Jonas Bendiksen

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Jonas Bendiksen (8 September 1977) is a Norwegian photojournalist based near Oslo. He has published the books Satellites (2006) and The Places We Live (2008) and received awards from World Press Photo, International Center of Photography, National Magazine Awards and Pictures of the Year International. Bendiksen is a member of Magnum Photos and has served as its president.

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Life and work

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Bendiksen was born in Tønsberg, in Vestfold county, southern Norway, on 8 September 1977.

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He lived in Russia for several years. The time he spent there resulted in his book, Satellites - Photographs from the Fringes of the former Soviet Union, about separatist republics in the former USSR, published in 2006.

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For three years he photographed slum communities in Nairobi in Kenya, Mumbai in India, Jakarta in Indonesia, and Caracas in Venezuela, for The Places We Live, a book published in 2008, and an exhibition containing projections and voice recordings.

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Bendiksen became a Magnum Photos nominee in 2004 and a member in 2008. In 2010 he was its president.

Publications

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Satellites - Photographs from the Fringes of the former Soviet Union. New York: Aperture, 2006. ISBN 978-1597110235.

The Places We Live. New York: Aperture, 2008. ISBN 978-1597110679.

Publications with others

A Year in Photography: Magnum Archive. Munich: Prestel; New York, Paris, London, Tokyo: Magnum, 2010. ISBN 978-3-7913-4435-5.

Magnum Contact Sheets. Edited by Kristen Lubben.

Magnum Contact Sheets. London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. ISBN 9780500544129.

Magnum Contact Sheets. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. ISBN 978-0500544310. Compact edition.

Magnum Contact Sheets: The Collector's Edition: Jonas Bendiksen, Satellites, 2000. London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. ISBN 978-0500544129.

Exhibitions

2007: Welcome to Nowhere, Stills Gallery, Sydney. Part of New Blood, Magnum Photos 60th anniversary exhibition. With Trent Parke, Antoine D'Agata, Mark Power and Alec Soth.

Film appearances

Space Tourists (2009). Directed by Christian Frei. Feature-length documentary.

Water: Our Thirsty World (2010). Directed by Steven Kochones. 21 minute short.

Awards

2003: Infinity Award, Young Photographer category, International Center of Photography, New York.

2004: Second prize, Daily Life Stories category, World Press Photo Awards, World Press Photo, Amsterdam.

2007: The Paris Review won the Photojournalism category, National Magazine Awards, for Bendiksen's documentary of life in a Nairobi slum, Kibera.

2008: Telenor Culture Award, from Telenor, Bærum, Norway.

2013: Award of Excellence, Feature Story Editing - Magazine category, Seventieth Pictures of the Year International Competition, Pictures of the Year International with Elizabeth Krist and Elaine Bradley, for "Russian Summer" in National Geographic.

2014: First place, Sports Story Editing category, Pictures of the Year International, with Elizabeth Krist and Elaine Bradley, for "On the Trail with the First Skiers" in National Geographic.

2014: Award of Excellence, Sports Picture Story category, Pictures of the Year International, for "The Last of the First Skiers".

References

Jonas Bendiksen Wikipedia

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