- 30th July 2010
- Working with photographers in 23 countries.
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Steen Doessing
ABOUT WORK
Born and raised in Denmark, I grew up surrounded by water. The ocean, lakes and rivers were everywhere I looked. My senses were filled with the smell, sound and the visual impression of water. Water to me represents life and the equanimity and power of nature. Water is where I came from. My fascination with water is never ending. I can sit on the shoreline for hours without taking a single photograph and just take in the sea.
To many my work represents a state of tranquillity, of Zen, of calm but also of drama. I'm often asked if this is who I am, or if my art is a way of escaping from something else. My answer is that this state is something I am celebrating! A state of harmony and balance – a state of equilibrium!
Using long exposures, sometimes hours, I'm capturing a slow-motion sequence of seemingly infinite movements and changes surrounding static objects and letting these elements blend into a single visual plane. It is the graphic representation of the determination and resilience of these static objects against the gentle yet powerful calm of their surroundings that to me signifies the equilibrium.
For me, photography is a visual medium that offers me the opportunity to express the way I see and feel things around me. I don’t take pictures – I make photographs! Some people like them – some don’t! You see what you see!
My work is more or less exclusively black and white and hugely influenced by my environment which throughout my life has been encompassed by water. It is my hope that my love for the intimacy and beauty inherent in the intrinsic landscape that immediately surrounds us, being it urban or rural, is evident in my work.
Steen Doessing 2005
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AWARDS
2008. 8 Honourable Nominee Destinctions. IPA - Lucie Awards.
2008. 12 Honourable Nominee Destinctions. PX3. Paris.
2007. 32 Honourable Nominee Destinctions. IPA - Lucie Awards.
2007. Bronze Medal. London Photographic Association "Landscape 2" competition.
2007. Honourable Nominee Destinction. PX3, Paris, France.
2006. Finalist distinction. London Photographic Association "Still Life" competition.
2006. Gold Medal. Venice International Photo Contest. Venice, Italy.
2006. European Photographer of the Year. Venice International Photo Contest. Venice, Italy.
EDUCATION
1978. Graduated from Aarhus Teknikum, Denmark. Degree (Design).
1980. Aarhus Kunstskole. Denmark. Certificate (Art and Design).
EXHIBITIONS
2008. LACDA International New Media Expo in Downtown Los Angeles DigitalArt.La Exhibition.
2008. The Center for Fine Art Photography's 2008 International Exhibition of Fine Art Photography.
2008. Royal Photographic Society's 151st International Print Exhibition.
2008. LACDA Top 40 International Exhibition - The Los Angeles Centre for Digital Art.
2008. Solo Exhibition. ICETWICE Fine Art Gallery. UK.
2007. The Center for Fine Art Photography. 2007 Members Exhibition.
2007. The Center for Fine Art Photography. 2007 International Exhibition of Fine Art Photography.
2007. Royal Photographic Society's 150th International Print Exhibition.
2007. "Best of VIPC". Prigion's Palace, Venice, Italy.
2007. Royal Photographic Society's Members Exhibition 2007.
2006. VIPC 2006 Main Exhibition. Venice, Italy.
2006. MFT Mystical Planet. Toronto. Canada.
PUBLICATIONS
2007. Royal Photographic Society Portfolio One.
2007. Interview and Feature Article. PHOTO Magazine. Romania.
2007. Front Page and feature article. Black & White Photography Magazine UK.
2007. Featured Artist. June Edition of Art4Hearts Magazine.