This document contains a summary of photographer Jonas Bendiksen's work and career accomplishments. It includes descriptions of four of his photos praising their beauty, depth of focus, and ability to make people think. It also lists over 20 awards and grants Bendiksen has received from organizations like National Geographic, World Press Photo, and Pictures of the Year between 2001-2014 for his long-shot photography focusing on underrepresented communities. Brief biographical information is provided noting he was born in 1977 in Norway and has numerous prestigious publications and clients.
2. JONAS BENDIKSEN ALL 1ST 2ND AND 3RD ARE LONG SHOTS
1977/TONSBERG, NORWAY
• Magnum is coming to Singapore! Join
photographers Jonas Bendiksen & Peter
van Agtmael for a 5-day intensive
workshop this October, part of the
Singapore International Photography
Festival. I think that this photo is
beautiful.
3. Jonas Bendiksen
I think that this picture is very moving and it is
very heart warming and it makes people think
how valuable there lives are
Long shot photo
4. JONAS BENDIKSEN
This photo has shown a depth of
focus and is a long shot yet it’s up
close and it’s of skiing which is
also a sport which has to have a
lot of preasure
5. JONAS BENDIKSEN
This photo is of flats and hoe
when you look away this is what
it shows off, a very beautiful
picture which has a load of
people in it and how they live.
6. JONAS BENDIKSEN This photo is beautiful because it
shows all the amazing blues in
the photo, and it shows what it is
like from a long distance shoot.
This is of mountains and a view, it
is shown for Christmas, and it is
one of them photos that you’d
would never see.
7. • 2014 NPPA Best of Photojournalism, 1st prize
• 2014 Pictures of the Year, Last of the First skiers
• 2013 Pictures of the Year, Russian Summer edit
• 2011 Norwegian State Artist’s Grant
• 2009 Fotografiprisen
• 2008 Telenor International Culture Prize
Awards and grants
• 2008 National Geographic Photography Grant 2007 ASME National Magazine Award
• 2007 Freedom of Expression Foundation Grant
• 2007 Award of Excellence, Pictures of the Year International
• 2005 Open Society Institute, Distribution Grant
• 2005 Alicia Patterson Fellowship
• 2005 2nd Prize, Daily Life Stories, World Press Photo Competition
• 2005 Award of Excellence, Pictures of the Year International
• 2004 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
• 2004 Norwegian Art’s Council Grant
• 2003 Infinity Award, Young Photographer of the Year, International Center of Photography
• 2003 1st Prize, Picture of the Year International Awards
• 2001 World Press Photo Masterclass
• 2001 Nikon/Sunday Times Magazine Ian Parry Memorial Award 2001 Photo District News “30 under 30”
8. JONAS BENDIKSEN
• Born 1977 he’s Norwegian
• His clients are GEO magazine, Newsweek, the Sunday Times Magazine, The Rockefeller Foundation,
Goldman Sachs, and many others.