Issue 106 - May 2024

Photographer Rune Sorensen (Norway)
Can you tell us a little about you? I am a 42 year old photographer and film producer. I have a very creative mind,
and I love photographing people.
How and when did you get into photography? I started in still photography 15 years ago, self taught, mainly with
commercial work. Some local brands, but also bigger brands like Nespresso. Then after 4 years I entered the movie
industry, and have now filmed and produced several TV documentaries and shorts in Norway. I never let still
photography go, even though my main occupation now is film - it is still my passion.
What does photography mean to you? My creative mind needs photography. It is my passion to work with models,
lighting and finding interesting concepts or locations. I try to avoid studio work. I love retouching and editing
images – the whole process. Working with a professional model, MUA and other crew is so fulfilling.
Please briefly describe your photography style for our readers. I mainly work with female models (sometimes
also male models), and I often tend to focus on beauty/fashion style, or cinematic themes/concepts. I like to use
the model as a character in a “scene” sometimes, ie. my concepts “Alien warrior princess”. I find basic posing in a
studio boring. I usually go for strong/tough and/or sensual mood in my images.
Where do you get inspiration from? I am not sure – most of my work I have an idea in my head before starting. I
don’t read a lot of magazines, but I guess I must be influenced by other people’s work in one way or another,
without knowing exactly what or who.
Do you think in advance what you want in the picture? Yes. I never improvise.
Model: Karoline Vangen
@karolinevangen
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