Biography
Pål Hermansen (1955, Oslo, Norway)
Pål Hermansen (1955, Oslo, Norway)
Education:
Photographic Workshop in Havana, Cuba with Alex and Rebecca Webb 2012
BA, Arts and Photography, Robert Meyer College of Art, Oslo 2004-2008
5 Photographic workshops 1995-1999
Research education microbiology, Oslo 1985-1986
Homeopathy, Oslo 1980-1984
Dentistry, Oslo 1974-1979
Pål Hermansen has since 1971 worked as a freelance photographer, artist and writer.
Books: Since 1985 he has published 32 books (on nature, photography and art.
Included in the NHM/BBC-book Masters of Nature Photography (2013) as one of ten world-leading contemporary photographers in the field of nature.
Images have been published internationally by media as National Geographic Magazine, GEO (GEO Magazine /Special/ Saison/ GEOLino /GEO books/GEO Gesundheit)), Conde Nast Traveler, Stern, Orion Magazine, USA, Welt Am Sonntag, The Sunday Times, New York Times, The Observer, The Guardian, Entertainment Weekly, Sierra Club Magazine, L’Illustre (Switzerland), BBC Wildlife Magazine, Digital Camera, Outdoor Photography (UK), Hasselblad Forum, Terre Sauvage, Bell´Europa, Focus (Italy, Greece), Altair, Travel
Holiday, Camera Natura, Self Realization Fellowship calendar, CD covers etc.
The photography has also been presented by photography and art magazines in Norway,
Sweden, Finland, The Netherlands, USA, Brazil, South Africa, Japan and China.
Images are represented internationally by Getty Images (www.gettyimages.com), Photoshot/NHPA (www.nhpa.co.uk) Steve Bloom Images (www.stevebloom.com) and Nature Picture Library NPL (www.naturepl.com). In Scandinavia a large selection of images is supplied by NTB-Scanpix (www.ntb.no).
Membership
Member of Forbundet Frie Fotografer (FFF), The Norwegian Fine Art Photographers´
Association and member of the board and honorary member of Norske Naturfotografer/
(NN) – Norwegian Nature Photographers´Association.
Miscellaneous:
Multivision shows and lectures in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, UK, Lithuania and
Spain, leader of many photographical workshops in Norway and abroad, contributed to
several radio and TV-programs.
Member of the jury of the international environmental photographic competition
hosted by Friends of the Earth International 2006, and the Russian Press Photo
competition 2006/7. Member of the finalist jury Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2011 competition, and continuous head of the jury of the Nordic Nature
Photo Contest (NNPC) from 2011. Member of the finalist jury BBC Wildlife Photographer of the year 2014 and GDT European Nature Photographer of the Year 2014. Leader of the Programme Committee of the annual Norwegian Nature Photography Festival.
Speaker at WildPhotos 2007 and 2013 (BBC/Wildlife Photographer of the Year), London, the international Nordic Light Photography festival, Kristiansund, Norway 2009 and 2012, Photo festival Vilnius, Lithuania 2010, AEFONA-congress Sevilla, Spain 2011, GDT Festival Lünen 2002 and 2013, Lofoten Internationial Photo Festival 2013, Norway, Exodus Festival, Oviedo, Spain 2014, Spain Art, Salamanca, Spain 2014, Norwegian Nature Photography Festival 2014 and 2016
Part of the Wild Wonders of Europe Project (www.wildwondersofeurope.com)
Artist in Residence on Arctic and Antarctic voyages (Quark expeditions, Hurtigruten,
PolarQuest).
Solo exhibitions:
Galleri Havstad, Ski, Norway 2016
Norsk Naturfotofestival, Ski, Norway. 2014
GDT Bilderhalle, Lünen, Germany 2013
Kongsvinger Library, Norway 2013
The Voss Art Association, Voss, Norway 2012
Nordic Light International Festival of Photography, Kristiansund, Norway 2012
Fotomessen 2011, Scandinavian Photographic Fair, Lillestrøm, Norway 2011
Turtagrø hotel, Turtagrø, Norway 2011
Galleri (ø), Mullsjö, Sweden 2010
Galleri VikerødegÂrden, Hamar, Norway 2010
KunstPause Svalbard/Galleri Svalbard 2009
Deichman Public Library, (2 exhibitions) Oslo 2008
Center for Norwegian Culture, Saratov, southern Russia 2008
Norwegian Parliament/Nordic Council session, Oslo, Norway 2007
Foto Sojuz Gallery, Moscow, Russia 2007
Avistegnernes Hus, Drøbak, Norway 2007
Galleri Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway 2007
Cfl/Galleri Mazarin, Söderhamn, Sweden 2006
(with Helena Larsson)
Galleri Infra, Upplands Väsby/Stockholm, Sweden 2006
(with Helena Larsson)
Väsby Konsthall, Upplands Väsby/Stockholm, Sweden 2006
Galleri Sunniva, Sauda, Norway 2005
Sauda Kultursenter, Sauda, Norway 2004
Galleri Adamstuen, Oslo, Norway 2004
Josef Sudek Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic 2003
Gallery Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway 2003
Galleri Herman, Lillestrøm, Norway 1993
Preus fotomuseum, Horten, Norway 1993
Major collective exhibitions:
