carpentry Københavns Møbelsnedkeri. </p>
<p>I had a great time shooting them, and the rest of their gang of carpenters extraordinaire!</p>
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<p>Copenhagen 2013</p>
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Tropical Sauna
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Freedom Tunnel
<p class="p1">15 January 2013 I went into a tunnel underneath New York's Riverside Park with Chris Pape aka Freedom to take a portrait of him for my project <a title="D.O.T.S. images" href="../../../photographs/depending-on-the-street" target="_blank">D.O.T.S.</a> </p>
<p class="p1">Pape is an American painter and graffiti artist who started tagging subway tunnels and subway cars in 1974 <span>as 'Gen II' before adopting the tag 'Freedom'</span>. He is best known for his numerous paintings in the eponymous Freedom Tunnel. </p>
<p class="p1">I photographed Pape in front of one of his prominent paintings in the Freedom Tunnel: his self-portrait featuring a male torso with a spray can head.</p>
<p class="p1">While in the tunnel, Pape wrote his children's names (Cora and Dash), opposite the self-portrait.</p>
<p>Music by Anders Trentemøller (Into The Tress (Serenetti part 3) from the album The Last Resort)</p>
<p>The portrait of Pape will be up soon.</p>
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