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.

Life and work

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

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.

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.

Bendikson became a Magnum Photos nominee in 2004 and a member in 2008. In 2010 he was its president.[1]

Publications

Publications with others

Exhibitions

Film appearances

  • Space Tourists (2009). Directed by Christian Frei. Feature-length documentary.[4]
  • Water: Our Thirsty World (2010). Directed by Steven Kochones. 21 minute short.[5]

Awards

  • 2003: Infinity Award, Young Photographer category, International Center of Photography, New York.[6]
  • 2004: Second prize, Daily Life Stories category, World Press Photo Awards, World Press Photo, Amsterdam.[7]
  • 2007: The Paris Review won the Photojournalism category, National Magazine Awards, for Bendiksen's documentary of life in a Nairobi slum, Kibera.[8]
  • 2008: Telenor Culture Award, from Telenor, Bærum, Norway.[9]
  • 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.[10]
  • 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.[11]
  • 2014: Award of Excellence, Sports Picture Story category, Pictures of the Year International, for "The Last of the First Skiers".[12]

References

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  4. "Space Tourists (2009)", IMDB. Accessed 16 November 2014.
  5. "Water: Our Thirsty World (2010)", IMDB. Accessed 16 November 2014.
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