LandSkapt, land art project, Våler, Norway 2015
LandSkapt, land art project, Våler, Norway, 2014
Norske Naturfotografer, Norsk Naturfotofestival, Ski, Norway. 2014 and 2015
Contemporary Landscape Photograpy: An International Perspective, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California 2013-14
Fotomessen 2011, Scandinavian Photographic Fair, Oslo, Norway 2011
Norsk Natur, BIodiversity year 2010, Rådhusplassen, Oslo, Norway 2010
Forest, Norwegian Forest Museum, Elverum, Norway 2009
Art of Photography Show, San Diego, California 2008
Fotoloft Gallery, Winzawod Contemorary Art Centre, Moscow 2008
Natur-unser kostbares Netz, GEO + GZT, Kloster Eberbach, Germany 2007
Gemeinde Merchweiler, Germany 2007
Green Art Festival, Seoul, Korea 2007
«Fotografi 2007», Oslo 2007
World Press Photo Exhibition world tour 2006
Tiden, Galleri Infra/Edsvik konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden 2006
Edsvik Konsthall, Sollentuna/Stockholm, Sweden 2006
Gemeinde Merchweiler, Germany 1998
The Olympic exhibition, Lillehammer, Norway 1994
Major prizes:
1st and 2nd prize Bird Photographer of the Year, UK, 2016
Finalist Nature Images Awards, Paris, France 2015
Second prize and highly commended, Black and white Spider awards, California 2015
Highly honoured, Por El Planeta competition, Mexico 2015
Finalist Big Picture Competition, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 2015
1 st Prize Concurso Asferico, Italy 2015
Highly honoured, Glanzlichter competition 2015
1 st prize Nature Images Awards, Paris, France 2014
1 st prize Big Picture Competition, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco 2014
All-over winner, Glanzlichter competition, Germany 2014
Highly honoured, Nature’s Best, USA 2013
Fritz Pölking Preis (European Nature Photojournalist Prize), + 1 commended, GDT, Germany 2013.
All-over prize of the public, GDT-exhibition 2013.
1 st prize + 1 commended, BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013
2 nd prize (runner-up), BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012
Honorable mention (2 images) Nature and Fine Arts, International Photography Awards (IPA), California, 2012
Highly honored, Nature´s Best, USA 2010
Highly honoured, Glanzlichter competiton, Germany 2010
1st Prize Concurso Asferico, Italy 2010
1st Prize European Nature Photographer of the Year 2009
2nd Prize European Nature Photographer of the Year 2008
Howies Art think Prize, UK 2007
2nd Prize Nature, singles, World Press Photo Competition 2006
Nordic Nature Photographer 2005 (one winner biannually)
1st Prize European Nature Photographer of the Year 2005
1st Prize European Nature Photographer of the Year 2004 + several highly commended
2nd Prize Hasselblad Open 1998
1st Prize Wildlife Photographer of the Year 1993 + 6 highly commended images 1993-2001
1st Prize junior category United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), international
environmental photographic competition 1974
Books:
Våre vakreste fjellplanter 1985
Vakre planter i skog og eng 1986
Kystens vakre vekster 1988
Det levende landet 1989
Fjell-Norge 1990
Nord-Norge 1990
Rumpetroll og blomsterstøv 1993
Panorama Norge/Panorama Norway/Panorama Norwegen/Panorama Norvége 1994/2004
Livet i fjellet 1995
Livet ved kysten 1996
Livet i skogen 1997
Fugler i Norge 1998
Dyr i Norge 1998
Planter i Norge 1998
Trær i Norge 1998
Helse på grønn resept (photography) 2000
Svalbard – Polarlandet/Svalbard Arctic Land 2002/2010
Dyrenes magi 2003
Naturligvis! 2003
Arktis – i eventyrernes fotspor 2004
Fuglenes magi 2007
Flatanger! 2008
Lofoten! 2008
Lofoten Guide/Lofoten Guide (E), Lofoten Guide(G) 2008/2013
Svalbard Guide/Svalbard Guide (S), Spitsbergen Guide (E), Spitzbergen Guide (G) 2010/2013
Norske Isbreer 2009 (photography)
Norsk Natur – vill, vakker og sårbar 2010
Eld og Vatn, Kjartan Fløgstads Sauda 2012
Ut og Lek! 2012
Frø til verden 2013
Masters of Nature Photography 2013
LandSkapt -Kunst i landskap 2015
Norsk Naturfotohistorie 2016
Stipends:
Norsk Faglitterær Forfatterforening 1998/2003/2006/2014
Fagfotografenes Fond 2004/2007/2011/2014
Decoration:
Moore Advisors as, office premises, Oslo 2015
Vestre Kjærnes Farm, TV-studio, Østfold, Norway 2015
Conoco Phillips hotel section, Ekofisk oil platform, Norway 2014
Sykehuset Møre og Romsdal, hospital 2013
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo 2008
KLIF (Norwegian Climate and Pollution Control Authority), Oslo 2007
Royal Norwegian Dept. of Justice, Oslo 2007
Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, Svalbard 2007
Alstom Norway a/s, office premises 2005-2007
Fine arts: Represented by Galleri Svalbard and Galleri Havstad, Norway
Represented in collections:
Robert Meyer Collection
Galleri Svalbard
Preus Museum, The Norwegian Photographical Museum, Horten, Norway